One of the less scintillating milestones of the 2012 election was marked by the General Services Administration, when Mitt Romney became the first candidate to take advantage of the Presidential Transition Act of 2010.
Washington is full of speculation this week as Democrats and Republicans examine different ways to cut spending, raise revenue and reform entitlements to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff.” One policy getting more attention is a new way for the government to calculate inflation.
Former Utah Governor and Romney transition team leader Mike Leavitt tells TIME about the process of planning a Romney presidency
Anyone hoping that the next Congress will usher in a new era of civility, compromise and functionality will probably be disappointed.
As we ready ourselves to greet some new elected officials, we must also say goodbye to some memorable words and phrases. Check out TIME’s highlight reel.
As my colleagues listened to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s town hall debate Tuesday night, I pushed the mute button once again and prepared to determine a champion based on pantomime alone.
I watched the first presidential debate on mute, and the candidates’ body language was telling, just like the debate experts say it should be. So I decided to not listen to anything the vice presidential candidates said either. …
On last weekend’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update, Seth Meyers said that the biggest winner after the first presidential debate was really the viewing public. “Is there anything more exciting than Joe Biden thinking it’s up …
We’ve all heard the tale of how Richard Nixon looked pale and sickly in 1960, when he took part in the first televised presidential debate against sun-kissed John F. Kennedy. Since that fateful night, pundits have never let us forget that debates are as much about what the voters see as what the candidates say. The mannerisms. The …
Tina Fey isn’t the only woman who has done a notable impression of Sarah Palin. In 2008, former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm played the Alaskan in mock debates with Joe Biden. As this cycle’s presidential candidates …
Over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown made California the first state to ban “conversion therapy” for teens, the same kind of “pray the gay away” therapy that Rep. Michele Bachmann husband’s clinic has been accused of practicing. And the Supreme Court may soon put gay marriage in the national spotlight by hearing cases on the …
What better way to explore the partisan brain than by running convention delegates through a fast-paced linguistic gauntlet? In both Tampa and Charlotte, the TIME video team compiled lists of buzzwords and set out in search of willing players. There were only two rules for our game of word association: answer as quickly as possible and …
Today TIME’s video team introduces you to Bill Rettinger, a delegate from Florida who says the Affordable Care Act helped him win a fight against cancer.
