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RALEIGH, N.C., -- Monday was the first day of the rest of your campaign.

Jim Johnson, the disciplined, discreet and obsessively meticulous vice presidential vetter for Barack obama, is a stalwart of the Washington establishment. But there are now questions about his financial dealings, the Politico reports.

Advisers to Barack obama and john mccain are working feverishly to square their carefully crafted images as campaign finance reformers with the need to gather tens of millions of dollars, the Washington Post reports.

Political PUNDITS may have been surprised at the sight of the presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack obama's fist-bumping his wife, but what Michelle obama had on that night in Minnesota was only slightly less remarkable.

McCain said obama's policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs. The republican presidential nominee-in-waiting also criticized obama for pledging to renegotiate the North american Free Trade Agreement.

Democratic candidate kicks off his general election campaign with scathing attack on republican rival's economic policies; Sen. McCain attends fund-raisers to help raise cash he will need to battle Obama

Immigration is getting little play on the presidential campaign trail, in part because the two candidates' stances aren't very different. Both supported a Senate bill that would have legalized millions of immigrants and created a guest-worker program.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- john mccain said Democratic rival Barack obama is bad for business in a speech to small business owners. McCain said Tuesday that obama's policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs. The republican presidential nominee-in-waiting also criticized obama for pledging to renegotiate the North american Free Trade Agreement....

(CNSNews.com) - A recent report by the Interior department shows that there are about 139 billion barrels of undiscovered oil on U.S. territory, onshore and offshore combined, much of it restricted from extraction because of environmental regulations. Further, indications are that Sen. Barack obama (D-Ill.) does not support drilling for that oil and would not take steps to do so if elected president.

Barack obama ramps up search for VP by consulting congressional ally, dispatching vetting team