We now know what Barry Obama and his date looked like at prom in 1979 — and they probably looked better than you. Just compare the Obama crew's not-horrible prom fashion to many politicians' prom photos they might wish hadn't been dug up.
Did you miss the vice-presidential debate? You can read the most important words -- and even better, watch the most important facial expressions right here, because The Atlantic Wire simultaneously liveblogged and live-GIF'd the fight between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.
It's been around six hours since Time released the kraken—a gallery of Paul Ryan doing bicep curls in a lonely gym dressed like a mid-nineties state school fratboy. And it's taken about half that time for the Internet to turn Ryan into their virtual, photoshoppable Barbie.
Paul Ryan has posed for beefcake photos in which he flexes his biceps while doing reps of what high school gym coaches nationwide call "curls for girls."
Today in Poll Watch: Paul Ryan gets better favorability ratings heading into the vice-presidential debate Thursday, national tracking polls are again unclear for both candidates, Latino voters in Arizona overwhelmingly support President Obama, and Obama's up by 4 points in Florida despite one pollster calling the state for Mitt Romney.
The only thing that can stop the liberal gnashing of teeth and rending of garments is a kick-ass debate performance from Joe Biden. Joe Biden! Joe Biden, the guy who's most vulnerable when he's riffing, is supposed to save the day.
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan got a little cheeky with Flint, Michigan's ABC 12 on Monday. Despite what you might've read in The Huffington Post or BuzzFeed, however, he did not walk out on his probably seemingly well intentioned interviewer.
It took him long enough, but Romney finally admitted his 47 percent speech was 'completely wrong' during an interview with Fox News tonight.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pulls triple duty -- appearing on Face the Nation, This Week, and Meet the Press -- to tell the whole world how he thinks Wednesday night's debate is going to change the face of the election forever.
When Paul Ryan bought his 10-year-old daughter hunting gear, some may have been shocked, but conservatives responded with pics-or-it-didn't-happen proof that they too have trained their daughters in the use of deadly weapons.
Last night we can all agree that there was a gross miscarriage of officiating during the Packers-Seahawks game. But forget the football: is there a way to parlay a sporting travesty into partisan gain? The political world is trying its hardest.
Have you ever had a job where two different bosses were constantly tell you to do two different things? That's Paul Ryan right now.
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Oh sure, Paul Ryan gets lots of attention for his muscle-confusing P90X workout, his alleged 6 percent body fat, and his alleged six-pack. But Mitt Romney, 23 years his senior, is healthier, at least based on resting heart rate.
Where did Mitt Romney get the idea that 47 percent of Americans think of themselves as victims?
When video of Mitt Romney talked about the government-dependent "47 percent" was posted, lots of conservative bloggers rejoiced. Not all Republicans joined in.
Mitt Romney sat down for a big interview with David Gregory for NBC's Meet the Press. Rather than stick to our usual format, we're highlighting the key things he said on specific issues. Take it away, Mitt.
According to Washington, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan have the "blue collar appeal" and "working class roots" that Mitt Romney and President Obama lack. But in reality, all of these men have only the faintest ties to blue-collar work -- you know, manual labor in factories or mines or construction sites.
When Paul Ryan said he ran a sub-three hour mile, his bluff was called. Turns out runners are dedicated people who take their times to heart, and Ryan's time was closer to four hours. Now, his brother is claiming it only took him three weeks to train for it.
Mitt Romney's running mate isn't going to be making very many people happy this afternoon thanks to a few choice words about the U.S. being "a country in decline" and an exclusive report from The Nation, about how in 2010, Ryan asked for a grant from the Obama administration which was funded by Obamacare.
One of the funny things about Republicans' swelling love for Bill Clinton is that they're embracing the argument Barack Obama made back in 2008 -- that there wasn't enough difference between Clinton policies and Republican ones.
When Paul Ryan introduced himself to the electorate at the Republican National Convention last week one thing was missing: A jocular Secret Service nickname.
Leading into this week's Democratic National Convention, the question everyone's either asking or answering is, "Are we better off than we were four years ago?" Republicans are using it as an attack, and the Democrats are on their heels trying to answer.
Paul Ryan takes fitness very seriously. He takes it so seriously there is real demand to see him with his shirt off. But when he told a radio host his best marathon time was under three hours, Runner's World went looking for the truth.
