Elected senator from Nebraska in 1988, J. Robert (Bob) Kerrey (born 1943) made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for president in 1992. He made a name for himself as being a maverick a...
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Joe Bruno is still not happy that the Assembly failed to deal with N.Y.R.A. Assemblyman Michael Gianaris says he's open to running for City Council.Eliot Brown finds that investigating plans for ...
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A source at RNN says they'll announce at 8 p.m. their endorsements Hillary, Eliot Spitzer, Mark Green and former rocker turned-congressional candidate, John Hall. Do other TV stations make endorsem...
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The news that New School president and former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey plans to endorse Hillary Clinton and campaign on her behalf in Iowa is probably most noteworthy for its irony. Perhaps no ...
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The next major event on the U.S. political calendar is not in Iowa, New Hampshire or even Florida. It’s actually next week in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts, where a the lone open Hous...
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In speedy fashion, the princes of the Catholic Church have chosen the German-born Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to fill the shoes of John Paul II. The contrast is startling: As a young man, John Paul d...
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says it can get a little lonely being a Democrat in Nebraska.The last Democrat to carry the state in a presidential election was Lyndon Johnson, in 1964.But Buff...
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Republican Mike Johanns looked to the Web before taking to the road Wednesday, announcing his run for a Senate seat through a short online video.The former governor, who resigned as U.S. agricultur...
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Democrat Bob Kerrey said Wednesday that he won't enter the race to replace retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel.The former senator and governor cited family and unfinished plans at The New School, the univers...
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Michael Bloomberg aides ask consultants who worked on his mayoral bids not to join any presidential campaign until they know if he will enter the race. In explaining why he thinks the current Cong...
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Bill Clinton is pre-emptively downplaying the significance of any poor showing by his wife tonight and next week in New Hampshire, reminding everyone that he didn't win a primary until Georgia in 1...
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