Obama plays hardball in 'cliff' talks
ANALYSIS - President Obama is no longer looking to be the great compromiser in Washington...
The GOP's anti-Susan Rice campaign
ANALYSIS - Why are Republicans so focused on preventing Susan Rice from becoming the next Secretary of State?...
The death of Allen West-style politics
ANALYSIS - The rise of the Tea Party in 2009 and 2010 brought not only a more conservative brand of politics to Washington, but at times simply a more rude one...
Why the Republicans can't easily solve their demographic problem
ANALYSIS - Winning more minority voters won't be simple. Republicans are facing three different and distinct issues: history, policy and perception...
Why this is the Obamacare election
ANALYSIS - On no issue are the candidates further apart, as Obama pledges to implement his massive health care reform while Romney plans to gut it...
6 days till election: Obama maintains narrow advantage
ANALYSIS - President Obama still leads narrowly in most polls in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin, keeping him on the path to win reelection next Tuesday...
What Obama and Romney must do now to win
ANALYSIS - With polls showing effectively a tied race, here are the big keys for the two candidates in the last 13 days of the presidential race...
Who will win the undecided voters?
ANALYSIS - The tiny fraction of voters who are still undecided (from 5 to 8 percent in most polls) may determine who is the next president, as Mitt Romney and President Obama remain effectively tied in polls. But who will they support?...
Why you should stop obsessing over the polls
ANALYSIS - With fewer than three weeks left, election-obsessed Americans in both parties have turned into 24/7 poll-watchers, reading every number for some sign that the election has turned decidedly for Mitt Romney or President Obama...
Obama v. Romney II: What to watch for
ANALYSIS - A strong performance by Mitt Romney in a debate almost two weeks ago helped shift the polls, showing the importance of these sessions in a close campaign like this one. Here's what to watch for when the candidates meet at Hofstra University on Long Island in New York...
