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The governor of NY appoints Gillibrand to fill the vacant Senate seat. A Democrat elected to Congress in a Republican district in 2006...let's look at who she is.

Clinton and Obama together received 16.9 million votes in first 25 Democratic primaries. McCain, Romney and Huckabee received 10.6 million in first 24 GOP primaries.

Many historians consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president. One reason for this is that Lincoln daringly appointed his rivals for top cabinet positions.

Barack Obama might want to thank the small but significant Asian American vote for his victory on November 4th.

Running for political office in the real world is hard and costs a lot of money. Becoming a politician in Sony's interpretation of the Star War's city is easier.

Clinton supporters met the news that Caroline Kennedy - daughter of assassinated president JFK - is interested in the soon-to-be vacated New York senate seat with scorn.

Clinton supporters may not be totally disappointed in 2008. Speculative, at best, rumors still float that Hillary could receive high office under Barack Obama.

Still neck-and-neck, Clinton and Obama get fierce with personal politics. But is this the right attack? Obama should start acting like the president he wants to become.

Ackerman's book provides not only a detailed rendition of Garfield's murder, but also a close look at Gilded Age politics.

Democratic presidential candidates like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton & John Edwards reject free trade deals threatening human rights, the environment or American workers

More than virtually any other previous President, Andrew Jackson was elected on the popular vote and as a result saw himself as the representative of the people.

The appointment of political generals by Abraham Lincoln was part of an effort to help unify the North and guarantee support from ethnic and political constituencies.

Unable to see the coming of the 1929 crash, both Presidents Coolidge and Hoover enabled a weakening system that could not be corrected based on Republican models.

In the turbulent decade of the 1850s, John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry was the culminating act that convinced Southerners civil war was a real possibility.

Ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney had a decisive early political win in the Ames Iowa Straw Poll held on Saturday August 11th 2007.

Many factors enabled a fledgling Republican Party to capture the White House in 1860 but a chief reason may have been the division of the Democrats into three parties.

Barick Obama's presidential campaign and transition to the White House bore some amazing similarities to the closing episodes of the award winning TV show, The West Wing.