Mark Silva

by Mark Silva Sen. Barack Obama, playing campus "Hardball'' with television's Chris Matthews, faced that "3 a.m. phone call'' question today. The national security adviser calls the president at three...

In public, Bill Clinton has told crowds worried about the protracted Democratic campaign to "chill out.'' In private, observer said, Clinton "blew a gasket'' over Bill Richardson's backing of Barack...

by Mark Silva The senior senator from Illinois was asked today if it is "fair game'' for Sen. Hillary Clinton's senior adviser to be talking about Sen. Barack Obama's relationship...

by Mark Silva The other day, NBC's Ann Curry asked Barack Obama about Hillary Clinton's 17-point lead in Pennsylvania. "That was last week,'' Obama joked. This week, things are looking...

by Mark Silva Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, and Karen Thurman, who chairs the Florida Democratic Party, issued a joint statement following a meeting today: "We are all...

Sen. John McCain bought some Girl Scout cookies at Baltimore Washington International Airport today. AP Photo by Mary Altaffer. by Mark Silva Republican John McCain is making a list. A...

by Mark Silva Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are virtually tied with Republican John McCain in national daily tracking polls that Gallup has been running, but an analysis of...

by Mark Silva Boycotting the Olympic games? "I'm hesitant to make the Olympics a site of political protest,'' says Sen. Barack Obama, allowing that he is "of two minds about...

by Mark Silva Sen. Barack Obama picks up an endorsement today that should ring both on the national security front and in the land of the Hoosiers, where the Democrats...

by Mark Silva The dry-run for the Democratic Party's resolution of the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is under way. DNC Chairman Howard Dean is pulling out...