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By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN UPI International ColumnistDENVER, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. presidential election season and political conventions are bizarre animals. Europeans and non-Americans in general marvel at and are intimidated by the frenetic activity, a mixture of glitz and shtick. It is loud. It is crazy -- what can only be described as typical Americana.

DENVER, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- It has been four years since I filed my first articles for UPI. "Come to Boston and write for us," Martin Walker, then editor in chief, now editor emeritus, had said to me. So I did. And I became a stringer for the 2004 Democratic Convention.

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It was said of the restored Bourbon monarchs of France after the French Revolution, “they have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” The same can be said of today’s Republican Congressional leadership.

Earlier this week, we asked the members of the Fix community to offer their picks on who Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama would name as running mates and why. Post.com politics producer Sarah Lovenheim combed through more than 130...

Several Republican senators running for re-election say they'll be too busy campaigning to head to Minnesota

It was said of the restored Bourbon monarchs of France after the French Revolution that "they have learned nothing and forgotten nothing." The same can be said of today's Republican congressional leadership.

Earlier this week, we asked the members of the Fix community to offer their picks on who Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama would name as running mates and why. Post.com politics producer Sarah Lovenheim combed through more than 130...

NPR.org , July 23, 2008 · Q: This year's presidential election will create at least one Senate vacancy; other Senate seats could become vacant depending on who becomes vice president. That said, who are John McCain and Barack Obama's likely successors in the Senate?

Karadzic capture follows diplomatic dance with Serbia

Washington's party game of the moment is debating the merits – and Vegas odds – of the vice-presidential choices of Barack Obama and John McCain, presumptive presidential nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively.

If the political blogosphere is a boxing ring -- noisy, boisterous, full of punches -- then, for this week at least, Austin is Vegas, reports The Washington Post.

AUSTIN, July 17 -- Now this is some serious smackdown, blogger style.

The Seattle Times Political Caucus is an online community aimed at adding diverse voices to our coverage of politics. As the election season...

If we are in the summer doldrums—the period when campaign-weary Americans tend to choose the beach and fireworks and tune out politics and campaigns—that might be good news for Barack Obama and John McCain. Because last week’s campaign narrative sure didn’t offer much that was positive.

How apathetic does McCain think the voters are that his campaign can get away with accusing Obama of the very thing that has been McCain's biggest weakness?

Sens. John Kerry and Lindsey Graham will appear Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."

Obama and McCain talk substance: Why can't the East Coast media?

The conventional wisdom these days is that Wesley Clark's raising questions about McCain's fitness to be commander in chief causes political problems for Barack Obama. But don't be fooled.

As America celebrates the Fourth of July, at picnics and backyard barbecues across the country the conversation will turn to politics, the presidency and particularly to Barack Obama.