1. Doug Kass Has Learned a Lesson About Starting Twitter Rumors“Perhaps as the Jewish Proverb goes, what you dont see with your eyes, dont witness with you mouth!”
    By Dan Amira
  2. master debaters
    John Kerry Seriously Thinks It Was the Altitude Definitely wasn’t Obama’s debate prep, that’s for sure.
    By Dan Amira
  3. the national interest
    Romney’s Nevada BluffHow to tell he’s not really winning.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. endorsements that don’t matter
    Colin Powell Endorses Obama Again, Insists He’s Still a Republican“I think I’m a Republican of a more moderate mold. That’s something of a dying breed, I’m sorry to say.”
    By Dan Amira
  5. it’s never too early to talk about 2016
    Clinton Definitely Leaving Politics, Or May Stay“I will always want to be in service to my country,” says Clinton.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. the tonight show with jay leno
    Obama Weighs In on Mourdock, Says ‘Rape Is Rape’ on Leno“This is exactly why you don’t want politicians, mostly male, making decisions about women’s health care.”
    By Margaret Hartmann and Caroline Shin
  8. congress
    Congress Goes on Recess, Gets Popularity BoostAdd more vacation days, ASAP!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. the national interest
    Paul Ryan: No, I Want to Help the Poor! Really!By taking away their health care and teaching them self-reliance.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. Congressman Jim Moran’s Son Resigns Over Latest James O’Keefe Undercover TapeBad son! Bad!
    By Dan Amira
  11. early and awkward
    President Obama and Mitt Romney Standing Near HayLook how folksy and authentic they are!
    By Dan Amira
  12. joetorious
    World’s Most Precocious Baby Interrupts Biden SpeechJoe Biden made an off-the-cuff joke and it wasn’t an embarrassment to the entire campaign.
    By Dan Amira
  13. the donald
    Donald Trump Makes President Obama an Offer He Will Definitely RefuseProving that even our lowest expectations were not quite low enough.
    By Dan Amira
  14. the third terminator
    Mayor Bloomberg Will Eat Lunch With Four Strangers to Help the AnimalsThis should be interesting.
    By Dan Amira
  15. master debaters
    Third-Party Candidates Debate Focuses on Issues, Criticizing Obama and RomneyPlus amusing moderation from Larry King.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. early and awkward
    Mourdock: ‘God Intended’ Pregnancy From RapeJust what the GOP wanted: more about the “war on women.”
    By Margaret Hartmann and Joe Coscarelli
  17. early and awkward
    Does Trump Have Obama Divorce Papers? And If He Did, Why Would He Release Them?One guy says Trump has decades-old Obama divorce papers.
    By Dan Amira
  18. master debaters
    Schieffer Had No Idea He Mixed Up Obama, Osama“What are you going to do?”
    By Dan Amira
  19. master debaters
    Obama’s Bayonet Analogy Too Complex for Ryan“To compare modern American battleships and Navy with bayonets — I just don’t understand that comparison.”
    By Dan Amira
  20. master debaters
    Obama’s ‘Battleship’ Zinger Wasn’t Out of LineIn the third debate, Obama “indulged in zingers” to cast his opponent as a relic of eighties foreign policy.
    By Jake Moore
  21. Frank Rich on the National Circus: Romney Fails the Commander-in-Chief TestThe Beltway morning-after boilerplate on Mitt is wrong.
    By Frank Rich
  22. the national interest
    Romney Says He’s Winning — It’s a BluffThe “fake it till you make it” strategy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. master debaters
    What You Missed in the Foreign Policy DebateThe highs, the lows, the horses and bayonets. 
