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Complete coverage of the 2006 midterm elections, congressional campaigns and governors races. Political news and analysis from The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com.


A Turbulent Youth Under a Strong Father's Shadow
One night in 1957, during his junior year at the U.S. Naval Academy, John Sidney McCain III found himself in trouble, an incident that destined him for yet another tense discussion with his frustrated father. While on liberty, he and a couple of classmates had gotten into an argument at a Washing...



The Palin Stunner
DENVER -- John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate is a stunning surprise almost certain to recalibrate the race heading into the fall election.



The Palin Stunner



McCain Introduces Alaska Governor Palin as Running Mate
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 29 -- Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential choice here Friday at a raucous rally before thousands of his supporters, saying she is the "running mate who can best help me shake up...



'The Change We Need Is Coming'
Sen. Barack Obama's address: To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation, with profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for presidency of the United States.



Labor Leaders Stress Unions' Importance for Obama
DENVER -- A few months ago, it looked as if this might be the year when organized labor's spot in the Democratic Party would slip a notch or two.



The Message That the Party Wanted to Hear
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him...



Daschle in a Good Place, in Politics and Life
Thomas A. Daschle spent much of 2005 summoning friends and former colleagues to lengthy meetings. The former Senate majority leader broke out a pen and pad to take notes as he grappled with what to do next after a stinging defeat.



McCain Prepares to Announce His Running Mate
Sen. John McCain will hold a noontime rally with his running mate today in Dayton, Ohio, kicking off his "Road to the Convention" tour in front of thousands of supporters at Wright State University.



For the Descendants of King's Dream, a New Day Dawns
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- No one said this exactly, but imagination was the quiet star of this day, that thing that leaps over walls and moves the fences of our limitations.



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