2012 Presidential Election

The mathematical model that has predicted the last eight presidential elections--based on economic conditions--is predicting...

Politico is a useful political journalism site that some conservatives think leans to the left...

Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his vice-presidential running-mate.  Ryan is...

Bad news for Republican in the electoral college: *** Romney leads in CO, but Obama’s...

Ruth Marcus observes how our political discourse--or at least the media coverage of that discourse--has...

To illustrate the point of the "gaffe" post, what did you learn from media coverage...

The economy is in the toilet, unemployment is over 8%, our foreign policy is a...

What happens when pop culture addicts run your campaign: According to Paul Bedard at The...

We went to the 4th of July parade here in our small northern Virginia town. ...

Yesterday we posted about mining "big data," how corporations, politicians, and researchers are delving into...

President Obama said something that will be a much-replayed sound-bite in the presidential race: Laying...

Maureen Dowd--liberal, Democratic, erstwhile Obama supporter--expresses her frustration with him and his presidency, citing other...

E. J. Dionne is a liberal whose beliefs are somewhat chastened by his Catholicism.  He...

In raising the question why both campaigns are ignoring Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts,...

As the Mitt Romney campaign hails his business experience and as the Obama campaign demonizes...

It's early in the head-to-head campaign, with some polls showing Romney ahead and others showing...

Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, is a rising star in the Democratic...

The New York Times broke a shocking story: Joe Ricketts, an up-by-the-bootstraps billionaire whose varied...

A lot of people don't like either the Republican or the Democratic candidate.  Many people...

And then there was one.  Ron Paul has suspended his campaign.  Mitt Romney is the...

Here is a  site that lists everyone who is running for president.  In addition to...

Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum Suspends Campaign « CBS Philly.  I can't see conservatives rallying...

In a comment on the "It's Romney" post, which sparked a discussion on whether voting...

Mitt Romney swept the Maryland, D.C., and Wisconsin primaries.  The fat lady is singing.  It...

When a politician makes a mistake, sometimes it gets turned into a disqualification.  Sometimes it...

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is often assumed by the media, the general public, his...

Today is Super Tuesday, when 10 states hold their presidential primaries and caucuses all on...

The state where I now live, Virginia, has its presidential primary on Tuesday, joining nine...

I predict that Romney will win today's primaries in Michigan and Arizona.  Rick Santorum hasn't...

Dirty tricks: The Michigan Democratic Party sent an e-mail to supporters Wednesday encouraging them to...