... cherry tree. The reality of presidential elections is a little different. The popular vote doesn't determine who becomes president; that's up to the Electoral College. And, in 2000, the Supreme Court made the decision. Many Democrats felt ...

... the kind of difference that will get decided in a Senate Finance Committee mark-up if either of these candidates becomes president and enjoys a solid Democratic majority. It's not the kind of difference that will swing a presidential primary ...

... The headline was in bold print in the March 4, 1933, issue of the Log Cabin Democrat. It said, "ROOSEVELT BECOMES PRESIDENT IN MOST CRUCIAL HOUR OF NATION'S ECONIMIC LIFE." In the article that followed the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

... threatens to rise from the tub a la Glenn Close. Even his preacher hasn't ruined him, yet. But whether Barack becomes president is secondary to the fact that, already, he surely has driven Bill and Hillary right up the wall and plumb over ...

... president, he will be recorded merely as her and history's forerunner, like John the Baptist. If Barack Obama becomes president, Clinton will be recorded as a mere interlude, a president of eight years marked by decent government and personal ...

... Dick Cheney's probably doing most of that planning, with Rummy consulting. s Barack Obama If we voted today, he becomes president. But we're not voting today. The National Rifle Association still has $40 million to spend against him in rural ...

... than Bush. But Reid made clear which he'd prefer. "I would hope that before we would leave here this year that we would do a continuing resolution that would get us (through) until after Senator Obama becomes president," he said.

... Except for the state's getting dragged along on a national landslide, no. But Arkansas Democrats are covered if he becomes president and they need to get somebody's ear in the White House. John Brummett is a columnist for the Arkansas News Bureau ...

... you think how can I increase my income this is a good philosophy." Brown said he would like to meet with whoever becomes president. "I just wanted to give something back to the community where I live," Brown said. He said general manager Max ...

... figures and to store up IOUs that can be exchanged for White House access or concrete clout with whichever candidate becomes president. President Bush might have made former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu his chief of staff in any event, but Sununu ...