Barack Obama plays the 'incognegro'

Historically, there’s been a last-minute swing away from black candidates by white voters. Will Barack change things?

Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites

White House hopeful Barack Obama reversed a Republican surge and bounded into the lead on Thursday in national polls swayed by the financial crisis.

White House rivals war over 'worst crisis in generations'

Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed his White House rival John McCain on Wednesday as a lifelong member of the "old boys' network".

Obama, McCain promise to tackle Wall Street reform

White House candidates Barack Obama and John McCain promised on Monday to move quickly to reform Wall Street.

Palin's travels broadened the horizons

The young governor from the remote state engaged in her own brand of shuttle diplomacy in the summer of 2007, even posing with some of her troops.

Palin: On a mission from God

Sarah Palin’s road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain’s running mate is littered with casualties, writes Ed Pilkington.

Campaign gets nastier with new revelations about Palin

The presidential campaign got nastier on Sunday as a newspaper revealed that Sarah Palin used her position as governor to give top jobs to friends.

Obama skewers McCain as White House truce scrapped

Barack Obama on Friday ripped into 72-year-old John McCain as an out-of-touch economic illiterate who had slept through the internet revolution.

The world votes Obama

An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse.

Palin gives McCain a jolt in vital swing states

Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin has given party nominee John McCain a jolt in several critical election battlegrounds.

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