Philipina Heintzman, 81, drove 80 miles across the South Dakota prairie to experience history in the making: a woman running for president, something she never dreamed as a child that she would live to see.

“I used to like John McCain, but he’s aligning himself too closely with what Bush did, and that’s just not what I want for this country,” Mrs. Morgan, who is 56, said when asked to explain her rejection of the presumptive Republican nominee.

Democrat Barack Obama said on Friday he would fine-tune his U.S. presidential campaign and remind voters of his humble roots after a defeat in Pennsylvania fueled in part by his failure to win over working-class voters.

Republican John McCain said Sunday that cutting taxes and stimulating the economy are more important than balancing the budget, and accused both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama of supporting tax hikes that would worsen the impact of a recession.

With the Republican Nomination locked up for John McCain and his cross-party rivals duking it out, one would think that the GOP campaign staff would focus on raising money, finding a vice-president, and establishing a foundation of support.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's early job as health care policymaker gave way during the remainder of her years as first lady to a more traditional, restricted role, according to thousands of pages of calendars outlining her activities in the White House.

With Hillary Clinton running to be the first woman in the Oval Office and Barack Obama bidding to be the first black president, charges of racism or sexism were inevitably never far from the surface.

Remember Hillary Clinton's "scare ad?" The one with the phone call at 3 AM? Well, the young girl in the ad is now a young woman and she'll be of voting age before the election - and she's not a Clinton supporter.

Sitting at her workstation in the Daily Show's cable news "Election Center... Zoneroomquarters," correspondent Samantha Bee has one explanation as to why Senator Clinton (D-NY) made strides in the recent Texas and Ohio Democratic primaries: She's attracting the "male vote."