
Oct 26 - By David Bauder
Watch Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann on the same night and you'll swear they're talking about two different presidential campaigns.
Oct 24 - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer
For Republicans, the postelection blame game is already beginning.
Oct 22 - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer
National Republicans have yanked TV advertising for Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's re-election bid after she suggested Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have "anti-American" views and urged an investigation of unpatriotic lawmakers.
Oct 11 - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer
The financial turmoil that has devastated the stock market is also battering Republicans in congressional races, giving Democrats a chance to topple GOP incumbents once considered safe and wrest seats in pivotal districts and states.
Sep 17 - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate has boosted Republican chances of holding key Senate seats and denying Democrats a filibuster-proof majority next year, the GOP's Senate campaign chief said Wednesday.

Sep 14 - By Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer
Leading Republicans on Sunday faulted both presidential campaigns for the increasingly negative tone of their advertising, suggesting the bitter attacks undermine John McCain and Barack Obama's credibility with voters and could backfire.
Sep 2 - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer
Republicans' Senate campaign arm called off television ads Tuesday that were to air in New Mexico in the run-up to Election Day, an indication that it's leaving the GOP candidate there to fend for himself as the party braces for losses.

Aug 3 - By Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press Writer
The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday.

Dec 7 - By Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer
Next time you phone Aunt Betty in Des Moines and she answers with a bark, don't take it personally. Folks in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have gotten lots of unsolicited telephone calls and visits lately from presidential campaigns. So says a telephone poll.
Sep 7 - By Samantha Gross, Associated Press Writer
Imagine: You turn on the TV and see a campaign ad. Your neighbor down the hall, watching the same channel at the same moment, sees a different ad selected for her in part because she's Hispanic, single, owns a dog and drinks Bud Light.

Sep 3 - By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday sharpened his critique of lead rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, warning against a return to "divisive, special interest politics" that had demoralized the country even before President Bush took office.
Mar 6 - By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Writer
Campaigning for office is typically a shoe-leather exercise, with lots of walking through neighborhoods and knocking on doors. But that's not easily done in some of New Orleans' devastated and largely depopulated sections.

Dec 24 - By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
Al Gore claimed he invented it. John McCain predicted it would revolutionize political campaigning. Howard Dean made it pay — and then some.

Jul 21 - By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent
Signaling a new phase in the struggle for control of Congress, House Democrats have reserved time for more than $30 million worth of campaign advertising this fall in roughly two dozen congressional districts, with a heavy emphasis on the Northeast and Midwest.