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My strict but loving parents instilled notions of religion, ethics, obedience, good citizenship -- and politics. Early on, I learned right was right and left was wrong.

"Wall Street wives are finding that they must defer dreams and fancy things," the L.A. Times reported in a page one story on Saturday. One wife, wh...

As scattered as the week has been now that all of the major campaign milestones have come and gone, turning the tables on John McCarthy, erm, McCain's criticism of Barack Obama this week has been the one thread in our inbox.

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

McCain's support and lobbying for the African terrorist group directly contradicts his attacks on Obama for having "worked closely" with Bill Ayers and for having "pledged to meet, without preconditions, the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea."

MIAMI -- Unless Democratic voters get over-confident and stay home on Nov. 4th, Florida will become a Blue State and provide 27 electoral votes to ...

In this exclusive interview Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin discusses the presidential candidates' positions on gay marriage, and what it's like to be openly gay in Congress.

It's getting crazy down here in Dixie. When we're not talking to ourselves, we're talking to everybody else -- whether they want to listen or not. Yada-yada-Muslim, yada-yada-antichrist, yada-yada-doesn't-want-America-to-win, yada-yada-he's-a-commie-socialist!

Lori Jewett is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail. "He's a t...

Our friend Joe the Plumber, for instance, can post yearly receipts of up to $14 million -- and still be considered a small businessman.

McCain's constant remarks about Obama's healthcare "fine" reminded us of political grandstanding -- like swiss cheese with holes in it.

I peered inside the huge glass windows and saw something unexpected: rows and rows of people on phone banks, dozens of them. It was completely unlike the other McCain "victory offices" I've visited.

Are you volunteering for the McCain-Palin campaign or a conservative group this weekend? We are looking for people to share their experiences out on t...

Go to the OffTheBus Campaign Journals to find the stories of our grassroots correspondents. Take a look to learn more about the experiences of support...