AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started.

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.

I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.

One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.