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Beck: Keeping my distance from the Dems

2 hours 26 min ago
Here at the Glenn Beck program, the budget isn't exactly that impressive. We're not the federal government, with a limitless American Express card that we never have to pay off.

Toobin: What's really at stake in this election?

6 hours 7 min ago
Conventions are about politics, not policies, so it's not surprising that we've lately been preoccupied with Hillary Clinton's body language and John McCain's real estate.

Analysis: Biden offers 'ham and cheese' mentality

10 hours 55 min ago
For one night, it was like the Democratic Party had entered a parallel dimension, where John Kerry was an electrifying speaker and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were members of a mutual admiration society.

Analysis: It was Bill Clinton's night

11 hours 15 min ago
For one night, it was like the Democratic Party had entered a parallel dimension, where John Kerry was an electrifying speaker and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were members of a mutual admiration society.

Backstory: Tubbs Jones remained loyal to Clintons

11 hours 42 min ago
It was classic Clinton.

Obama reaches milestone on symbolic anniversary

13 hours 42 min ago
Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28,1963, Martin Luther King Jr. shared his vision for a new America:

Online crowd ask Pelosi, what's Congress doing?

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:17pm
So what is Congress doing, anyway? That was a common refrain in a handful of questions posed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the first Digg Dialogg interview Wednesday night.

Biden

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:17pm
Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, Barack Obama's choice for vice president, accepted the nomination Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. He was introduced by his son Beau Biden, Delaware attorney general.

Bill Clinton

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:17pm

Biden on attack

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:16pm
Sen. Joe Biden hammered Republican presidential candidate John McCain as he accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday.

Clinton hails Obama

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 10:48pm
Former President Bill Clinton declared he was "here to support Barack Obama" at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday.

Obama surprises delegates after Biden speech

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 10:19pm
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrats' presidential nominee, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, marking his first appearance at the event.

Jubilant delegates celebrate historic nomination

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 8:08pm
It was a moment Howard Hemsley thought might never come.

Clinton releases delegates

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 3:56pm
Sen. Hillary Clinton released her delegates Wednesday afternoon, allowing those who had been pledged to her to vote for whomever they choose in a roll call vote later in the day.

Indicted senator wins Alaska GOP primary

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 3:48pm
Indicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens easily turned back challengers in Alaska's Republican primary, but the state's longtime representative, Don Young, was locked in a neck-and-neck battle with a GOP rival Wednesday.

Biden ready to attack McCain's foreign policies

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 2:51pm
Last night, Democrats tried to heal the wounds of a long primary season with a primetime call for unity from the party's one-time presidential frontrunner, Hillary Clinton. They also repeatedly tied John McCain to an unpopular George W. Bush and a faltering economy.

Commentary: Education issue lost in hubbub

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 2:32pm
As we enter the final months of the longest presidential campaign in American history, it seems clear that the issue of the education of our nation's children is virtually absent from John McCain and Barack Obama's rhetoric.

Cheney: 'alternative' interrogation techniques OK

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 1:52pm
Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Bush administration's record on prisoner interrogations, telling a veterans' group that its use of "alternative" techniques against suspects was legal and proper.

Rosen: Hillary's women already have power

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 1:33pm
Is there a score higher than an A+? I have heard about a hundred speeches by Sen. Hillary Clinton. Tuesday night's speech in Denver was a clarion call filled with power and grace.

Five questions: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 1:00pm
Musician Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy performed at a concert sponsored by Rock the Vote on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Before Monday night's show in Denver, Colorado, Wentz answered five questions for CNN.com.