Hours after McCain released an ad citing past praise from Obama, the Democratic nominee said Friday he respected the unsuccessful 2000 primary campaign McCain waged against then-Gov. George W. Bush. Obama noted the Arizona senator's stand then against negative political attacks.

Like all nations, with multiple parties and opinions, characters in politics emerge who both entertain us and make us scared. The sincerely entertaining American ones are the likes of Al Sharpton and Jimmy Carter. Both men are made funnier by their true faith in their own righteous ways, when to all around they look like nothing but clowns. Russia's version is the former chess champ and receiver of much US monies, Kasparov. He rather takes himself very seriously but like his American counter parts, no one else does

US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have spent a record amount on their advertising campaigns. The two runoffs have spent about $94 million in dozens of states, financial reports say. According to experts’ calculations, each of the two candidates spend about $3 million a day. It is worthy of note that the advertising campaigns of the two candidates has been getting more and more aggressive recently. Barack Obama portrayed his rival, John McCain, as a retarded old man, who does not even know how to use a computer

Presidential runoff John McCain has always been one of the most ardent supporters of tough measures against Russia. In 2005 McCain offered to exclude Russia from the Group of Eight just because of the fact that the Russian government was not sharing USA’s basic values. Nowadays, about six months before the presidential election in the United States, John McCain still sticks to his colors. The Republican leader said in an interview with ABC that Vladimir Putin was still ruling his autocratic Russia

John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candidate. Barack Obama's campaign called the comment a "complete disgrace." Charlie Black, an adviser already in the spotlight for his past lobbying work, is quoted in the upcoming July 7 edition of Fortune magazine as saying such an attack "certainly would be a big advantage to him."

U.S. Sen. John McCain plans to make a formal announcement of his presidential candidacy next month after a trip to Iraq. If McCain wins the election race and becomes the next US president, Russia may have severe problems with the USA afterwards

Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy were just some of Hollywood's hottest celebrities who forked over campaign dollars at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst in history

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the United States' increased use of military force is creating a new arms race, with smaller nations turning toward developing nuclear weapons

The November election for U.S. Congress is just round the corner. The Republicans are most likely to lose it. The 2008 presidential race does not look so faraway either. Some pretty weird scenarios are still within the bounds of possibility e.g. Hillary Clinton vs. Condoleezza Rice. Both of them are tough politicians. However, Mrs. Clinton could be at a disadvantage if she becomes a Democratic presidential nominee