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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press November 12, 2008 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- None of its candidates won, but the Constitution Party is celebrating success in Missouri. Constitution Party treasurer candidate Rodney Farthing got 2.4 percent of the vote in last week's election. That's a large enough proportion to ensure the party a spot on Missouri's 2010 and 2012 ballots. The party...

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press November 12, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat. "I'm so proud of her and I'm very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired ...

Ga. Senate Race Key to Stopping Obama Agenda Sunday, November 9, 2008 9:39 PM By: David A. Patten A historic Senate runoff in Georgia is shaping up as a political battle royal that could hand complete control of Congress to President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. The Dec. 2 special election comes on the heels of the Nov. 4 election in which incumbent ...

By Ivan Moreno Associated Press November 10, 2008 DENVER (AP) -- Latinos are hailed as a key voting bloc, even though they show their power at the polls only sporadically. When they turned out in record numbers to vote for Democrat Barack Obama, they not only erased recent gains by Republicans but shattered the myth of a black-Latino divide. Amid worries about home foreclosures and ...

By ERIC GORSKI Associated Press November 6, 2008 (AP) - In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation. By some measures, the faith-based ...

Ana Marie Cox Chief strategist Steve Schmidt talks about the moment—back in September—when he knew McCain was doomed. Plus, his surprising view on gay marriage, and more scoop on leaks. Reached on a long-planned vacation outside the country, former McCain campaign chief strategist Steve Schmidt was in the middle of letting go. Still determined to convince observers that McCain’s ...

By MIKE MOKRZYCKI and CORALIE CARLSON Associated Press November 11, 2008 (AP) - The 2008 presidential election saw the biggest partisan shift in a generation -- more of a rejection of Republicans than an embrace of Democrats -- but voter surveys find no broad ideological realignment behind that shift. Democrats made up 39 percent of the electorate and Republicans 32 percent in a ...

By BEN EVANS Associated Press November 11, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tuesday's elections leave little doubt that the Republicans' Nixon-era strategy to win over white Southerners has been a resounding success. But have they lost the rest of the country along the way? For all the talk of President-elect Obama's inroads in "New South" states like Virginia and North Carolina, the numbers...

Rasmussen Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability. Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five ...

No hidden white bias seen in presidential race - By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don't seem to have lied to pollsters about it. Obama's election triumph on Tuesday presented no evidence of the so-called Bradley effect, in which whites who oppose a black politician mislead pollsters about whom they will vote for. ...

By Ivan Moreno Associated Press November 10, 2008 DENVER (AP) -- Latinos are hailed as a key voting bloc, even though they show their power at the polls only sporadically. When they turned out in record numbers to vote for Democrat Barack Obama, they not only erased recent gains by Republicans but shattered the myth of a black-Latino divide. Amid worries about home foreclosures and ...

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press November 12, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat. "I'm so proud of her and I'm very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired ...

Rasmussen Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability. Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five ...

By BEN EVANS Associated Press November 11, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tuesday's elections leave little doubt that the Republicans' Nixon-era strategy to win over white Southerners has been a resounding success. But have they lost the rest of the country along the way? For all the talk of President-elect Obama's inroads in "New South" states like Virginia and North Carolina, the numbers...

Ana Marie Cox Chief strategist Steve Schmidt talks about the moment—back in September—when he knew McCain was doomed. Plus, his surprising view on gay marriage, and more scoop on leaks. Reached on a long-planned vacation outside the country, former McCain campaign chief strategist Steve Schmidt was in the middle of letting go. Still determined to convince observers that McCain’s ...

By ERIC GORSKI Associated Press November 6, 2008 (AP) - In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation. By some measures, the faith-based ...

By MIKE MOKRZYCKI and CORALIE CARLSON Associated Press November 11, 2008 (AP) - The 2008 presidential election saw the biggest partisan shift in a generation -- more of a rejection of Republicans than an embrace of Democrats -- but voter surveys find no broad ideological realignment behind that shift. Democrats made up 39 percent of the electorate and Republicans 32 percent in a ...

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press November 12, 2008 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- None of its candidates won, but the Constitution Party is celebrating success in Missouri. Constitution Party treasurer candidate Rodney Farthing got 2.4 percent of the vote in last week's election. That's a large enough proportion to ensure the party a spot on Missouri's 2010 and 2012 ballots. The party...

Ga. Senate Race Key to Stopping Obama Agenda Sunday, November 9, 2008 9:39 PM By: David A. Patten A historic Senate runoff in Georgia is shaping up as a political battle royal that could hand complete control of Congress to President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. The Dec. 2 special election comes on the heels of the Nov. 4 election in which incumbent ...