Month: November 2012

Campaigns have different ways of looking at voters that can also change over time. But a basic way of looking at a voter is to look at their voting history. For our purposes here, forget about people who were too young to vote...

Nick Thorpe reported for BBC on the response to the arrest of Mladic in Sarajevo last year. There is a lightness in the air, a mood of celebration among Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) about the arrest. But Muki – short for...

When I went to sleep on Election Night 2008, it looked like Al Franken had lost in Minnesota and Jeff Merkley had lost in Oregon, and Mark Begich had lost in Alaska. I was psyched about Obama winning, but I knew we were screwed...

When President Obama defeats Romney in a few days time, the MSM are going to have to engage in a major excuse management and damage limitation exercise, spinning the result as not really a win for Democratic values and arguing...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has endorsed Barack Obama. While the endorsement is certainly half-hearted, it is nonetheless helpful. Every little bit helps. Probably more heartbreaking for Mitt Romney is the endorsement...