President Barack Obama’s campaign for president was launched in Iowa. His 2008 victory in the Democratic Party’s presidential caucuses there led to a long and successful march to the party’s nomination. Tonight, one of the best polls in the nation...
Read more »Iowa Poll: Obama Up 5 Over Romney
Life in a Swing State: Get the Door
Living in a swing state — Virginia — we’ve had a lot of visitors lately. Every weekend for the past month, someone has come by the front door of the townhouse just across the river from Washington with a clipboard,...
Read more »Worst Ads of the 2012 Campaign
Throughout this election campaign, some enterprising journalists at Storyful.com have been tracking the TV ads, Web videos and home-baked YouTube statements of a raucous 2012 election campaign, the tweets and other social media messages of a wired voting public. At...
Read more »Revenge v. Love: Campaign Closing
Reported by Lisa Lerer and Julianna Goldman Campaigning in New Hampshire this morning, Republican Mitt Romney called out President Barack Obama for talking about “revenge.” He was pointing to Obama’s own campaign words in Ohio the day before. “No, no,...
Read more »Bachmann Ad: “Independent Voice” for Minnesota — as Election Nears
Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who leads the Tea Party Caucus in Congress and referred to President Barack Obama’s health-care law as “the crown jewel of socialism” during a short-lived presidential run, is adopting a bipartisan tone as she fights...
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