    By Dan Amira
  24. campaign 2012
    Heilemann on Charlie Rose: Romney Sheds Warmonger Image in DebateSometimes agreeing with Obama isn’t so bad.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Caroline Shin
  25. master debaters
    Schieffer Praised for Being the Most Moderate of the Debate ModeratorsNo bias, just folksy charm.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. the most important people in the world
    Third Debate May Have Cost Romney Key Lohan EndorsementHe should stop squabbling with Obama, for Lindsay’s sake.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. master debaters
    Mitt Romney’s Nonsensical Middle-East GeographySyria is Iran’s route to the sea?
    By Dan Amira
  28. master debaters
    President Obama Does Not Want to Play Battleship With Mitt RomneyAlso, “horses and bayonets.”
    By Dan Amira
  29. ineligible human puppies!!
    Obama Easily Beats Romney in Poll of Nation’s Least Likely Voters Obviously. Kids love Big Bird.
    By Dan Amira
  30. master debaters
    Mitt Romney Is Already Sitting at the Debate DeskWhat if Romney just sits there all day?
    By Dan Amira
  31. todd achin’
    Akin Campaign Insists That Comparing Female Senator to Dog Is HilariousThis campaign really “gets” women and what they like to hear.
    By Dan Amira
  32. 2012
    John Heilemann on Morning Joe: Breaking Down the Pre-Debate PollsObama-Romney tied at 47 percent. Ironic?
    By Sarah Frank
  33. early and awkward
    A Mitt Romney Airship Crash-Landed in Florida Metaphor?
    By Dan Amira
  34. the donald
    Donald Trump Has a Big Announcement About President Obama and It Will Be Big!So big.
    By Dan Amira
  35. ink-stained wretches
    Romney Aides and Press Corps Played a Nice, Friendly Game of FootballComplete with the Friday Night Lights quote. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  36. Republicans Still Aren’t Laughing at ‘Romnesia’Buzzkills. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  37. todd akin
    Todd Akin Has a New Way to Describe Claire McCaskillAnd, yes, it’s pretty sexist. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  38. advice
    Meet Barack Obama, Childcare Expert to the Stars Blue Ivy Carter gets the best of everything. 
    By Andre Tartar
  39. swing states
    Is Pennsylvania a Swing State Again?It’s starting to look like it.
    By Andre Tartar
  40. obits
    Former Senator and Onetime Presidential Contender George McGovern Dies at 90The liberal standard-bearer lost the 1972 election to Richard Nixon in a historic landslide. 
    By Andre Tartar
  41. iran
    Iran Denies Nuclear Talks With United StatesNevermind.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  42. joetorious
    Joe Biden Looked Extra Cool While Buying Donuts TodayIt’s all about accessories. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  43. the third terminator
    Mayor Bloomberg Is Just Not That Into Either of the Presidential Candidates And he’s happy to tell you why. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  44. libya
    Muammar Qaddafi’s Former Spokesman Captured in LibyaAs information about what happened in Benghazi continues to emerge. 
    By Andre Tartar
  45. the internet
    Democrat Social Media Users Are ‘Likers’; Republicans Are ‘Followers’And other findings from the latest Pew social media survey.
    By Andre Tartar
  46. stuck in the mittle
    Mitt Romney Actually Doesn’t Like Firing People That MuchThose he knows personally, anyway. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  47. word games
    Is ‘Romnesia’ a True Public Health Threat, or Just Another ‘Silly Word Game’? Meanwhile, Joe Biden is worried that Paul Ryan is also afflicted. 
    By Andre Tartar
  48. early and awkward
    Congressman John Lewis Dances Gangnam Style, for DemocracyLet’s see what this looks like.
    By Dan Amira
  49. early and awkward
    Mitt Romney Had ‘the Talk’ With Tagg When He Was 22-Years-OldBirds and bees, Romney-style.
    By Dan Amira
  50. fiscal cliff
    Bank CEOs Fear the Fiscal Cliff They Apparently Don’t UnderstandUh, no, that is not how it works.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. the third terminator
    Bloomberg Says Leaving Office Is Like End of VacationMaybe not the best metaphor.
    By Dan Amira
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