Middle-name calling is way over the line  —  How bad — how ugly, how far over the line of decency — is it to invoke Barack Obama's middle name in attacking him?  —  It's so ugly and so far over the line that not even Alan Keyes in his most overwrought, spittle-flecked moments did it during …

Barack Hussein Obama, Omar Bradley, Benjamin Franklin and other Semitically Named American Heroes  —  At Cincinnati, Bill Cunningham, according to the LAT, who “introduced presidential candidate John McCain at a rally here today accused Barack Obama of sympathizing with 'world leaders …

Going First Most of the Time  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded almost put upon.  —  “Can I just point out that in the last several debates, I seem to get the first question all the time,” she said to Brian Williams of NBC News, a moderator of Tuesday night's debate between Mrs. Clinton and Senator Barack Obama.

Clinton adds a half delegate  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's half delegate has a new friend — one of equal stature no less.  —  The Democrats Abroad, a group sanctioned by the national party, has confounded delegate counters, graphic artists and political journalists since …

Clinton Campaign Pours Resources Into Two Crucial Primaries  —  Aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), coming to terms with the idea that she must win contests in both Texas and Ohio next week or face enormous pressure to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination …

McCain and Obama Trade Jabs on Iraq  —  Senator John McCain opened a new line of attack against Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of being willing to surrender Iraq to Al Qaeda.  —  Mr. McCain, the likely Republican nominee for president, previewed a possible general election contest …