DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. -- The result of the 2008 election may come down to how voters decide to define Barack Obama. Is he Adlai Stevenson or John F. Kennedy? Is he a detached former law review editor ...

On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention.

Stevenson, however, could not overcome a young, dynamic Senator from Massachusetts named Jack Kennedy. And although Stevenson did not win, he left the stage with great dignity and even humor.

This tried method of distraction was used with invidious gusto by US President John F. Kennedy, who recast his role in reaching an agreement with the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis ...

John F. Kennedy's assassination 50 years ago Thursday changed the presidency and it changed America, and Thursday night Adlai Stevenson III, a member of one of Illinois' most prominent political ...