Free Trade and Low Taxes Star in Republican Debate

Oct. 10, 2007

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 9 -- On a day when stock indexes hit record highs, Republican presidential candidates gathered here Tuesday for a group defense of low taxes and free markets and warned that Democrats, particularly Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, pose the greatest danger to the nation's future ...

Report: Bush veterans prep Palin

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Advisers from the Bush administration are prepping Gov. Sarah Palin for her vice presidential debate with Sen. Joe Biden, U.S. political strategists say.

Bill: Hillary did not want to be VP

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's husband, Bill, says she did not want to become Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic U.S. presidential ticket.

Campaigns debate Clinton-less ticket

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Supporters of Republican John McCain say a Democratic ticket with U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton would have negated Sarah Palin, but Obama backers say it wouldn't.

37 million watched Palin speech

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Nearly as many people watched Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech as did Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's last week.

Republican nominates Obama at DNC

DENVER, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Republican Iraqi war veteran from Florida nominated Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to be the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Wednesday.

Clinton rejects McCain ad

DENVER, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday rebuffed a Republican ad that suggested she and Barack Obama have not reconciled after their protracted primary fight.

Three women under review as McCain's VP

WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Three women could be viable choices as a running mate in U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential bid, besides the men often mentioned, political observers say.

GOP attacks echo primary criticisms

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Attacks used by the Republican Party against U.S. Sen. Barack Obama are similar to those used during the Democratic primaries, officials say.

Clinton calls on supporters to back Obama

WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Now that Hillary Clinton has left the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the New York senator says she wants her supporters to back Barack Obama.

Clinton slips in the Gallup poll

PRINCETON, N.J., June 1 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead slipped when pitted against her Republican counterpart, a Gallup poll indicates.

McCain, Bush in joint fundraiser

PHOENIX, May 27 (UPI) -- President George Bush traveled to Phoenix Tuesday to attend a fundraiser for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Obama leads Clinton by 8 points in survey

WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama leads rival Democratic U.S. presidential contender Sen. Hillary Clinton by 8 percentage points among party faithful, a Gallup poll indicates.

Gallup poll puts Obama on top

WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- Voters prefer Sen. Barack Obama to Sen. Hillary Clinton as U.S. president, but Clinton fairs better against the presumptive Republican rival, a poll indicates.

Other candidates still draw GOP votes

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- While Arizona Sen. John McCain has been the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for weeks, other candidates are still drawing votes in late primaries.

Indiana: Republican crossover votes vital

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3 (UPI) -- Republican crossover voters may play a vital part in Indiana's Democratic presidential primary as growing numbers of Republicans switch sides, polls show.