NBC News and The Denver Post are reporting that Sen. Ted Kennedy, fresh off radiation treatment and chemotherapy for a malignant brain tumor, has arrived in Denver and may be preparing to making a personal appearance at the Democratic National Convention tonight.As I noted in the previous blog, the schedule [...]

I just got a call from a local reader who has a fair complaint. For all the talk about the Democratic National Convention, which begins today in Denver, it's hard to find a decent schedule of speakers. Although this particular caller doesn't have Internet access, it's even hard to find [...]

So did Barack Obama pick Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate? The Associated Press and CNN are now reporting that Democratic officials have confirmed that the Delaware senator is Obama's man.Although Obama is not expected to officially announce the pick until Saturday morning, it appears to be Biden [...]

Maybe it's the water in Sacramento, but it only seems to affect North Bay senators if it is. We still don't know what prompted the outburst by state Sen. Pat Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, who became an unwitting YouTube star when she used a barnyard epithet to dismiss the testimony of [...]

OK, Jim,Here's my prediction. I think the Cubs win in seven over the White Sox in an all-Chicago World Series. I'm also predicting an all-Midwest ticket of Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana.Here's why. It's simple. This election is about two things: Change and the [...]

The power is out downtown, so I'm sitting in a dark office. There's probably an apt metaphor in there for making this guess. I think Barack Obama will choose Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware as his running mate. With the conventions coming next week, the latest round of polling suggests [...]

This year's national political conventions get underway next Monday when the Democrats convene in Denver. The Republicans meet a week later in St. Paul, Minn. So starts the post-Olympics sprint to Election Day for Barack Obama and John McCain. The winner needs to cobble together a combination of states to [...]

If you thought that House Republicans were really serious about wanting a vote on offshore oil, now might be a good time to rethink.Republicans tapped into an electorate frustrated with $4-a-gallon gasoline when President Bush and presidential candidate John McCain began pressing to rescind a moratorium on new offshore drilling. [...]

A number of readers seem to think so.Here's a sample of a couple of the letters we have received in response to Wednesday's "Close to Home" piece by Bruce Kinnison. (To read Kinnison's column, click here): "Mr. Kinnison is being generous in his review," writes Kent Chilcott of Santa Rosa. [...]

Friday was the filing deadline to run for most political offices in Sonoma County. And one of the surprise names to appear on the list - 46 in all - was David Glass, former mayor of Petaluma and host of the David Glass Show on KSRO NewsTalk 1350. He is [...]