Mark Silva

by Mark Silva "How bad is it'' for Barack Obama in Pennsylvania? "Just how bad is documented by some key findings from a series of polls, including the Franklin and...

by Mark Silva Fundraising dinners "hosted by Washington lobbyists and filled with representatives of special interests'' are nothing new, Barack Obama's campaign says. But an "intimate'' dinner for five with...

While two Democrats, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, are tied in national polling, many of their supporters tell Gallup they would vote for Republican Sen. John McCain rather than accept...

by Mark Silva There are a lot of loud-mouths in Washington, but none with the large-mouths of the trophy fish that Alton Jones and Judy Wong have caught. Jones, an...

by Mark Silva The Clinton campaign will not let go of the discounted Democratic primary votes in Michigan, where Sen. Hillary Clinton "won'' as the only major candidate on the...

by Mark Silva Our friends over at the Endless Loop desk in Cable TV Newsland are having a heyday with videotape of former First Lady Hillary Clinton's landing in Bosnia...

by John McCormick In one of the biggest tests yet of his candidacy, Sen. Barack Obama delivered his assessment of America's race relations last week. He ended that Philadelphia appearance,...

by John McCormick When Ashley Baia tells her own story, it's compelling, although somewhat less dramatic than Sen. Barack Obama's recitation. Her version also differs slightly from his. "Ashley had...

by Mark Silva "It's a number,'' said the former White House press secretary, Tony Snow, the day in June 2006 when American military casualties reached 2,500. Today, the number reached...

by Mark Silva Suggestions of a loyalty oath and the name of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy have surfaced in the 2008 presidential election campaign. James Carville, the Democratic strategist...