By CHARLES HURT DC BUREAU CHIEF

December 31, 2008 - WASHINGTON - The DC lobbyist who The New York Times suggested was having a romantic relationship with Sen. John McCain has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against the paper...more >

THE POST'S LIST OF '08'S NIGHTMARES

By TERRY KEENAN

November 23, 2008 - IT'S Thanksgiving week and that means - fair or foul - it's time to roast the biggest turkeys in business over the past year. This year, with Wall Street headed for its worst performance in...more >

By MICHELLE MALKIN

October 31, 2008 - IF JOE the Plumber were Jawad the Suspected Terrorist, civil-liberties activists would stampede the halls of Congress on his behalf. Liberal columnists would hyperventilate over the outrageous...more >

By CHARLES HURT

September 30, 2008 - PEWAUKEE, Wis. - To fully understand why picking Sarah Palin as his running mate gave such a boost to John McCain's stagnant campaign, you have to come here to Buck Rub Outfitters. Under the...more >

By CHARLES HURT

August 31, 2008 - OGALLALA, Neb. - Other than avoiding another natural disaster-turned-political nightmare, here are five things John McCain must accomplish at the Republican convention in Minnesota this week...more >

MAC ATTACK AD PAINTS OBAMA WITH BLOND BRUSH

By CARL CAMPANILE

July 31, 2008 - John McCain launched a cheeky attack ad yesterday, mocking Barack Obama as the world's "biggest celebrity" who is as qualified to be president as blond bimbos Britney Spears and Paris...more >

MCCAIN IN VISIT WITH GRAHAM

By DAPHNE RETTER, Post Wire Services

June 30, 2008 - Still struggling to convince evangelical Christians that they can trust him, GOP presidential candidate John McCain met yesterday with longtime presidential spiritual guide Billy Graham. McCain...more >

By ROBERT D. NOVAK

May 31, 2008 -

NEW York City Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, Mayor Bloomberg's principal political adviser, is being seriously considered by the McCain cam paign to be named...more >

'OPEN' TO RELIEF AS HE RIPS DEMS

By CHARLES HURT Bureau Chief

April 30, 2008 - WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday left the door open to suspending the federal gas tax, as he blamed Democrats for doing nothing to ease the burden of high pump prices, rising food costs and home...more >

By ADAM BUCKMAN

March 30, 2008 - Who's the most telegenic presidential candidate?The answer is not as simple as you might think.To most people, the obvious choice would be Barack Obama. He's so young (46), they say; so...more >

NY TIMES MUFFED REAL STORY

By GEORGE F. WILL

February 29, 2008 - CERTAIN kinds of conser vatives, distrusting Rich ard Nixon's ideologicalelasticity, rejected him - until 1973. Although it had become clear his administration was a crime wave, they embraced him...more >

MCCAIN WORRIES THE RIGHT

By ROBERT D. NOVAK

January 31, 2008 - AS John McCain neared his momentous prima ry-election victory in Florida after a ferocious campaign questioning his conservative credentials, right-wingers buzzed over word that he had privately...more >

By ROBERT D. NOVAK

December 29, 2007 - WHILE public polls show Mike Huckabee leading Mitt Romney in Iowa, a new survey of an oversized sample shows Huckabee slipping and no longer ahead of Romney. A private corporate interest...more >

EAGER NY DIE-HARDS DO WEEKLY NH TREK

By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

November 25, 2007 - His four-hour bus ride from Staten Island to New Hampshire has just begun, but Stephen Thompson wants to smoke. "I don't mind giving up my Saturday for this," says the 24-year-old...more >

By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

October 26, 2007 - ARKANSAS ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee is shaking up the Republican race. Think of the primary process as a tennis tournament. On the center court, in the semi-final, Rudy Giuliani is defeating John McCain...more >

A SORRY PANDER TO THE NRA

By JONAH GOLDBERG

September 27, 2007 - WHEN Rudy Giuliani spoke to the National Rifle As sociation last week, there was no way he could say anything remotely pleasing to the audience and remain consistent to his record. The former mayor...more >

By CARL CAMPANILE

August 31, 2007 - Trying to revive his presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain released a video yesterday touting his storied military service - including extensive footage of him as a badly injured Vietnam POW being...more >

By GEOFF EARLE

July 30, 2007 - WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said it would be nearly impossible for Sen. John McCain to be president, piling on criticism of the former Republican front-runner. McCain (R-Ariz.)...more >

SPEECH COPS LOSE ONE

By GEORGE F. WILL

June 28, 2007 - LET us hope that Su preme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who is rarely right about First Amendment matters, was right about what he said in April. During oral arguments about a challenge to a use of...more >

By ROBERT D. NOVAK

May 31, 2007 - FRED Thompson sat at the end of a long table in The Monocle restaurant on Capitol Hill Tuesday night for dinner with some 20 fellow conservatives, mostly journalists. He sent two signals. First, he...more >

STIRS PREZ-BID RUMOR

By FREDRIC U. DICKER

April 30, 2007 - FURTHER fueling speculation he'll run for president, Mayor Bloomberg has canceled an expected appearance at a major GOP fund-raising dinner featuring White House hopefuls Rudy Giuliani and John...more >

SIENNA COLLEGE POLL RESULTS

AP

March 26, 2007 - THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in New York.THE POLL: Siena College Research Institute.

STARTLING SECRET NOTES

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

February 28, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani's liberal views could wreck the GOP, John McCain is an "unreliable leader," Hillary Rodham Clinton isjust like France - and Mitt Romney has "too-perfect" hair...more >

By IAN BISHOP

January 31, 2007 - WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has blown past her primary rivals in the 2008 kickoff state of New Hampshire, and bests the field of White House hopefuls in the swing state of Ohio, new polls...more >

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

December 25, 2006 - They're tied in most polls and have similar messages, but as Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain get ready to kick their 2008 plans into high gear, they'll count on very different teams of...more >

AP

November 28, 2006 - Americans have the warmest feelings about former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, according to a poll released yesterday that scores the popularity...more >

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

October 31, 2006 - Rudy Giuliani yesterday visited Arizona, potential 2008 GOP primary rival Sen. John McCain's home turf, as he started a whirlwind final week of national stump stops for congressional candidates...more >

AP

September 25, 2006 - WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain yesterday urged quick confirmation for John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations - so he can talk back to "two-bit dictators" like Venezuelan...more >

LEADS ALL DEMS IN NEW PREZ POLL

By CATHY BURKE

August 20, 2006 - It may not be all uphill for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a run for president. The former first lady - who already appears unbeatable in her re-election bid this fall - has come out as the...more >