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Protestors Interrupt David Axelrod in Boston Reuters

Protestors Interrupt David Axelrod in Boston

When the Obama team tried to criticize Mitt Romney in his backyard, it got an earful from the Republican's supporters.

Video of the Day: An Illinois Lawmaker's Epic Freak-Out YouTube

Video of the Day: An Illinois Lawmaker's Epic Freak-Out

Furious about pension reforms, state Rep. Mike Bost punches paper, invokes a Biblical prophet, and drops the mic.

Video of the Day: Joe Coors Is Not a Beer JoeCoors.com

Video of the Day: Joe Coors Is Not a Beer

A Colorado congressional hopeful insists he's neither a career politician nor a refreshing alcoholic beverage.

Video of the Day: The Year's Best Campaign Ad (So Far) YouTube

Video of the Day: The Year's Best Campaign Ad (So Far)

Jack Kerouac meets Dale Peterson in an epic, bizarre video.

Video of the Day: Thank You for Smoking, From Big Tobacco YouTube

Video of the Day: Thank You for Smoking, From Big Tobacco

A tongue-in-cheek ad extolls the reasons Californians can be thankful for cigarette companies.

Video of the Day: James Clyburn Accuses Romney of 'Raping Companies' MSNBC

Video of the Day: James Clyburn Accuses Romney of 'Raping Companies'

The South Carolina representative's unmitigated, inflammatory attack on the private-equity industry breaks ranks with Obama.

Video of the Day: Cory Booker Out-Obamas President Obama NBC

Video of the Day: Cory Booker Out-Obamas President Obama

In criticizing the president's attack on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital record, he gives an uncomfortable reminder of how voters saw Obama four years ago.

Video of the Day: Gary Johnson's Explosive, Juicy New Ad YouTube

Video of the Day: Gary Johnson's Explosive, Juicy New Ad

A new ad from the Libertarian likens Democratic and Republican governance to smashing a watermelon.

Video of the Day: Chris Christie and Cory Booker Team Up for Viral Video YouTube

Video of the Day: Chris Christie and Cory Booker Team Up for Viral Video

Is the Garden State big enough for two outsize political personalities?

Video of the Day: Everything Mitt Romney Likes, Autotuned The New York Times

Video of the Day: Everything Mitt Romney Likes, Autotuned

The crew behind Auto-Tune the News provides a handy guide to what the presumptive Republican nominee likes, and what he doesn't (vampires).

Video of the Day: Obama Attacks Romney's Private Sector Record YouTube

Video of the Day: Obama Attacks Romney's Private Sector Record

The president's campaign has begun a drive to define Mitt Romney's economic policies -- and to move on from the fight over gay marriage.

Video of the Day: Tamron Hall Tries to Go All Bill O'Reilly on Tim Carney YouTube

Video of the Day: Tamron Hall Tries to Go All Bill O'Reilly on Tim Carney

When a journalist tries to dispute an anchor's dubious line of questioning, he gets an earful and has his mic cut.

Video of the Day: Will Obama Shift on Gay Marriage Before the Election? NBC

Video of the Day: Will Obama Shift on Gay Marriage Before the Election?

Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan both suggested they're open to supporting gay marriage. Are they telegraphing a policy change -- or just going rogue?

Video of the Day: Ted Nugent's Strange Flip-Out CBS

Video of the Day: Ted Nugent's Strange Flip-Out

The washed-up rocker responds to questions about his inflammatory remarks in April by delivering his best Charlie Sheen impression.

Video of the Day: Steve Jobs Plays Franklin Roosevelt in a Lost Ad

Video of the Day: Steve Jobs Plays Franklin Roosevelt in a Lost Ad

We have nothing to fear but a terrible impression of the 32nd president himself.

Video of the Day: Newt Gingrich's Greatest Hits Reuters

Video of the Day: Newt Gingrich's Greatest Hits

A reel of the most memorable moments from the former Speaker's now defunct presidential campaign

Video of the Day: Obama Attacks Romney's Swiss Bank Account Obama for America

Video of the Day: Obama Attacks Romney's Swiss Bank Account

A sharp ad against the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to paint him as both foreign and overly friendly to foreigners.

Video of the Day: Dan Savage vs. the Bible (and Some High Schoolers) YouTube

Video of the Day: Dan Savage vs. the Bible (and Some High Schoolers)

While making a somewhat inflammatory point about bullying, the gay activist and journalist inadvertently teaches a lesson about journalism, too.

Video of the Day: Obama Slow-Jams ... the Stump Speech?

Video of the Day: Obama Slow-Jams ... the Stump Speech?

Barack Obama, Jimmy Fallon, and the Roots fuse babymaking music and student-loan politics.

Video of the Day: Deep-Dish Impact, or How Cain Would Fight Off Alien Attack Comedy Central

Video of the Day: Deep-Dish Impact, or How Cain Would Fight Off Alien Attack

Asked how he'd repel an Independence Day-style attack, the former GOP candidate has a stirring answer at the ready.

Video of the Day: Ron Paul for President, the Video Game YouTube

Video of the Day: Ron Paul for President, the Video Game

In this Super Mario Brothers-style game, players collect delegates and gold coins (of course) en route to the presidency.

Video of the Day: The GOP's Real War on the Lilly Ledbetter Act Reuters

Video of the Day: The GOP's Real War on the Lilly Ledbetter Act

It's a mistake to underestimate the depth of antipathy among Republicans for laws mandating equal pay for women.

Quote of the Day: Ted Nugent Threatens Barack Obama YouTube

Quote of the Day: Ted Nugent Threatens Barack Obama

The washed-up rocker and Romney endorser says he'll be in jail or dead if the president is reelected.

Video of the Day: These 6 People Want Newt Gingrich to Stay in the Race YouTube

Video of the Day: These 6 People Want Newt Gingrich to Stay in the Race

The cash-strapped, vote-deprived campaign releases a rough-hewn ad.

Video of the Day: Democrats to Obama: Turnabout Is Fair Play Reuters

Video of the Day: Democrats to Obama: Turnabout Is Fair Play

What it the undecideds are really just Obama voters holding out on the president?

Video of the Day: President Lincoln, Stop the War on Men! Anthony Berger / National Portrait Gallery

Video of the Day: President Lincoln, Stop the War on Men!

What would television attack ads look like in the age of the telegraph?

Video of the Day: The Obama Campaign Strolls Down Romney Memory Lane Obama for America

Video of the Day: The Obama Campaign Strolls Down Romney Memory Lane

The president's reelection team seeks to box the Republican nominee in on the right before he can pivot to the center.

Video of the Day: Porn Stars for Rick Santorum—Really Jest

Video of the Day: Porn Stars for Rick Santorum—Really

A group of adult actors set out to make a PSA against the Republican candidate, then end up with an unexpected conclusion (mostly SFW).

Video of the Day: A Borat for the Tea Party Set YouTube

Video of the Day: A Borat for the Tea Party Set

It turns out not quite everyone has given up on the dream of a Donald Trump run for the White House.

Video of the Day: Is Mitt Romney Afraid to Discuss Mormonism? Hulu

Video of the Day: Is Mitt Romney Afraid to Discuss Mormonism?

David Gregory's view that the candidate needs to focus on faith makes little sense, philosophically or politically.

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