Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who lost his bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, current and former Republican officials said.

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , who lost a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is considering running for the U.S. Senate next year against freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand , current and former Republican officials said.

Kwelagobe spoke in Parliament during the debate on President Ian Khama's State of the Nation Address.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has raised $16 million in a campaign to challenge Democratic Governor David Paterson in 2010 for the state’s top job, according to a person familiar with his plans.

“Precisely at sunrise on the morning of March 4, 1845, the roar of cannon shattered the dawn's early quiet of Washington, D.C. — twenty-eight big guns fired in rapid succession.”

In late 2002, an obscure Illinois state senator, Barack Obama, was eyeing a run in the 2004 Democratic Party primary for a U.S. Senate seat. He would be up against seemingly prohibitive favorites, one who would have the backing of the party’s establishment, the other with a personal fortune to spend.

Doug Hoffman, the conservative New York congressional candidate whose race drew national attention earlier this month, said the special election was "a fight for the soul of the Republican Party."

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's first run for president Wednesday morning on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

When Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Tim Pawlenty endorsed the Conservative Party candidate in an upstate New York congressional race, they found themselves on what one blogger called 'a hill to die on' for conservatives.

She's back. That, of course, would be Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, former Republican vice presidential nominee and continuing political celebrity, demonstrating her attention-grabbing talent if not her intentions for the future.