Oct 10 American Ideology? There is No Such Thing By Paul Solman American flags at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images This is the second of two consecutive Making Sen$e posts by esteemed academic colleagues at different places on the political spectrum who don't have blogs, don't have… Continue reading
Oct 10 House Hearing on Attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya By Larisa Epatko The House is seeking answers in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Continue reading
Oct 10 Fresh Batch of Polls Show Race Tightening in Battleground States By Christina Bellantoni President Obama speaks at a campaign event Tuesday at Ohio State University. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. With each passing day since last week's presidential debate in Denver, there are growing signs that the race between President Obama and Mitt… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch News Wrap: Polls Show President Obama Leads in Ohio, But Narrowly In other news Wednesday, new polls show that President Obama still leads in Ohio. Following the first presidential debate, the gap between the two candidates narrowed, energizing both campaigns' efforts to win over the last undecided voters before Election Day. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch As Romney Cuts into Obama's Lead, Both Vie for Critical Votes in Swing States As Romney Cuts into Obama's Lead, Both Vie for Critical Votes in Swing States… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Jerry Sandusky Sentenced to at Least 30 Years for Sexual Abuse of Young Boys Sentence Means Jerry Sandusky Will Likely Spend Rest of His Life Behind Bars… Continue watching
Oct 09 Listen to Me: Spotlight Tennessee By Meena Ganesan In the latest installment from our Listen to Me series, where we ask voters what they think of the political system, we travel down south, to country music's heartland -- Tennessee. In 2008, the state cast its 11 electoral votes… Continue reading
Oct 09 Post-Debate Polls Show Romney on Rise By Terence Burlij A girl in Port Saint Lucie, Fla., shows her support for Mitt Romney at a campaign event last week. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. With four weeks to go until Election Day, Mitt Romney has erased President Obama's lead in… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Gallup Poll to Show Romney-Obama Ties Among Likely Voters "Gallup Poll to Show Romney-Obama Ties Among Likely Voters"… Continue watching
Oct 08 Gallup Poll to Show Romney, Obama Tied Among Likely Voters Former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are virtually tied among likely voters, a new Gallup daily tracking poll will show, according to USA Today's Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page. Continue reading