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Keillor, Michelman back Obama
AP - Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, Obama's campaign announced Sunday. Obama also won backing from a key backer of former candidate John Edwards.
McCain due at conservative gathering
AP - Republican John McCain says he will try to win over some conservative Republicans by promising to appoint judges in the mold of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.
Obama to run ad during Super Bowl
AP - Pigskin and politics. It's an audience Barack Obama couldn't ignore.
Huckabee could impact Tuesday's results
AP - Mike Huckabee hasn't won a Republican presidential contest in a month. The result: money is tighter, his staff is smaller and he can't seem to get the attention he once did.
Ties between White House, Sept 11 chief
AP - The Sept. 11 commission's executive director had closer ties with the White House than publicly disclosed and tried to influence the final report in ways that the staff often perceived as limiting the Bush administration's responsibility, a new book says.
Bill Clinton woos Gov. Richardson
AP - Former President Clinton will watch the Super Bowl Sunday with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who recently dropped out of the Democratic presidential contest and whose backing Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have actively sought.
Bill Clinton courts black churchgoers
AP - Former President Clinton struck a conciliatory tone with black parishioners Sunday, noting the historic nature of the Democratic presidential race in which his wife is a leading candidate and not once mentioning her rival by name.
Clinton targets Obama 48 hours from 'Super Tuesday'
AFP - Democrat Hillary Clinton reeled off a sharp new attack on Barack Obama on Sunday, as polls showed their White House race tightening 48 hours before the "Super Tuesday" national nominating clash.
Clinton suggests tapping wages
AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans.
How McCain's resuscitated his campaign
AP - The political redemption of John McCain began half a year ago, half a world away at a place called, fittingly enough, Camp Victory.
Super Tuesday filled with fuzzy math
AP - When it comes to presidential primaries, Democrats and Republicans play by different rules. One party likes to share. The other, not so much.
Congresswoman falls ill at Clinton rally
AP - Rep. Nita Lowey was hospitalized in New York City after nearly fainting at a suburban campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Romney leads in Maine caucuses
AP - Mitt Romney maintained his lead in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans as returns were counted Saturday from the party's municipal caucuses, which were heavily attended across the state.
Candidates scramble to reach voters
AP - So many states, so little time.
South, West — candidates make final push
AP - Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.
Obama mentions God and guns in Idaho
AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama assured Western voters Saturday he believes in Jesus as well as the rights of gun owners.
California takes center stage in White House race
AFP - For years little more than a lucrative afterthought in the race for the White House, California has emerged as a key battleground in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Maine Republicans pack caucuses
AP - Mitt Romney took an early lead in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans as the first returns were counted Saturday from the party's municipal caucuses, which GOP officials said were heavily attended across the state.
W.Va. governor urges fiscal discipline
AP - Congress has taken the lead in bringing needed fiscal discipline to the economy, West Virginia's governor said Saturday. "By making college more affordable, passing the first minimum wage increase in a decade and cutting taxes for middle-class Americans, the Democratic-led Congress has already laid the groundwork to turn our economy around," Gov. Joe Manchin said in the Democrats' weekly radio address.
Presidential candidates seek youth vote
AP - Many of their parents are younger than Hillary Rodham Clinton and some of their grandparents are younger than John McCain.
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