By Keith B. Richburg ABERDEEN, S.D. — In an evening news conference here, Sen. Barack Obama said he welcomed the Democratic Party’s resolution to the Michigan and Florida problem. “All the delegates will be seated from both states and they will get half a vote each,” Obama said....

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) argues his point during a Democratic National Committee assembly at the Marriott Park Wardman hotel May 31, 2008 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) By Chris Cillizza The Rules and Bylaws Committee approved a motion that would seat Michigan’s disputed delegates based on...

By Chris Cillizza After months of uncertainty, the morass of the Florida Democratic primary has been resolved. The Rules and Bylaws Committee approved a degree unanimously that would seat every delegate — pledged and superdelegates — from the Sunshine State but grant them only half a vote...

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) peers through a kaleidoscope while shopping for gifts for his wife and daughters at Prairie Edge in the downtown shopping district May 31, 2008 in Rapid City, S.D. (Getty Images) By Keith B. Richburg ABERDEEN, S.D. — Sen. Barack Obama, campaigning here in South Dakota...

By Keith Richburg ABERDEEN, S.D. — Sen. Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have resigned their membership from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, their longtime place of worship, according to an aide to the senator. The campaign said it would release a statement shortly, once the Illinois...

By Keith B. Richburg RAPID CITY, S.D. — Sen. Hillary Clinton may have gotten there first, and scored the photo-op next to Mount Rushmore. But when Sen. Barack Obama made the trek late Friday, he arrived at night, giving him a stunning evening view of the illuminated memorial. And his visit was...

By Garance Franke-Ruta As reports trickle in of a likely deal at today’s Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaw Committee hearing on the fates of votes cast in Michigan and Florida in violation of DNC primary rules, it’s worth looking back to the first assembly of the Commission on...

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Clinton Portis’s lengthy Redskins Radio appearance that week led to discussions of his offseason presence at Los Park (”Mr. Snyder and Vinny really wanted me around”), his anticipation of said presence (”for me to give up my offseason, I really didn’t want to do it”),...

A habitable video of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean speaking is projected on a large screen during the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee assembly at the Marriott Park Wardman hotel May 31, 2008, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) By Dan Balz The Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws...