The Zeitgeist - Political Commentary and Review

The town hall format - which will include questions on both domestic and foreign policy raised by audience members - is the Republican presidential candidate's favorite style of campaigning.  

Finance ministers from the European Union, which has had trouble coordinating policy, gathered to seek common ground to buttress the banking system.  

GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.  

CINCINNATI, Oct. 6 -- President Bush stepped gingerly into the presidential campaign on Monday, offering an implicit endorsement of Sen. John McCain's judicial philosophy and accusing Democrats of contributing to a "broken confirmation process" for federal judges.  

The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama for the first time criticized Sen. John McCain for his role in the "Keating Five" savings-and-loan scandal yesterday, saying the issue is fair game after a weekend of attacks by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin over the Democrat's ties to Vietnam War-era...  

Alaska Republicans are asking the state's highest court to block an abuse-of-power investigation into vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's firing of a state commissioner before a potentially embarrassing report on the matter is released.  

As the deadline for voter registration arrives today in many states, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign could benefit from newcomers to the rolls in key states in numbers that outweigh Republican gains.  

OMAHA, Oct. 5 -- With a month to go before Election Day, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, touched down here Sunday for an unexpected rally in a state that President Bush won by 22 percentage points in 2004.  

While playing down his role in public, Gov. David A. Paterson has led an effort to raise more than $2 million.  

Politico reports that Michigan Republicans are furious at John McCain's decision this week to abandon the state, which at one point had been considered one of his best prospects among the states that John Kerry won.  

Democrats are arguing that their party better reflects the full spectrum of church teachings on social justice.  

Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said...  

The Environmental Protection Agency formally refused yesterday to set a drinking-water safety standard for perchlorate, a chemical in rocket fuel that has been linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women, newborns and young children.  

With evidence mounting that the nation faces a sharp economic downturn, Congress yesterday gave final approval to what may be the biggest government bailout in American history, authorizing the Bush administration to spend $700 billion to try to thaw frozen credit markets and prevent a deep...  

A four page proposal grew to 400 to achieve passage as Obama won Democratic accolades while Republicans grumbled about McCain