WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Someone should break the bad news to Sen. Joe Biden: As a vice presidential candidate he's doing far worse than Dan Quayle.

PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has made John McCain more likely to be seen as a force for change, a Gallup Poll analyst said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Results of a Ipsos/McClatchy poll indicate that Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a slight lead over his Democratic rival, Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A potential John McCain administration could mean an additional Republican in the U.S. Senate, courtesy of Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., observers speculated.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Seven years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, it's fashionable to say that the American people have moved on to other things. But, in fact, the shadow of that day is the unacknowledged elephant in the bedroom of American politics that is strongly influencing the outcome of the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Two Connecticut Democrats circulating a petition to censure U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman say the effort is gaining support from rank-and-file party members.

LEBANON, Ohio, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Heart says John McCain and Sarah Palin's campaign is using its song "Barracuda" at rallies after the U.S. rock band asked them to stop.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., won't be attending Democratic policy lunches in the Senate this month, another sign he is moving away from the party.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Aides to U.S. Senate Democratic leaders say Sen. Joe Lieberman's Republican convention speech could cost him his Homeland Security Committee chairmanship.