Politics & Corruption
Last stand for outgunned McCain
The trouble with cultivating the idea that you are good in adversity is that it only works if you have a convincing plan for extracting yourself from it.
Obama and McCain clash over taxes
PITTSBURGH: Senator Barack Obama, making what aides called the "closing argument" of his campaign, declared on Monday that it was time to "get beyond the old ideological debates." And then Obama and his opponent, Senator John McCain, spent much of...
Sarah Palin ditches $150,000 wardrobe for a pair of blue jeans after uproar over expensive clothes
Sarah Palin campaigned in jeans and a jacket from her favourite second-hand store yesterday in an attempt to defuse the outcry over her £100,000 designer wardrobe.
Alaska newspaper endorses Obama
The top newspaper in the home state of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed Democratic candidate Barack Obama for president.
Mood sours over Zimbabwe deal
In the seven weeks since the signing of a power-sharing agreement in Harare, the poisonous relationship between Zimbabwe's political parties has continued to sour.
Bishop should know better than to plagiarise: Swan
Another plagiarism accusation against federal deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop is a clue to why there is no alternative economic policy, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
Thailand moves on setting up constitution drafting assembly
In an attempt to speed up the process to amending the 2007 constitution, a government committee tasked with amending article 291 which is designed to pave the way for rewriting the charter has completed its work and will forward it to whips in the...
Speech off
The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has abruptly cancelled a plan to broadcast a speech by ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra live on television next Saturday.
Clouds of violence, coup lift
Fears of political violence and a possible coup d'etat were somewhat reduced yesterday after the supposed plan to surround and dislodge the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters were denied by its architect, former deput...
Campaign Finance Gets New Scrutiny
Sen. Barack Obama's record-breaking $150 million fundraising performance in September has for the first time prompted questions about whether presidential candidates should be permitted to collect huge sums of money through faceless credit card tr...
Election's endgame is no sure thing
Though the Obama camp seems to have the upper hand in the final week, it's careful of being overconfident. McCain, meanwhile, confronts hurdles in key states.
Biden advises GOP to focus on economy, not attacks
GREELEY, Colo. – Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden advised Republicans on Tuesday to stop slinging attacks at Barack Obama and concentrate on offering plans to fix the nation's deteriorating economy.
Sen. Obama might be just Obama without law written by Sen. McCain
In his initial run for the U.S. Senate in 2004, this fellow Barack Obama, who we seem to be hearing a lot about these days, was onThe presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obamae of the very first beneficiaries of the so-called
Obama Dismisses Talk of Tension With the Clintons
Barack Obama, after receiving a tepid endorsement from Bill Clinton, said he has no concerns that bad blood between them will undermine his bid for the presidency.