What's the difference between Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin? 15.3 million viewers. And lipstick.
The concept of the faded Obama poster is compelling, especially for what is says about all that youthful energy and creativity crumbling into bitter old age and neglect in some dirty college dorm room, but does it exist?
One of the most surprising things about Paul Ryan's speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday was not that he shaded the truth, but that he told one lie that was so easily disproven.
The most disruptive part of Paul Ryan's speech last night, aside from those not-quite-truths, came when two hecklers from the female anti-war group Code Pink pulled off the most successful protester infiltration yet at this year's conventions — and maybe the last one.
Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan was the main event at last night's Republican Convention in Tampa, and most observers seem to agree that it was a well-read speech ... that had a few problems with the truth.
A new poll shows that registered voters by a small margin think Mitt Romney will do a better job with Medicare, but the same poll shows opposition to Ryan's plan for the program. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
It is hard to go from cultural darling to elder statesman. That, essentially, is the takeaway from Alex Williams' piece in the New York Times reflecting upon how a bunch of formerly cool-kid Gen Xers feel about having one of their cohort, Paul Ryan, 42, running for vice president.
The New Yorker is weighing in on Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan with a wink-wink cover this week by artist Barry Blitt.
Now that Day One is officially not happening and the Republican Convention schedule has been compressed and re-configured, you might need to adjust your own schedule to catch your favorite politicians.
Voters in three swing states are down on the Republican plans for Medicare, but the race remains tight in a nationwide poll today. Also, Obama's maintaining something of a lead in Ohio and an even bigger one in Pennsylvania. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
The union of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan has brought us many wonderful things ranging from fashion editors waxing about their sartorial choices to the wonky Medicare debate, but this beautiful relationship has also spawned something far weirder: erotic fan fiction.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke at his very first Tea Party rally Tuesday, the same day the Republican Party added a plank to its official platform calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ban all abortions, no exceptions, as well as a plank backing abstinence-only education.
The Romney campaign is distancing itself from Rep. Todd Akin after his comment ahout "legitimate rape" on Sunday, calling it "inexcusable" and saying Romney and Paul Ryan support abortion access for rape victims -- something Ryan, for one, has opposed in the past.
Paul Ryan wanted to assure the senior citizens in Florida that the rumors aren't true. His budget plan isn't going to totally gut medicare. To help make his point, he brought along the one person he knew they could relate to: his mom.
Paul Ryan released two years of tax returns in a late Friday evening news dump, so you would think there's something evil or scandalous in there, but it turns out he pays a pretty normal rate.
The topless Paul Ryan photo the world has been begging for has finally surfaced on TMZ, and yet it shows Ryan is neither jacked nor ripped.
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan had planned to spend a few weeks apart, but they're going to get together next week, because campaign aides say Ryan "helps ease the former governor’s feeling of isolation," Politico's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei report.
When asked about the Medicare debate, Paul Ryan said "bring it on," according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Salena Zito. But the Romney campaign's game face is not so steady behind the scenes.
Paul Ryan's favorite band is Rage Against the Machine. And at least one member, Tom Morello, totally hates him.
In less than a week since naming Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney and his campaign have seen around $10 million in online donations, which isn't a bad haul, but they're more excited about the 68 percent bump in new donors.
Paul Ryan got busted lying about requesting stimulus money in 2009 for two Wisconsin businesses while at the same time campaigning against stimulus spending in Congress, and now that the truth is out there Ryan says he never should have asked for the money in the first place.
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have been celebrated as a team that might not be the most charismatic, but who are details-oriented number-crunchers who care deeply about policy—i.e., wonks.
The coverage of Paul Ryan's as-yet-unseen-but-theoretically-ripped abs from the coastal elite media has tended to imply that the presumptive vice presidential candidate is a little vain and a little metrosexual. And yet, in the flyover conservative message boards, the tone on his toned bod is entirely different.
Ezra Klein on Obama launching Ryan to the top, Karl Rove on GOP's Medicare advantage, Charles K. Armstrong on change in North Korea, Victor Davis Hanson on the culture divide in California, and Dana Milbank on the Democrats getting dirty.
One of the most immediate reactions to the announcement that Paul Ryan would be Mitt Romney's V.P. was the ensuing debate over whether he was hot or not. Today, The New York Post's Andrea Peyser has a column on our dirty little habits.
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