Sen. John Kerry says listening to Gov. Mitt Romney Monday night was "like listening to a candidate who was running on Cliff Notes or who had Rosetta Stone foreign policy." Read More
Chew on this: Cincinnati’s chili culture
Right now, Ohio is at the center of the political universe, and electoral math is on everyone's mind. But even in an election year, in Cincinnati, chili is always on the back burner. Read More
Is it Akin all over again for the Romney campaign?
Just as Mitt Romney is trying to move to the middle - and win suburban women in states like Virginia and Colorado - another Senate candidate has pushed the issues of rape and abortion back into the headlines. Read More
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Poll: Dems may not reclaim House despite dismal approval rating
Think Congress' single-digit approval rating means a passing of the gavel? Before you count on composting again in the House cafeteria, take a look at our new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. Read More
Are demographics destiny? Poll shows trouble for both candidates
President Obama and Governor Romney are both saddled with losing numbers. Romney is losing the Hispanic vote by a whopping 45 points. The president is winning just 36% of white voters, who make up over 70% of the electorate. Will the turnout of these demographics decide the election? Read More
Campaigns select their post-debate ‘spinners’
Both campaigns are bringing out their heavy-hitting foreign policy teams to shape reactions to tonight’s debate.
The post-debate spinners for the Obama… Read More
GOP senator to Romney: Don’t be like Bush or Obama
As Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama prepare for Monday’s final debate which will focus on foreign policy, GOP Senator Lindsey Graham warns Romney to avoid sounding like George W. Bush. Read More
Electoral college chaos
An Election Day tie in the Electoral College is unlikely, but it's not impossible. In fact, it's happened before. Read More
Forever Young (Voters)
The president has campaigned heavily on college campuses, including Iowa's Cornell College and The Ohio State University just this week, trying to drive up enthusiasm and bank early votes. Read More
Big Ten battleground
The Obama campaign sees Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin as its Midwestern firewall. If the president puts these states in his column, he could lose every other key swing state including Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire and Nevada, still eke out 271 electoral votes, and win. Read More
Examining the X-factor
The Romney campaign insists that the race in Iowa is much closer than our poll shows and the X-factor may be early voting. Read More
All tied up: 269 to 269
It's one of those strange twists in the American political experiment - that the electoral college decides the presidency and not the popular vote. Read More
