1. the third terminator
    Mayor Bloomberg Is Not an Undecided VoterBut he’s a secretive one.
    By Dan Amira
  2. the national interest
    Pollsters, News Conspiring to Elect ObamaThe truth is out there.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. photo op
    President Obama Is a Teenage GirlHe made that heart-hand gesture at a speech yesterday.
    By Dan Amira
  4. early and awkward
    Barack Obama Understands That Rap Music Is Not Always Literal [Updated]Even the president knows that Nicki Minaj “likes to play different characters.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  5. the national interest
    Mitt Temporarily Forgets Plan to Screw the SickBut quickly comes to his senses.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. mea culpas
    President Obama Is Really Sorry About Insulting WhatshisfaceJack Ryan? Paul Bunyan?
    By Dan Amira
  8. campaign 2012
    Obama Campaign Narrowly Edges Romney’s $111.6M August Fund-raising HaulFor the first time since April.
    By Brett Smiley
  9. eye of newt
    Gingrich Deciphers Bill’s Anti-Obama Message It went right over our heads!
    By Caroline Bankoff
  10. post-convention blues
    Mitt Romney Forced to Continue Talking About Clint Eastwood He also called the budget sequester, which Paul Ryan voted for, a “big mistake.”
    By Andre Tartar
  11. campaign 2012
    Do Political Conventions Even Matter Anymore?It seems unlikely that either Democrats or Republicans swayed any undecided voters during the last two weeks.
    By Bryan Hood
  12. the new adventures of old christine
    Bill Maher Apologizes to Christine O’Donnell for That Whole Witch Thing“I made your life hell and I’m sorry about that.” 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  13. first kids
    Political Kids’ Most Awkward Convention MomentsThe pitfalls of using your kids as props.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. Portraits From the Democratic National Convention, Part ThreePartisans, politicians, and wives, oh my.
    By Christopher Anderson
  15. the national interest
    Romney’s Playing Field NarrowsNew plan: Win all the swing states.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. early and awkward
    Dolan Alluded to Abortion, Gay Marriage at DNCHe made sure to ask for protection for “those waiting to be born.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  17. the national interest
    Clint Eastwood Takes Victory Lap in Chair Debate TriumphThe exegesis of a brilliant piece of improvised political theater.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. democratic national convention 2012
    Democratic Convention Word of the Day: Promise“We do have promises to keep … and, yes, we have miles to go before we sleep.”
    By Caroline Shin
  19. the great recession
    The Great Recession Is Still HereA jobs day disaster.
    By Kevin Roose
  20. tech feuds
    Obama Makes Steve Jobs Ad Lib, Drops Google ReferenceSomeone’s really excited about the iPhone 5.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. tear-jerkers
    Gabby Giffords, Beau Biden Reduce DNC (and Veep) to TearsA pair of weepy moments.
    By Brett Smiley
  22. convention dispatch
    Congressman John Lewis: GOP Making ‘Deliberate Effort’ to ‘Steal’ the ElectionLewis elaborates on his DNC remarks.
    By Dan Amira
  23. convention dispatch
    Newman Isn’t Tired of Being NewmanHis wife, on the other hand…
    By Dan Amira
  24. Four More Years? Roger Ailes in Talks Over New ContractThirty million reasons to stay at the helm.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  25. convention dispatch
    Charlotte’s Most Central Chick-fil-A Hasn’t Been Open All WeekCurious.
    By Dan Amira
  26. convention dispatch
    50-Person Poll: DNC Delegate EditionThey answer questions on racism, the Clintons, and 2016.
    By Dan Amira
  27. the national interest
    Fact: AP Unclear on Definition of ‘Fact’You could look it up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. convention dispatch
    Crazy Cops Turn DNC Traffic Control Into Performance ArtYou have to watch this. YOU HAVE TO.
    By Dan Amira
  29. early and often
    Portraits From the Democratic National Convention, Part TwoNew York photographer-in-residence Christopher Anderson has more from Charlotte.
    By Christopher Anderson
  30. instant politics
    A Conservative and a Marxist on Clinton’s Speech“His greatest feat is speaking with such confidence that defies fact-checking.”
    By Reihan Salam and Bhaskar Sunkara
  31. The DNC’s Surprise Guest Is Jobs DataNot as exciting as Eastwood, but probably less crazy.
    By Kevin Roose
  32. democratic national convention 2012
    Democratic Convention Word of the Day: Fight“Their fight is my fight, and it’s Barack Obama’s fight.”
    By Caroline Shin
  33. the national interest
    Bill Clinton’s Forgotten Class WarRecalling our last secret-Marxist wealth-confiscating spend-o-crat.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. convention dispatch
    Bill Clinton Got a Few (Thousand) Things Off His Chest TonightWhat he talked about for 48 minutes at the DNC.
    By Dan Amira
  35. Democrats Make Controversial Changes to Meaningless DocumentIt does not matter what is in the platform.
    By Dan Amira
  36. early and often
    Portraits From the Democratic National Convention, Part OneNew York photographer-in-residence Chris Anderson reports back from Charlotte.
    By Christopher Anderson
  37. Heilemann on Michelle Obama’s Stunning Speech No one realized the heights she has attained as a political performer.
    By John Heilemann
  38. Frank Rich on the National Circus: Michelle Obama Has Come a Long WayRemember when she was considered a liability to Barack?
    By Frank Rich
  39. democratic national convention
    Democratic National Convention Phrase of the Day: ‘Middle Class’“From the middle class up, not the billionaires down.
    By Caroline Shin
  40. the national interest
    Obama’s Non-Disappointing PresidencyReally.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. eye of newt
    Gingrich Apologizes for Suggesting He Has the ‘Eye of the Tiger’Otherwise, he and Rocky Balboa are basically the same person.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. late and often
    Democratic Convention Features Romney Bashing From the Late Ted KennedyKennedy’s nephew introduced the video.
    By Brett Smiley
  43. World Meets Julian Castro and His Adorable Hair-Flipping DaughterWhich will be more memorable?
    By Dan Amira
  44. tough decisions
    Clinton Aide Rethinks Plan to Vote RepublicanDecides to go with the guy his boss is publicly backing.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. convention dispatch
    In Which Southerners Try to Explain an ‘Obama Y’all’ T-Shirt to a YankeeWhat does that mean?
    By Dan Amira
  46. convention dispatch
    These Mormons Aren’t Voting for RomneyInside a gathering of LDS Democrats.
    By Dan Amira
  47. Not Their Party: Fox News Eschews Convention CelebrationsNo free back rubs, either.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  48. convention dispatch
    Freedom of Assembly Is Nice and All, But People Have Hotels to Get ToAn Occupy protest at the DNC irritates Democratic delegates who have places to be.
    By Dan Amira
  49. the national interest
    Since When Did Paul Ryan Become a Liar?The weirdly rapid collapse of a myth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. nicknames
    The Secret Service Will Be Calling Paul Ryan ‘Bowhunter’ Because he hunts with a bow.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  51. nazi comparisons
    California Democratic Party Chairman Likens Paul Ryan to Nazi PropagandistDon’t do that.
    By Brett Smiley
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