- Obama leads in the polls.
- Republicans are left arguing the polls are wrong.
- How Bill Clinton became the Presidents closer.
A Primer for Tuesday’s Congressional Races
For the first time in three election cycles, 2012 doesn’t look to be a wave year for either party. Democrats are likely to retain control of the Senate while Republicans hang on to the House. It’s the size of the margin of control–now 3 seats in the Senate and 22 in the House–that’s worth watching on election night. But that doesn’t
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Past Is Prologue in Presidential Race’s Closing Arguments
The 2012 U.S. presidential campaign, a $2 billion cacophony of promises for the future, is ending with homages to the recent past
Why Romney’s Not Talking About Benghazi Anymore
The GOP nominee has given up on a murky story line
Don’t Miss the Golden Age of Political Web Videos
In the final weeks of the campaign, all the best–by which I mean, most vicious, least honest, most strident– advertisements get dropped on television screens. On YouTube, something similar has been happening.
Report: Benghazi Presence Was a CIA Operation
If you read one story today, let it be the game-changing article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
Bloomberg’s Endorsement
It’s difficult to game out the significance of Michael Bloomberg’s endorsement of Barack Obama — if there is any at all.
Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Kentucky Make Hunting a Constitutional Right?
California banned hunting bears and bobcats with dogs in September, but Kentucky is taking no risks with its own hunting laws.
October Jobs Numbers Are Big News … for the Next President
The October jobs report is big news for presidential politics. But not in the way you might think.
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— The approximate number of political commercials expected to run on network and cable TV in Columbus, Ohio, between now and Election Day.
Sherman vs. Berman: California’s Doppleganger Democrats Go to War
Sometimes the toughest races are between two candidates who have everything in common.
Let’s Just Say It: Obama Is Favored on Election Day
A strange thing is happening as Election Day draws near. In normal times, we struggle to stay afloat in the sea of political opinions. Now the punditry has been afflicted with an epidemic of agnosticism. After living and breathing this race for 18 months, they say they have no idea who will win.
Political Pictures of the Week, Oct. 26 – Nov. 2
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.