2008 Election Feed

Tensions over Iran’s nuclear ambitions have forced visits by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other diplomats to Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Two Democratic senators from the Northeast became the first casualties of the Iowa caucuses.

Two Democratic senators from the Northeast became the first casualties of the Iowa caucuses.

As Senator Christopher J. Dodd ambles through the early voting states, there is a decided “Why the heck not?” feel to his joyous orbit.

For the first time in years there is also doubt about the 48-year-old Senator's future.

President Clinton's choice of Senator Christopher J. Dodd to head the Democratic National Committee has sparked an open rebellion among some state party leaders.

In an interview, Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out a vision for reinventing the vice presidency.

Though known to much of the public as gabby and gaffe-prone, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. is known in Washington as an ambitious, astute, calculating politician always looking at the next step.

In a major speech, the secretary of state seemed to battle a perception that the State Department has lost influence to an assertive White House.

In the latest mutation in a career of many changes, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s days have become a whirl of diplomacy, White House meetings and travel.

Hillary Rodham Clinton in many ways has less experience and expertise than past secretaries of state, but her selection has electrified diplomats.

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign was suffused in overconfidence, riven by acrimony and weighted by emotional baggage.

The parallels and contrasts between the Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy are considerable.

The president has more flexibility than most fathers, but more responsibility too.

The president has more flexibility than most fathers, but more responsibility too.

Senator Christopher Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, said he would tell his staff to press ahead on drafting legislation, even without Republican support.

Senator Christopher Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, said he would tell his staff to press ahead on drafting legislation, even without Republican support.

Both parties face a toxic environment, but Americans say President Obama better understands their problems than Congressional Republicans.

The Senate on Thursday night confirmed more than two dozen of President Obama’s nominees to federal positions after the threat of using the holiday week to make recess appointments.

The Economic Report of the President said the rate would fall to 9.2 percent next year and remain well over 6 percent until 2015.