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This year's hot new liberal strategy: just download the GOP hive mind!

22 Oct 2014: Jeb Lund: If Democratic candidates refuse to stand up for their own party’s ideas, maybe these people don’t deserve to win
Gaffe-prone Alaska politician allegedly belittled suicide victims

22 Oct 2014: Spokesman says Young ‘should have taken a much more sensitive approach’ after congressman, 81, argues with student on visit to high school
Early midterms voters cast their ballots as races heat up down south

22 Oct 2014: More than 3.5m votes have already been cast as debates get spicy in Florida and North Carolina. Here’s the state of the race
Remark insulting Wisconsin voters could cut into Scott Walker's chances

21 Oct 2014: Top Republican, campaigning for gubernatorial candidate, says some of state’s voters ‘might not be as sharp as a knife’
Conservative Americans distrust most news that isn't Fox News, survey finds

21 Oct 2014: Pew study on media preferences also finds liberal Americans are willing to cut ties with friends who don’t share political views
US midterms: Clinton campaigns in Kentucky as Democrats bring out the big guns

21 Oct 2014: Former president gives Alison Lundergan Grimes a hand against Mitch McConnell, while Michelle Obama is scheduled to pop up in Iowa and Minnesota
You might be a politician if ... you tried to defund Ebola research, only to campaign on Ebola fear

21 Oct 2014: George Chidi: It takes the perception of a crisis to make policymakers treat public health like a serious issue. Now that’s a tragedy
Do Democrats want to fix inequality? Or just complain about it?

20 Oct 2014: Alexis Goldstein: If progressives think they’ve got any chance at midterm victory, it’s time to focus on dramatic solutions for young and minority voters – before it’s too late
US midterms: Republicans looking zippy as candidates sprint to the finish

20 Oct 2014: Obama returned to the campaign trail in Maryland with the Democrats facing a difficult battle to keep hold of the Senate
Ebola has exposed America's fear, and Barack Obama's vulnerability

19 Oct 2014: Gary Younge: The virus is a metaphor for all that conservatives loathe, and sees the president’s policies under renewed attack
Supreme court allows Texas to use 'unconstitutional' voter ID law

18 Oct 2014: Court says midterm election’s too close to change procedure even though federal judge called law ‘unconstitutional burden on right to vote’
A brief history of American 'czars' and Obama's pick to confront Ebola

17 Oct 2014: The appointment of Ron Klain as ‘Ebola czar’ has drawn no outcry compared to the other operatives empowered to confront crises
Ebola crisis: Republicans ramp up calls for west Africa travel bans

16 Oct 2014: FAA assessing question ‘ona day-to-day’ basis but White House says measure would be counter-productive
Obama to nominate Vanita Gupta to head DoJ civil rights division

16 Oct 2014: Praised by the left and the right, ACLU advocate for drug law reform will be thrown into thick of volatile issues such as police behaviour and voting rights
With so many issues off the agenda, no wonder the midterms are a turn-off

16 Oct 2014: Elections offer little chance of change as Republicans and Democrats steer clear of hot-button topics for party advantage