... of countries, chatting at times, silent other times, and sharing a quick laugh at one point. Right behind them, Cindy McCain clutched Mayor Michael Bloomberg's arm Michelle Obama was with her daughters in Chicago. At the bottom of the ramp ...

... portraying Janet Huckabee and doing some kind of martial-arts mating dance with an indifferent Chuck Norris. You had Cindy McCain as a mannequin and Bill Clinton hitting on it. You had Bill and Mike Huckabee realizing they were the same. You had ...

... first wife, Douglas and Andrew, whom he adopted, and a daughter they had together, Sidney are in their 40s. With Cindy McCain, he has Meghan, Jack, Jimmy, and their youngest, Bridget, adopted from Bangladesh as an infant. She told a young ...

... would make a donation to the Red Cross for victims of the hurricane. It was a theme that first lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain picked up more than an hour later. "This is a time when we take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats ...

... spontaneous moments that can take on outsized importance in the race to pick a president. Before he spoke Thursday night, Cindy McCain recommended her husband to the crowd and the nation. "If Americans want straight talk and the plain truth they should ...

... McCain and his wife came up to order. The senator asked for a recommendation and then decided on watermelon sorbet. Cindy McCain ordered a brownie. McCain and Palin stopped in Detroit to collect the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police ...

... Health care reform? We'd rather hear about Obama's deadbeat Muslim dad. Social Security? We want to know about Cindy McCain's millions. Welfare? The only teen mother we're interested in now that Jamie Lynn Spears has delivered is Bristol ...

... aura of sophistication like that of Michelle Obama's sheaths and pearls. They do not have a patina of glamour like Cindy McCain's heiress wardrobe. And they do not announce themselves with the confidence, assertiveness and listen-to-me ...

... evening, it probably will be that Barack and Michelle Obama stuck around afterward working the room long after John and Cindy McCain had flown the coop. Or maybe it will be that supposed slur by McCain -- "that one" -- which I didn't think was ...