Tennessee's Colossally Bad Plan to End Senate Primaries
The state legislature is considering a plan that would circumvent the 17th Amendment -- and make the nomination process significantly worse. More »
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The state legislature is considering a plan that would circumvent the 17th Amendment -- and make the nomination process significantly worse. More »
Everything is going against Republicans right now, but if cuts kick in, all incumbents will suffer at the polls in the next election. More »
Romney may have faced insurmountable odds, but Republicans can start their rehabilitation effort by creating a state-of-the-art election apparatus. More »
As long as extreme candidates like Todd Akin keep winning GOP nominations, more welcoming faces like Scott Brown will always be fighting an uphill battle. More »
National polls show a tight race, but the campaign has stabilized and the map still favors Obama. More »
Romney holds the national lead in polls. Obama still has the edge in many swing states. And the final result will be down to the wire. More »
The Republican contender is running out of chances to define himself in the eyes of crucial swing voters. More »
Voters still don't know who the Republican nominee is, and he's missing on the chance to define himself positively. More »
Demographic and national data are far better for predicting the race than scrutinizing unreliable state-level polling. More »
On the surface, the race looks tight. But voter enthusiasm numbers are a headache for the president's reelection team. More »
Although the president has gained ground on his challenger, the economy will prevent him from running away with the race. More »
Democrats are unlikely to take the House and Republicans will struggle to capture the Senate. Will that mean more gridlock, or new pragmatism? More »
Republicans appear incapable of nominating someone who can win the votes of independents in November. More »
Republicans had counted on running against a weakened president, but improving unemployment numbers could lift him to re-election instead. More »
The candidate has raised less money than his competition, has few endorsers, and will provide plenty of material for democratic attack ads. So why is he surging in the polls? More »
If President Obama is going to win another term in 2012, the economy will have to improve significantly. Forecasters don't think it will happen. More »
How a 1964 TV commercial supporting Lyndon Johnson played to nuclear fears and set the standard for political attacks More »
President Obama is in danger, but the momentum isn't overwhelming. Next year, all politics will finally be local once again. More »
With the former governor firmly planted near the top of the race, the two challengers are jockeying for position as his foremost alternative More »
By turning away from independents and appealing to his base, the president is following the same playbook laid out by Karl Rove More »
