Mark Silva

by Mark Silva and updated Sen. John McCain delivered some remarks about the wretchedness of war this week that were awfully reminiscent of the words of rretired Navy Adm. Timothy...

Sen. Barack Obama leaving the stage after delivering a speech on the economy at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Photo by Damon Winter / The New...

by Mark Silva Al Gore, the Nobel Prize-winning former vice president and Democratic nominee for president in 2000 who won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College, contends that...

by Mark Silva The controversy over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's most incendiary remarks "has not hurt'' Sen. Barack Obama's campaign for president nationally, a Washington-based pollster says. "Obama's lead over...

Barack Obama at Cooper Union today: "Our economy is in a recession.'' AP photo by Alex Brandon. by Mark Silva Americans are suffering an "economic slowdown,'' the White House says....

by Mark Silva The campaign is not over, camp Clinton says. "I do think we have seen an effort on the part of the Obama campaign to attempt to persuade...

By Mark Silva Rep. Jack Murtha, the decorated Vietnam War veteran who was early among members of Congress speaking out against the war in Iraq, is campaigning for Sen. Hillary...

by Mark Silva President Bush, maintaining that the "surge'' of forces which he ordered in Iraq is a success, said today that his decision about pausing a drawdown of forces...

by Mark Silva Sen. Hillary Clinton, casting her campaign forward to the primary election campaigns in early May, appeared in North Carolina today with a plan for a $2.5 billion...

by Mark Silva Sen. Barack Obama, delivering a speech on the economy in New York today, took aim at not only the Bush administration but also Sen. John McCain of...