Mike Bloomberg Doesn't Care What You Think
The New York mayor's latest nanny-state proposal -- a ban on soda -- has even many liberals leery. But the lame-duck Bloomberg is uniquely impervious to public opinion.
The New York mayor's latest nanny-state proposal -- a ban on soda -- has even many liberals leery. But the lame-duck Bloomberg is uniquely impervious to public opinion.
Reuters
As the Obama campaign seeks to make an issue of Romney's term in the Massachusetts state house, locals say he was neither a disaster nor a breakout success.
Reuters
Republicans are confident controversial Gov. Scott Walker will survive next week's attempt to oust him, while Democrats insist it's too soon to predict the outcome.
YouTube
In 2004, Kerry staffers blamed her for botching the response to the Swift Boat attacks. Now she's back -- as the aggressive face of the Obama reelection effort.
On Hardball, the former presidential candidate finally meets his match in Chris Matthews' similarly childish enthusiasm for history -- and animals.
Reuters
After tacking to the right on immigration in the Republican primary, he is now attempting to woo Hispanic voters without mentioning the issue.
Shutterstock
Despite the recent controversy over contraception, Gallup finds Americans broadly approve of birth control -- but not porn, cloning, or infidelity.
Getty Images
As Cory Booker discovered, "hope and change" is officially dead. A bare-knuckle campaign is now Obama's hallmark. And to many Democrats, it's about time.
NBC News
Democrats and Republicans both believe they got the upper hand in the kerfuffle over Cory Booker's criticism of attacks on Bain Capital.
Getty Images
The political dynamics of the fast-changing Mountain West create opportunities in 2012 for both Democrats and Republicans.
Reuters
The Obama campaign is straining to argue that Romney's business record is about more than heartless greed, but it's a difficult case to make.
Reuters
The former president blurted out his support for his party's nominee, only to be greeted with ungrateful silence in return.
Getty Images
Paul is staying in the race to pursue a set of concessions from the Republican Party and its nominee -- but he's not offering anything in return.
Reuters
The libertarian congressman doesn't want his supporters to stop crusading for liberty, but he needs them to recognize the fight for the nomination is over.
ABC News
Much of the public is persuadable, but the way politicians frame the issue will be crucial to how voters respond.
Getty Images
The president has taken a stand that could hurt him electorally, but his opponent's views on the issue are also out of step with voters.
AP
The Indiana Republican's defeat at the hands of conservative activists isn't the start of another anti-establishment wave -- it's the exception to this year's rule.
AP
Primary elections in four states drive a Republican senator from office, nominate a Democrat to take on Wisconsin's governor, and put Romney closer to the nomination.
Reuters
A titan of the Senate faces defeat, a gay-marriage ban looks set to pass, and Democrats nominate a candidate for the recall of Scott Walker.
Half of Americans favor making gay marriage legal -- the latest step in a long-term trend toward that position -- but public opinion remains in transition.
Republican George Allen thinks he can win by casting his opponent, Tim Kaine, as the president's best friend. But Kaine thinks that's how he'll win, too.
Reuters
Obama's turnout operation turned reliably red Virginia blue in 2008 and has a massive head start this year. But the GOP won't be taken by surprise again.
Reuters
More than just mobilizing the youth vote itself, the president's college tour symbolically associates him with an idealistic vision of the future.
Reuters
Romney has sewn up the Republican nomination, but he still isn't fully embraced by his former rivals -- or the conservative base.
Richard Grenell, whose hiring was hailed as progress for gays in Republican Party politics, has resigned from the Romney campaign after an anti-gay backlash.
Reuters
A new poll finds both parties have the potential to make inroads with this fast-growing bloc -- but neither is doing enough to engage them.
White House
The president's campaign isn't just hammering home his foreign-policy strength -- it's seeking to undercut his rival's number-one selling point.
Reuters
The president says his rival wants to take America "back to the future" -- and Romney doesn't necessarily disagree.
Reuters
Given the way Gingrich wore out his welcome, Romney could easily leave him out in the cold. But he owes his rival for one big favor.
Reuters
The presumptive nominee gets victories in Pennsylvania and four other states, including Delaware -- a state Newt Gingrich had called a must-win.
« Previous More Stories »
Your Friday News Dump: The Romneys Are Really Rich
Obama Makes Nice with Poland
A Chart Critics of the 'Lamestream Media' Need to See
David H. Freedman on smartphone apps and the perfected self, Mark Bowden on being in the dumb kids' class, James Parker on Glenn Beck, Isaac Chotiner on P. G. Wodehouse, and more
