As President-elect Barack Obama rushes from secret job interviews with ex-primary rivals, to briefings on the global financial crisis, to discussions of saving the U.S. auto industry, the post-election period may feel frenetic.    Read More

Remarkably, the first African-American nominee in history trails among whites by less than Democratic nominees normally do. America's political parties grew decisively polarized by race after 1964, the year Democratic President Lyndon Johnson signed civil rights legislation that Republican opponent Barry Goldwater opposed.    Read More

Just four years ago, after President Bush won re-election with expanded Republican majorities in Congress, academics, journalists and party strategists wondered whether his blend of free market economics, cultural conservatism, and national security hawkishness might create long-lasting Republican rule.    Read More

Mr. McCain's hopes rest on dominating last-minute decisions by those still undecided and shaking loose some voters now backing his Democratic rival.    Read More

We’ve become accustomed to calling this an age of parity between the two parties. But Republicans and Democrats enter the election homestretch a study in contrasts--of philosophy, strategy and confidence. Democrats view the Wall Street bailout as what Barack Obama calls "the final verdict" on the free-market ideology that has dominated American politics for a generation.   Read More

Here are my latest video clips on the bailout bill.   Read More

You can tell the American political community is genuinely shaken by the sight of officials in both parties, from the Bush administration and the Democratic congress, standing side by side and promising to work together--fast.    Read More

For the past year the ongoing crisis in the housing and credit markets has set a gloomy backdrop for the 2008 presidential race, fueling voters' anxieties about the economy and desire for change.    Read More

The crisis on Wall Street has suddenly shifted the focus of the 2008 presidential race.   Read More

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain react to the financial fallouts. And Discussing how this new Wall St. order is impacting Washington and the race to the White House, with CNBC's Bill Seidman.   Read More