WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- The field of Democrats running for the 2004 nomination is growing by leaps and bounds. But it wasn't long ago that many astute political observers thought it not worth having.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The outcome of the current legal challenge of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law passed earlier this year will be the most important decision on campaign law in decades, analysts on both sides of the issue said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Control of state political organizations can lead to control of the national party and the presidential nominating process. George W. Bush and the Republican governors used this to maximum effect in 2000. Could the same thing be on tap for the Democrats i

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The book at a glance: The Rise of Southern Republicans by Earl and Merle Black, Belknap Harvard Press, $29.95, 442 pages.

ABC, CBS and NBC decided not to carry President George Bush's speech live Monday night, saying the White House never asked them to carry it, The Washington Post reports.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Corruption in politics is nothing new. Neither is personalization.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- "If I could have used the name 'Policy Making for Dummies ... the Executive Branch,' I would have," jokes Paul J. Weinstein Jr., about the nuts-and-bolts approa

Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays was one of the leaders of more than 1,000 rebels who sought redress of their grievances during an uprising that began on this date in 1786. What became known as "Shays Rebellion" included attacks on courts of law and

Today is Thursday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2002 with 124 to follow.