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Democrat Barack Obama would apply the Social Security payroll tax to all annual incomes above $250,000, which he says would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans.
Payroll Tax
Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator.
Huckabee Joining Fox News as Political Commentator

John McCain said Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business in a speech to small business owners. McCain said Obama’s policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs.
McCain: Obama Bad for Business
Barack Obama ramped up his search for a running mate. Sen. Dick Durbin said he had spoken with Obama, his fellow Illinois […]

Joyce Susick is the type of voter who might carry Barack Obama to the White House - or keep him out. A registered Democrat in a highly competitive state, she is eager to replace George W. Bush, whom she ranks among the worst presidents ever. There’s just one problem.
“I don’t think our country is ready […]

Hillary Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama.

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Hillary Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking. Clinton gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally.
Clinton Backs Obama
Andrea Bernstein looks back at […]

Democrat Hillary Clinton met rival Barack Obama face-to-face with no one else present at Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s home Thursday night. Feinstein said she took them to her living room, where they sat “in two comfortable chairs facing one another” and then she left the room. No one else was present during the meeting and nothing […]

Some of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s biggest backers from New York rallied around Barack Obama Thursday as she signaled her candidacy was ending. The likely Democratic nominee said he won’t be hurried into a decision on whether to make her his running mate.
Clinton Ending Candidacy
Acting swiftly as his party’s presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is keeping […]

Barack Obama has asked a three-person team, including Caroline Kennedy, to help lead the vetting of a prospective vice presidential candidate. Kennedy joins high-profile Democratic insiders Jim Johnson and Eric Holder. Johnson oversaw the vice presidential vetting for John Kerry in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984. Holder was deputy attorney general in the Clinton […]

Barack Obama spoke directly with his vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and expressed optimism they could achieve party unity after their bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I just spoke to her today, and we’re going to be having a conversation in coming weeks. And I’m very confident how unified the Democratic party’s going […]

Barack Obama picked up fresh support from Democrats eager to unify the party after a bruising battle for the presidential nomination at the same time he criticized Republican rival John McCain for supporting a “plan for staying, not a plan for victory” in Iraq. “Keeping all of our troops tied down indefinitely in Iraq is […]