presidential election

We've learned in recent days that Hillary Clinton spent some of her early working years in New Bedford, working for the Children's Defense Fund. But nobody expected the Democratic presidential nominee to name-drop the Whaling City during her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.

The Washington Post is bemoaning the fact that Secret Service protection for Bernie Sanders is costing the taxpayers a lot of money and suggesting that perhaps he should concede to Hillary Clinton and drop out of the race.  Sanders has earned the right to remain in the race until the very end should he choose. ...

In a wide-ranging (and sometimes head-scratching) discussion, presidential candidate Vermin Supreme joined WBSM's Tim Weisberg on Saturday morning to discuss his platform.

During his interview on WBSM, presidential candidate Vermin Supreme mentioned the possibility of a "Cabinet of Memes," with his cabinet being comprised of internet celebrities such as Sweet Brown and Antoine Dodson. But we thought it might be fun to put together our own list of "qualified" candidates to be appointed to Mr...

Massachusetts is now the 21st state to offer online voter registration. Secretary of State William Galvin said Tuesday that residents can use the new system to register to vote, change their address for voting purposes and even change party affiliation...

Is there finally proof that Hillary Clinton plans to run for president in 2016? A report out yesterday from HollywoodLife.com says that Clinton has leased space in a midtown Manhattan office building to be her 2016 presidential campaign headquarters. ...

A Gallup poll out this week found that most Americans think the presidential campaign season is too long. It officially gets started a year before election day, although coverage and speculation starts way before that. The survey found that 61% of adults would support a law that would shorten the campaign to just five weeks before the election, in September and October...

Massachusetts has added more than 200,000 new voters to the state rolls since February, reflecting the interest in this year's presidential and senate races.

It could be a long election night for both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.

Let's look at some of the ways Hurricane Sandy may alter the election, next week.