Democrat Hillary Clinton may be unstoppable in Florida and could beat Republican Rudy Giuliani in the general election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

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LONDONDERRY, N.H. — As Barack Obama found on the campaign trail this week, there comes a point in a presidential race when voters get over their initial euphoria about how much they like you and start demanding to know where you stand on issues that could be deal-breakers for them.

The Illinois Democrat spoke to hundreds of potential supporters Tuesday at a town hall meeting at Mack's Apples, a roadside u-pick farm. The crowd's mood was jovial but not always forgiving.

Erin Placey, 23, asked Obama to commit to blocking federal money for nuclear power. "That is not green energy," she declared. » read more

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa — Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., on Tuesday proposed a new multibillion-dollar retirement plan — billed as a universal 401(k) plan with federal matching funds — to supplement Social Security for middle-class workers.

Such "American Retirement Accounts" would cost the Treasury $20 billion to $25 billion a year, making this the second-most-expensive initiative of the many pricey proposals Clinton has rolled out recently in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The most expensive, her plan for universal health care, would cost more than $100 billion a year.

"I am not proposing anything I don't have a way to pay for," she said. » read more