One of the biggest surprises in this year’s most surprising U.S. presidential election campaign has been the appeal of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton’s rival to become the Democratic Party candidate. In theory, Sanders has no hope of winning the nomination of a party...
By Bernd Debusmann In the most bizarre U.S. election campaign in generations, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have taken pole position in the race to become the presidential candidates of their parties. Trump easily won the Republican primary in South Carolina on...
By Emefa Agawu “I cannot believe you’re calling during the Super Bowl half-time show!” I could hear the voice on the other end of the phone falter for a moment before a broad smile stretched across Kathy’s face. She chuckled and then said good-naturedly into the...
Obama, Bush, Clinton, Palin — Deborah Charles covered them all. Here’s what it was like for a woman on the campaign bus. What word best describes Barack Obama? Hillary Clinton? George W. Bush? Deborah Charles covered four U.S. presidential campaigns, and...
Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during three decades covering the White House. But there’s no predicting who will succeed U.S. President Obama. “All bets are off this year.” Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during his three decades covering the...