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January 5, 2009 - WASHINGTON - First things first: President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters have checked into their new school in Washington. Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama...more >

PLAN INCLUDES $300 BILLION TAX CUT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

January 5, 2009 - WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama declared the national economy was "bad and getting worse" Monday as he began crisis talks with congressional leaders on emergency action. He...more >

January 5, 2009 - MAUREEN Dowd's love of the Hollywood elites continues unabated. The Times columnist and avowed liberal, who has dated Michael Douglas and Aaron Sorkin, is hosting an inaugural weekend bash at...more >

By CHARLES HURT

January 5, 2009 - WASHINGTON - So, this is Change We Can Believe In? It's more like the same old change we've heard jingling in the pockets of politicians since the beginning of time. And it's the same...more >

NM GOV OUT AMID $$ PROBE

By ANDY GELLER

January 5, 2009 - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson yesterday withdrew his nomination to be Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a federal fiscal probe, the second pay-for-play scandal to rock the...more >

January 5, 2009 - With the presidential inauguration a little more than two weeks away, political mags are taking center stage, trying to win must-read status in the run-up to the historic anointing of "44,"...more >

By PAUL THARP

January 5, 2009 - An expected surge of defense and technology spending is starting to rally Wall Street out of its historic slump, taking a lead as the new bread-and-butter bet for 2009. Defense giants including...more >

TWISTING DEMOCRATS IN KNOTS

By RICH LOWRY

January 5, 2009 - DISGRACED Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich refuses to obey his script. Democrats wanted to shame him into inaction until the state Legislature impeached him and this blot on the new era of...more >

GRAND JURY LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE 'PAY-TO-PLAY' DEALINGS

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January 4, 2009 - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some...more >

By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

January 4, 2009 - President-elect Barack Obama's half-sister and niece are flying in from Kenya to see him sworn in as the 44th president Jan. 20, The Post has learned. Auma Obama, and her 10-year-old daughter...more >

December 31, 2008 - OSCAR winner and former "American Idol" star Jennifer Hudson hasn't been able to perform since her mother, sister and nephew were brutally murdered in October - but sources say she...more >

THE PITFALLS OF FDR-ESQUE PLANS

By GEORGE F. WILL

November 30, 2008 - Early in what became the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes was asked if anything similar had ever happened. "Yes," he replied, "it was called the Dark Ages and it lasted 400 years...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 GEOFF EARLE

August 31, 2008 - DUBLIN, Ohio - Barack Obama is ceding more of the spotlight to Joe Biden - and imploring voters to compare his running mate with Sarah Palin, John McCain's surprise vice-presidential pick...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 >

May 31, 2008 - Americans sure must be wondering about Barack Obama's "spirit" these days - given the wackiness of his spiritual advisers. Turns out the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who calls AIDS a...more >

OBAMA'S 'SURPRISE' ON WRIGHT

By MICHELLE MALKIN

April 30, 2008 - Barack Obama looked pale and wan at what he called his "big press conference" about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Tuesday afternoon. Numb. Chastened. Defeated. Who knew that the greatest...more >

BERNSTEIN'S '76 FLOP RETURNS AS A CANTATA

By BARBARA HOFFMAN

March 31, 2008 - WAY before Barack Obama spoke on race and America - in fact, back before Obama was in high school - Leonard Bernstein composed a similar address. It was "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," the...more >

By CHARLES HURT

February 29, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Mayor Bloomberg's decision to remain on the sidelines in the White House contest leaves Barack Obama in a stronger position in November. At first glance, it would seem that a...more >

January 31, 2008 - In her column, "Bill Gone Wild," (PostScript, Jan. 27) Peggy Noonan correctly describes a coming together of conservatives and liberals in viewing the Clintons as "smarmily duplicitous...more >

BOTTOM OF PACK IN HAWKEYE STATE

By CARL CAMPANILE and GEOFF EARLE

December 31, 2007 - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Rudy Giuliani's support here has plummeted into the single digits, far lower than the frigid winter temperatures in the Hawkeye State, according to new surveys released...more >

November 29, 2007 - It takes two to tango, and Dick Morris puts it all together in his article, "How Hillary Will Go Negative" (PostOpinion, Nov. 27). Why must we put up with a sequel to the eight years in...more >

BUNGLE ON ALIEN PLAN

By GEOFF EARLE Post Correspondent

October 31, 2007 - PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Rodham Clinton stumbled badly at last night's Democratic debate when she repeatedly refused to give a direct answer about whether she supports Gov. Spitzer's plan to...more >

IF YOU COULD JUST CLEAR A FEW THINGS UP ...

By GEORGE WILL

September 30, 2007 - Is it audacious to hope for more clarity from Barack Obama than he has so far supplied? Herewith 17 questions for him: You advocate leaving in Iraq “some” U.S. forces for three missions - fighting al...more >

Post Wire Services

August 29, 2007 - HAVANA - Hillary Rodham Clinton got a boost yesterday from an unwanted source - Fidel Castro. A column purportedly written by the badly ailing Cuban dictator said that Clinton would likely win the...more >

July 29, 2007 - The Democratic presidential race has devolved into a no-holds-barred battle between the two front-runners on an utterly bizarre point: Should the next president personally sit down with the world'...more >

By IAN BISHOP in D.C. and MAGGIE HABERMAN in N.Y.

June 29, 2007 - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the runaway winner over the race's lone black candidate in the Democratic debate, according to groups of African-American voters in Harlem and Washington, D.C. In...more >

May 30, 2007 - THE ISSUE: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's votes against the Iraq war-funding bill.Both Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama want to be commander in chief, yet both voted...more >

April 30, 2007 - It's time to sked that summer vacation, so this week we're checking out the season's hotspots, as seen by three high-end travel magazines - plus a newbie. They're chockfull of cool...more >

March 30, 2007 - REV. Jesse Jackson is already backing a presidential candidate, Barack Obama - but the Rev. Al Sharpton denies persistent rumors he's throwing his support to Hillary Clinton. "I am...more >

By IAN BISHOP

February 28, 2007 - Barack Obama has pushed Hillary Rodham Clinton's poll numbers closer to the red by taking a big bite out of her support among black voters, a new poll shows. Clinton's lead over arch rival...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 >

December 29, 2006 - Dick Morris' analysis is right on the money - the Democratic Party is not going to nominate an inexperienced freshman senator for president ("Obama's Gift to Clinton," PostOpinion...more >

HILL OUT OF SIGHT, OBAMA EVERYWHERE

By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent

November 30, 2006 - WASHINGTON - Democratic White House front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has gone into hiding while rising rival Barack Obama dashes off to key battleground states and plans national TV appearances in...more >

SHELLS OUT $100,000 MORE IN 'PREZ BID'

By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent

October 30, 2006 - WASHINGTON - Round 1 of the much-hyped potential title fight between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination goes to Obama. The charismatic...more >

By CINDY ADAMS

September 18, 2006 - LAST week I reported Christie Brink ley was serving Peter Cook with pa pers in a first concrete move toward divorce. A little bit it was surprising. Despite his behavior being hurtful and her being...more >