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McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory, reduced partisanship
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John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and government spending curbed by his ready veto pen.
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Summary Box: Third House loss raises GOP’s fears for fall
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STUNNED GOP: House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday after their third straight defeat in congressional races in once-friendly territory. "The political atmosphere ... is the worst since Watergate," Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia wrote in a memo to leadership.
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Mixed results for divisive ballot measures
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Opponents of abortion and race-based affirmative action have had more setbacks than victories so far this political season as they try to place measures with a strong pull for conservative voters on the ballots of numerous states this November.
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