Is the presidential campaign book dead?
Michael Hastings' "Panic 2012" tells us how to revive the genre and expose the dirty business of running for office
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 5:53 PM UTCEntertainment Obama, richard ben cramer
2012 Presidential Elections
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Let the post-Sandy election gloating continue!
The left is getting a bad rap for celebrating too hard. But we need this now
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 8:35 PM UTC 22Life Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
For crying out loud, we love you, Obama!
A tearful clip of the president goes viral — and briefly thaws our cold, cynical hearts VIDEO
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 4:35 PM UTC 45Life 2012 Elections, Going Viral
Obama tears up when thanking campaign staff
"I'm really proud of all of you," Obama said VIDEO
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 1:58 PM UTCElections Barack Obama, 2012 Elections
Romney’s concession speech was not gracious
Pundits rush to praise the GOP candidate, but his behavior was petulant and sullen
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 3:59 PM UTC 186Elections 2012 Elections, Ann Romney
Election 2012: Can someone call it a night?
The networks delivered an ice skating rink map, wacked-out pundits and a lot of drawn-out Romney drama
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 11:00 AM UTCEntertainment john king
Video: Possible voting malfunctions in Pennsylvania
One voter's harrowing experience trying -- and failing -- to vote for Obama goes viral VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 5:37 PM UTC 20Elections YouTube, Pennsylvania
Obama and Christie: It’s all right to cry
After an exhausting week, the president and the New Jersey governor finally let their feelings show
Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 4:25 PM UTC 11Life 2012 Presidential Elections
Is the GOP stealing Ohio?
Uncertified, "experimental" software patches have been installed on machines in 39 counties of the key swing state VIDEO
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 9:36 PM UTC 160News Ohio, Jon Husted
Hurricane Sandy disrupts both campaigns
Both Romney and Obama cancel campaign events because of the hurricane
Monday, Oct 29, 2012 5:48 PM UTCElections 2012 Presidential Elections
Romney’s economy hypocrisy
The GOP candidate slams Obama for 2 percent GDP growth, but he never saw anything that fast as governor
Friday, Oct 26, 2012 5:35 PM UTCPolitics Mitt Romney, U.S. Economy
An actual October Surprise?
A judge may release documents tomorrow that supposedly show Mitt Romney lied under oath
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 47Politics Mitt Romney, Divorce
Mitt’s question-mark economy
Two weeks before the election, has any candidate in American history campaigned on such a blank slate?
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 1:42 PM UTCBusiness Dodd-Frank, 2012 Elections
America’s supersized elections
The debate cycle has mercifully come to a close, but campaign big business is here to stay -- democracy be damned
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 2:18 PM UTCPolitics Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
OK Mittster
Mitt is looking for binders full of women to love him. Just tell him how to be the guy of your dreams VIDEO
Friday, Oct 19, 2012 5:45 PM UTCEntertainment online dating
Romney’s tax plan still nowhere close to adding up
The same think tank that debunked his original plan filets his new modified version
Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 3:10 PM UTC 17Politics Mitt Romney, Taxes
Gary Johnson: Mitt is “without one molecule of brain”
The Libertarian Party nominee tells Salon that Obama's as militaristic as Bush, and Romney's simply "wacky nuts"
Saturday, Oct 13, 2012 12:45 PM UTC 185Politics 2012 Presidential Elections
Hot new Obama scandal has already been debunked — in 2008
Allegations that he was soliciting foreign money were debunked in 2008. But here we go again
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 4:50 PM UTCPolitics Barack Obama, Campaign Finance
What won’t be discussed during tonight’s debate
Expect both candidates to pose and posture -- and ignore pressing issues like our mission in the Middle East
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 3:15 PM UTCPolitics The Middle East, Saudi Arabia
Memo to Joe: Expose Ryan’s radicalism
If Biden wants to win the debate, he must lay bare how regressive his counterpart's budget plan truly is
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 10:24 PM UTC 27Politics 2012 Elections, RobertReich.org
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