Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee have different views on what the U.S. Constitution is. Huckabee says it's a "living, breathing document," Thompson says the "Constitution has a fixed meaning that can be applied to cases that come before the courts today."

Mitt Romney continues to finance his own campaign, but he won't say how much until after the Iowa caucus:

As voters in Iowa and New Hampshire prepare to head to the polls for the 2008 presidential primary season, new research by two Brown University economists shows just how much power these early voters hold. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Brian Knight and Nathan Schiff demonstrate that early voters have up to 20 times the influence of voters in later states when it comes to candidate selection.

Democratic Party presidential candidates faced off in Las Vegas Thursday, as Senator Hillary Clinton accused her rivals of distorting her record. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the race is heating up in the weeks before the start of party caucuses and primary elections.

Voters tired of the long election campaign should spare a thought for Americans who are enduring a presidential contest that has already dragged on for more than nine months - and polling day is still a year away.

Former Vice President Al Gore's new status as a Nobel Peace Prize winner is encouraging some of his political supporters in the United States to urge him to run for president next year.

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton continues to lead the field of candidates seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for president. Stressing her background and experience, she is determined to become the first woman elected to the White House.

After months of what he called "testing the waters," former U.S. Senator and actor Fred Thompson finally took the plunge into the presidential race the first week of September. Some critics say he waited too long as the other eight candidates for the 2008 Republican nomination scurried across key early primary states.

U.S. presidential contenders have embarked on a rigorous schedule of campaign events that will lead up to the beginning of the 2008 election process in January.

Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday told U.S. military veterans who largely back the war in Iraq that he is committed to pulling the troops out -- something his Democratic presidential rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, played down when she spoke to the group earlier.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidates have completed a debate with an unusual format. The questions they received came through videos prepared by people worldwide and submitted to the online video Web site "YouTube."

A recent nationwide poll of Arab-American opinion on the current U.S. presidential campaign indicates the Iraq war will be an important issue in determining how Arab Americans will vote in the 2008 presidential election.