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Can They Leave The Past Behind?

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Now, more than two years after clashing as campaign rivals, President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are putting their relations...

Obama, McCain Meet, Break Ice In Oval Office

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Now, more than two years after clashing as campaign rivals, President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are putting their relations...

Barack Obama, John McCain Reuniting For Private White House Meeting

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama and his 2008 adversary, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), are set to convene at the White House Wednesday afternoon for a closed-door...

McCain Hits Obama For William Lynn Pick

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A former Raytheon lobbyist nominated to be deputy defense secretary despite President Barack Obama's ban on hiring lobbyists will s...

Scoop: McCain and Obama Camps Coordinated on Building Staff Rosters for Next Government

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Clemons

In July 2008, the McCain and Obama camps began to work secretly behind the scenes to assemble large rosters of potential personnel for the administration that only one of the candidates would lead.

Marcus Baram

Where They Are Today And Tomorrow

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Over the next two days, John McCain and Barack Obama will maintain a break-neck pace to the finish line as they criss-cross the country several times ...

Obama Seeks Landslide; McCain Looks For Upset

AP | MIKE GLOVER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

DES MOINES, Iowa — Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide Friday, invading his rival's home state wi...

Obama/Osama Sign Outside McCain Rally

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

As Sen. John McCain's motorcade arrived for a rally at Cape Fear Community College, this sign, featuring a photo of Osama bin Laden in between photos ...

Obama To Vote On Bailout Package, McCain Says He Hopes To

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The house always wins, gamblers are warned, and the U.S. House made John McCain pay Monday for his politically risky, high-profile ...

Fox News No More, This Obamacon Had Enough

Logan Perkes | Posted 05.25.2011

Logan Perkes

Sarah works hard to convert her fellow Republicans with her unique insider advantage. She realizes how the Republican message works, how it exploits fear. "It's all the same -- that terrorists are coming and we need to be on offense."

Next President Needs More Substantive Tibet Policy

Frances Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Frances Katz

The question remains if the next administration will help formulate a substantive plan for religious and political autonomy for Tibet.

No more hugs as Obama tears into McCain

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

RENO, Nev. — So much for hugging in church. A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California m...

Paris Hilton Notwithstanding, Paparazzi Candidates Do Turn off Voters

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A whole lot of Americans are getting weary of seeing and hearing about Obama -- nearly half of independents said they saw too much of him.

Barack Obama: Lay Off My Family

Posted 05.25.2011

On the same day that former GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee told his party that demonizing Barack Obama is a 'fatal mistake,' Obama told a re...

Will Thomas

Obama Hamas Ties Pushed In McCain Letter: So Much For "Respectful" Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

John McCain has repeatedly insisted in public that he wants to run a respectful campaign, but a recent fundraising email from his campaign suggests th...

McCain On Obama: "Clear Who Hamas Wants to be the Next President"

Posted 05.25.2011

From The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb: McCain spoke with bloggers this morning on a number of issues ranging from William Ayers to Rev. Wright ...

Obama Hits Hamas "Smear": McCain Is "Losing His Bearings"

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Over the past few weeks, John McCain has pushed the idea that the terrorist organization Hamas is supporting Barack Obama's presidential campaign. To...

Obama Outpacing McCain On Web By Miles

Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

Less than five months before The Big Day -- Nov. 4, 2008 -- national polls show John McCain and Barack Obama locked in a dead heat. The latest CNN pol...

Let's Hear It for Politics As Usual

Caryl Rivers | Posted 05.25.2011

Caryl Rivers

I love Barack's his ideas about a new politics of hope -- I attended MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. But I worry that Obama is more Harvard law than Chicago street fighter.

Major Clinton Backers Rally Around Obama

AP | BETH FOUHY and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting t...

Crystal Balls

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Jayne Lyn Stahl

It is egregious, and flat out unacceptable for Mr. Murdoch to tilt the direction of his editorial board in any presidential candidate's favor -- whether it be John McCain or Barack Obama.

Will Thomas

Obama: McCain Campaign Paid For And Run By Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Today, Barack Obama sharpened his criticism John McCain's relationships with Washington lobbyists: During a speech at a local high school here, Obama...

Obama: Bush, McCain Should Explain Their Problem With JFK

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Barack Obama went one step further today in his pushback against presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and President Bush on appe...

Obama In Limbo Over 'Almost Nominee' Status

NY Times | Jim Rutenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

The contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton not quite over and the one with Senator John McCain not quite under way, Senator Barack Obama is float...

McCain Camp Insists Obama Is Playing Age Card

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The McCain camp is taking offense at an appearance of Barack Obama on Wolf Blitzer this week, claiming that Obama is playing the the age card. Obama ...