No longer foes but not yet allies, President-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private on Monday, discussing possible collaboration on climate change, immigration, Guantanamo Bay and more...
The longest and most expensive presidential race in history drew at last to a frantic, frenzied close last night, with Barack Obama and John McCain hopscotching across America, panning for the final errant votes in key battleground states and trading eleventh-hour attacks on the economy...
Sen. John McCain put Sen. Barack Obama on the spot at several points Wednesday, sparking sharp exchanges at the final presidential debate...
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama argued about who has a better economic plan in their final debate Wednesday night
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain tried to rectify perceived shortcomings and played against type at key moments in Tuesday's presidential debate...
He is, for a politician, a humble man. The most important legacy of his prisoner-of-war days is that he witnessed others behaving more heroically than he did. This experience has given him a basic honesty when appraising himself...
(Editor's Note: Mr. McCain is the Republican nominee for president.) The presidential election occurs at a pivotal moment. Our nation is fighting two wars abroad, suffers from the greatest global financial crisis since the Great...
Oct 30 - The faltering U.S. economy has become the central focus of the U.S. presidential campaign in the final days before the Nov. 4 election. Both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have...
(This story has been posted on The Wall Street Journal Online's Washington Wire blog at blogs.wsj.com/washwire.) Laura Meckler reports from Hershey, Pa., on the presidential race. The McCain campaign is pouncing on a statement by...
WASHINGTON (AFP)--In a country where 45 million people have no health insurance, Barack Obama and John McCain have drawn swords over the best cure, but whoever wins will find reforms hard to enact, experts say....