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His reception overseas indicates that world leaders are already looking beyond the current administration and positioning themselves for a new U.S. president.
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The Democratic candidate argues that talks with foreign leaders are relevant to U.S. growth because ending the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan would free up money for use at home. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
He says his rival is guilty of an 'audacity of hopelessness' in opposing last year's troop buildup. >>
Debra Bartoshevich of Wisconsin was pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton, then said she'd vote for the Republican over Obama. >>
French ties can come with a side of liability. So the Democratic presidential candidate accepted an unabashed endorsement from President Sarkozy, but he didn't linger too long in Paris. >>
The presidential candidate had slipped the handwritten missive between the religious structure's ancient stones. Criticism follows the intrusion after an Israeli newspaper publicizes the note. >>
The Pentagon told the Democrat that no media or campaign aides could come along, its spokesman says. Obama canceled plans to see wounded troops in Germany. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
The Democrat is winning fans on his trip abroad, but is struggling to gain real ground against McCain at home. Some key Clinton backers remain alienated. >>
His rhetoric is sweeping. McCain's campaign calls the event presumptuous. >>
Germans express optimism as he addresses the war in Iraq, torture and other issues important to Europeans. >>
The Republican presidential candidate meets with business leaders and cancer survivors. >>
IN THE HAUS
As the time neared for Barack Obama's speech to a huge crowd in Berlin, John McCain paid homage of a sort to Germany -- lunching Thursday at Schmidt's Restaurant und Sausage Haus in the historic German Village section of Columbus, Ohio. >>
NOT WHO YOU THINK
It's not who you think. Her former campaign manager says Barack Obama should select Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine. >>
The Republican leads in Colorado, is close in Minnesota and narrowing the gap in Michigan and Wisconsin, the surveys say. The Democrat's 'post-primary bubble . . . is leaking a bit.' >>
The effort stands to benefit both the presidential candidate and the mayor, a former Hillary Clinton supporter who has had an uneasy relationship with some in the black community. >>
Leaders of all political stripes seem to believe Obama is committed to the Jewish state's security -- even from Iran. >>
ON THE MEDIA
As the media moves to correct itself for glowing coverage of the Democrat, it's entering a period of shallow analysis. >>
Lagging previous Democratic presidential nominees in that demographic, he visits two symbolically important sites in Israel and has been stressing his commitment to protecting the country. >>
The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says that both candidates' proposals would increase the national debt by trillions and may make the system more complex. >>
'This terror is intolerable,' he says after touring their home, damaged by a Palestinian rocket. McCain visited them in March. >>
COLUMN ONE
The Libertarian Party candidate thinks the GOP, which he once served with gusto, has run off the rails. Some Republicans worry their quirky former colleague will spoil McCain’s chances. >>
'The media is in LOVE with Barack,' McCain's camp says in a video that mocks the reporting on the Democrat. >>
After visits to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Democratic presidential candidate plans to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. >>
Aides have stressed that the average amount in June was $68, but large sums have been given to the committees working on his behalf. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
The announcement bolsters the Democratic candidate in the early days of his Middle East trip. Meanwhile, John McCain visits with President George H.W. Bush in Maine. >>
NEWS ANALYSIS
Regardless of who wins, McCain and Obama face a tough situation in trying to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians. >>
Ordinary citizens appear skeptical that the differences between the U.S. presidential candidates have anything to do with them. >>
RED PEN, SILVER LINING
The essay, about Iraq, was supposed to counter one by Obama. >>
Her former donors step up in June to chip in over a million dollars to his campaign. His backers have barely made a dent in her $25-million debt. >>
He meets with Karzai in Afghanistan and calls for diverting U.S. troops in Iraq to the Central Asian nation, which he says is the main front in the fight against terrorism. >>
Barack Obama's 'radical positions on life, marriage and national security force me to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice,' the conservative Christian leader says. >>
The candidate is a tricky target for comedy, but performers in his adopted hometown are happy to poke fun. >>
He lags behind Obama, but is cooperating with party fundraisers to raise more than individual limits allow. >>
The environment is a central issue at the annual conference. >>
What Maliki saidHere is a part of Iraqi leader Nouri Maliki's interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, in which he supported Barack Obama's timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq: >>TOP OF THE TICKET BLOG EXCERPTS
Also, a hide-the-homeless problem for the Democratic National Convention; and John McCain's chat with a rookie reporter. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
Will he support a congressional plan to bail out mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? Or might he propose a more radical solution? His conservative base is watching. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
His foray to the Middle East and Europe could improve his image on foreign policy -- or validate GOP-fostered doubts. >>
In Michigan, he discusses energy policy and emission standards. While Barack Obama is in the Mideast -- a move McCain's campaign dismisses as a stunt -- McCain will try to close the fundraising gap. >>
ON THE MEDIA
The Illinois senator's historic candidacy, battle with Hillary Clinton and public appeal help explain -- but don't excuse -- the gap in network airtime between him and GOP rival John McCain. >>
THEY'VE HAD THEIR PHIL
He's back in. Oops, not so fast: He's back out. >>
LOCATIONS
The campaign said the Democratic candidate decided that speaking at the Berlin landmark 'would be too presumptuous.' >>
The Democrat raised $52 million in June, up from $22 million in May. Republican John McCain's June take was $22 million. >>
Friends and family note the similarities between the senator and his Kenyan father -- both idealistic, charismatic, eloquent and ambitious. But in many ways, he's 'quite the opposite.' >>
ON THE MEDIA
The power of their work is clear. So why are more newspapers going without them? >>
Several lawmakers see the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as too much government. The White House is working to turn them around. >>
He calls for new thinking on national security. Some experts say his ideas are expensive, unrealistic or already underway. >>
The turnout doesn't match the one Obama got, but his speech on education reform is well-received. >>
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