CINCINNATI, April 6 (UPI) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is considering former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, as his vice presidential running mate, GOP insiders say.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The helter-skelter scramble of the U.S. presidential race has analysts for both parties saying polls are pretty much meaningless, The Washington Post reported.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The unified coalition of the Republican Party in the United States stands in disarray as party leaders see a long presidential campaign in a negative light.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Congress returned Monday to a long end-of-the-year to-do list that includes budget talks, middle-class taxes and war money.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress have mounted unusually early advertising campaigns in the run-up to next year's presidential election.

COLUMBIA, S.C., April 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. poll showed that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., had gained on Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as Democratic presidential hopefuls prepared for a debate.

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