Romney’s latest blunder follows a familiar pattern.
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We Are the 47 Percent
Romney’s latest blunder follows familiar pattern.
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Grading the Dems’ 2016 Arithmetic
Obama-Romney is still months away, but the up-and-coming Dems are already posturing for the next primary.
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Poll Spells Trouble for Iowa Judge
Will another state supreme court justice fall victim to Bob Vander Plaats’s campaign?
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Running Mate Runner-Ups
Does not making it to the White House spell the end of a vice-presidential candidate’s career? Hardly.Â
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Ricky Bobby Goes to Washington
Don’t watch The Campaign with expectations of high sophistication and deft explanation of political issues.
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The Voting Rights Act: A 20th Century American Revolution
On its anniversary, a look at why the Voting Rights Act was one of the most revolutionary laws passed in American history.
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Journos v. Political Scientists
Why do these two camps have different understandings of what gaffes mean for an election?
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Graduating from the Electoral College
We’ve been electing our president the same way for 200 years. Why do some say it’s time for a change?
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Governor Romney “Very Pleased” With Individual Mandate in 2006
In this archival footage Mitt Romney says he is “very pleased” that the Massachusetts legislature’s health-care package included the individual mandate, which, as he notes, he proposed.
