Guess who's coming to dinner?

Have you wondered which Republican senators President Barack Obama invited to tonight's high-profile but private dinner at the White House? One of them is a Hoosier.

BRIAN HOWEY: Move up Indiana's primary election

In April 2008, Hillary Clinton made a campaign appearance at the Wigwam in Anderson. About two hours before she took the stage, a huge line of thousands of people encircled the historic basketball gym, waiting to get in.

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Romney endorses Mourdock in new ad

INDIANAPOLIS | Ahead of Tuesday's final U.S. Senate debate, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is telling Hoosiers in a new ad airing on Northwest Indiana cable TV stations that he needs them to elect Richard Mourdock.

Senate candidates differ on right course for America's future

INDIANAPOLIS | It is widely believed that the U.S. Senate is a broken institution, trapped by its own rules into requiring 60 out of 100 votes to take any action.

McCain demands 'Lugar Republicans' vote for Mourdock

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wants Hoosier supporters of U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., to put aside any anger remaining from the bitter Republican primary and elect Richard Mourdock to the U.S. Senate.

Thousands get head start on Lake election

CROWN POINT | Lake County voters already are turning out to vote, election officials said Monday.

Indiana not 'battleground' state this year

INDIANAPOLIS | A once-in-a-generation presidential candidate with a huge campaign cash advantage turned Indiana in 2008 from solidly Republican into a battleground state narrowly won by Democrat Barack Obama.

ANDREA NEAL: A two-century tradition of negative attacks

Don’t blame Mitt Romney and Barack Obama for the ugly tone of the 2012 presidential race. Blame John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. They started it.

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GUEST COMMENTARY: Wisconsin recall election has regional, national significance

The election defeat of the effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is significant for national politics, in particular the Midwest. Democratic nominee Tom Barrett, Milwaukee's mayor, faced Walker in a replay of their 2010 election contest.

McCain, Palin take opposite sides in Ind. U.S. Senate race

INDIANAPOLIS | They ran together in 2008 for president and vice president, but U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin don't agree on who should be Indiana's Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Obama's Wisconsin emphasis reflects national political strategy

"Manufacturing is coming back," declared President Barack Obama at a Master Lock plant in Milwaukee, Wis. Actually, the U.S. remains one of the principal manufacturing powers on the planet, but this trip was designed to help win November elections, not provide an economics lecture.

ANDREA NEAL: Indiana election fraud: Is corruption contagious?

In St. Joseph County, the prosecutor is investigating claims that hundreds of signatures were forged on petitions to qualify Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the state presidential primary ballot in 2008.

Census, states' redistricting may complicate Obama 2012 bid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2010 census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating elections.

EDITORIAL: We endorse McCain for president

One of the good things that can be said about President Bush's tenure in the White House is that it's almost over.

Forget the polls, focus on the cups

Use your morning cup of coffee as a political statement.

Early birds get out to vote

Lutheria Love, 88, of Gary, doesn't drive anymore so she was happy to get a ride from her granddaughter to the Lake County Government Complex in Crown Point. "I brought my grandma to vote," said Kura Jeter, 34, of Merrillville. Both women cast their vote for Obama. Jeter said she fell asleep…

Early birds get out to vote

Joanne Kukla, 64, of Portage, also decided to come to the annex in Portage to vote early because she wanted to beat the crowds she expects will be there on Election Day. Kukla said she voted for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. She said she made up her mind prior to any of the three debates. "…

Early birds get out to vote

Lamingo Tomlin, 37, of Gary, and his fiancee Yolanda Winfield, 32, of Hobart, said they traveled to Crown Point to pick up a marriage license. Voting at the same location was a bonus. "We were able to kill two birds with one stone," Winfield said. Both had watched the recent debate but both …