Gore bashes and woos entertainers, Letterman gets a shot at the Democratic candidate, Bush caves on debates and polls point in two directions.

The vice president stomps on the Lone Star State, while Bush tiptoes around veep choice.

The Texas governor cools his heels in Austin as Gore runs a Michigan marathon. Clinton pounds the pulpit while Nader Democrats suggest a vote swap.

The Republican sinks in new polls, struggles in swing states. Will his "Blueprint" put him back in the pink? Alec Baldwin says he's out if Bush is in.

Gore gets likable, little states get big attention and Oprah gets Bush.

The latest surveys show the vice president gaining ground as he begins promoting anti-crime measures.

"NYC is unlike anywhere else in the world," Swift says. Oh really? Because we wouldn't know it from your new song

There is no longer a "center" in American politics

Buttigieg consistently calls Sanders a purist who drives people away. But who or what is he really talking about?

"Mitt" is a revealing political campaign documentary -- as long as politics, strategy and policy don't count

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said he was "shocked" by Paul Manafort's "incredibly lenient" sentence

Will states still adopt mandatory HPV vaccinations?

The protest movement's disaster-relief efforts have helped it connect with the “99 percent” in new, meaningful ways

Elsewhere in politics, Keyes drops out and Gore rallies blacks.

Although Midge is on stage, Susie has always been the star, living outside the show's carefully constructed fantasy