Today in Poll Watch: President Obama won the debate, tracking polls are up and down, and Sen. Ben Nelson's lead is shrinking in Florida.
The most important military-related question after the third presidential debate is not who has the best policy for the troops, but which civilians can most skillfully deploy military jargon to prove they can hang with the troops.
We live in the most partisan America some of us have ever seen. The choice in this election is huge. And most of us won't even consider voting for the other guy. So you should know your preferred candidate pretty well, right? Take this quiz and see.
Last night's third and final presidential debate appeared light on foreign policy (especially if it didn't involve the Middle East or China), but the meeting did spawn one of the more memorable memes of the campaign.
Jon Stewart reviewed Tuesday's debate last night on The Daily Show, and with Libya attack, the one spot Mitt Romney could've had "an ace in the hole," Romney flubbed and ended up looking like Wile E. the Coyote to Barack Obama's roadrunner.
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If everyone remembers the last debate for Romney's leveraging Big Bird to make a point about budget cuts, they'll remember this one for another fairly confusing Romney phrase: "binders full of women."
Mitt Romney's debate performance pushed him into a national lead over President Obama among likely voters, Pew Research Center reports in its latest poll numbers.
President Obama admitted, in joke format, that he choked at the presidential debate, telling a Los Angeles fundraiser Sunday night that celebrities like George Clooney, Jennifer Hudson, Earth, Wind and Fire, Jon Bon Jovi, and Katy Perry, "are just incredible professionals" and "just perform flawlessly night after night." As for himself, he added, "I can't always say the same."
There was a bit of a Jim Lehrer love fest before last night's debate. But then last night happened and the public quickly turned on the PBS anchor. If you ask him, though, he did exactly what he was supposed to, thank you very much.
Debate viewers think Mitt Romney beat President Obama, and the Connecticut senate race is basically tied. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
We've noted the Barack Obama's "intellectual stammer" before, but just how much did it slow him down last night? Well, despite talking four minutes less than Obama, Mitt Romney was able to speak 541 more words.
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Some Democrats (though not many) might still be trying to refute the view that Mitt Romney won last night's debate, but no one seems to doubt that moderator Jim Lehrer is the one who lost it.
Last night's presidential debate was the most-tweeted about political event in U.S. history, proving once again that Twitter has become the indispensable tool for following current events.
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