In This Issue

• GOP Presidential Long Shot Tancredo to Retire from House
• Democrats Choose Jan. 3 for Iowa Caucuses
• Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix: Obama's Halloween Scare Could Be The Trick
• Retiring New York Lawmaker: I’m Just an ‘Average Joe’
• New York Democrat McNulty to Retire from the House

GOP Presidential Long Shot Tancredo to Retire from House

It’s the White House or bust for Rep. Tom Tancredo, the long-shot Republican presidential candidate who has decided to forgo running for re-election next year in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. [Read More]

Democrats Choose Jan. 3 for Iowa Caucuses

Iowa Democrats will hold their presidential caucuses for Jan. 3, joining Republicans in holding the kickoff 2008 presidential contest on the earliest ever date for a White House nomination contest. [Read More]

Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix

Obama's Halloween Scare Could Be The Trick:Barack Obama's much heralded "get-tough-on-Hillary" campaign might have stumbled onto something that could make a difference — and it's about politics, not policy. [Read More]

Other Stories

• Retiring New York Lawmaker: I’m Just an ‘Average Joe’

• New York Democrat McNulty to Retire from the House

Following the Votes

Want to know where your representative stands? CQPolitics.com has published the latest Congressional Quarterly party unity and presidential support scores for the members of the 110th Congress.

• Party Unity Scores

• Presidential Support Scores

Race for the White House

CQPolitics.com has compiled profiles of the 2008 presidential candidates, including the most up to date fundraising figures, feeds from the candidates' blogs and the latest news. Also check out our interactive 2008 election timeline, which features information on the upcoming presidential debates, primaries and caucuses.

The Changing Face of Congress

CQPolitics.com has the latest on which members of Congress are retiring and who is running for their seats, all contained in an interactive Flash map. Need detailed results of every House, Senate and gubernatorial race from 2006? CQ has them in one document.

Political Trivia for October 30

Who originally dared Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo to run for office?

1. His parents
2. An immigration rights advocate
3. His students
4. His best friend