The make-up of Congress is unlikely to be changed by the election which is expected to leave Republicans in control of the House of Representatives and Democrats keeping their majority in the Senate.

MITT ROMNEY’S whisker-thin Iowa caucus victory was underwhelming in scope and anti-climactic in its finality — but it moved him closer to the Republican presidential nomination chiefly because of who finished fourth and fifth.

IRAQ has become “George Bush’s Vietnam”, Senator Edward Kennedy said, calling the president deceitful and for the first time comparing him to former President Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.

Iraq has become “George Bush’s Vietnam,” Senator Edward Kennedy said, calling the president deceitful and for the first time comparing him to former President Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.