How and where our reps in D.C. live
Any American can be elected to Congress but not everyone can easily afford to live in Washington.
McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers
Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives.
National Politics: President
N. Korea reactions reflect candidates' ages, views
Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain reacted cautiously Thursday after President Bush announced easing economic sanctions against North Korea, a world troublespot one of them will inherit after the next presidential inauguration in January.
Recent headlines
Candidate Profile
Barack Obama
Obama's meteoric rise this year propelled him to the top in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. With the end of the primary season, he became the party's presumptive nominee. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his chief rival, suspended her campaign on June 7 and gave him a strong endorsement. Obama has gotten rock-star treatment from supporters at rallies, including one he held in St. Paul on the night of the last primaries, and has generated record-breaking fundraising. His campaign has been criticized for being at times too cerebral and lacking in policy details amid his sometimes-gauzy calls for a new kind of politics. Comments over the years by his fiery former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and more recently by the Rev. Michael Pfleger during a guest sermon at the church, have been points of controversy. At the end of May, Obama resigned his 20-year membership with the church.
National Politics: In Congress
Senate reaches an agreement on global AIDS bill
Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other countries hard-hit by those diseases.
National Politics: Senate
Barkley likes odds of Ventura Senate run
The former governor has until July 15 to decide whether to enter the race and will probably wait until then.
More From Politically Connected:
StarTribune.com Feeds
StarTribune.com headlines are available via RSS feed and can be added to your "My Yahoo!" page:
View all RSS feeds
Blog: The Big Question
Pawlenty on McCain and the evangelical vote
David Brody, the national correspondent for CBN, the Christian Broadcasting Network, posted this interview with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty today on his blog. Pawlenty, a national co-chairman of the John McCain campaign, acknowledges that the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee needs to reach out more to evangelicals and said there are plans to do. This comes a [...]
Recent posts
Campaign finance information through Mar 31, 2008
| McCain |
|
$81,858,086 | |
| Obama |
|
$240,175,070 | |
| $322,033,156 | |||
|
Minnesota Contributions
|
|||
| McCain |
|
$532,694 | |
| Obama |
|
$1,645,960 | |
| $2,178,654 | |||