Elections

Under the Hood of Team Obama's Tech Operation

How a bunch of data-obsessed geeks created the ultimate digital fundraising machine—and kept their guy in office.

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| Thu Nov. 15, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Top Georgia GOP Lawmakers Host Briefing on Secret Obama Mind-Control Plot

With a special guest appearance from Dick Morris!

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| Tue Nov. 13, 2012 8:43 AM PST

Now That's What I Call Gerrymandering!

Americans didn't intend to elect a Republican majority to the House of Representatives. Thanks to GOP-engineered redistricting, they did.

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| Wed Nov. 14, 2012 4:00 AM PST

New Group Unveils Its Plan to Get Money Out of Politics

Led by bipartisan reformers, Represent.Us seeks to undo "the worst political corruption in American history."

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| Tue Nov. 13, 2012 4:17 PM PST

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The Democrats' Southern White Problem

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| Tue Nov. 13, 2012 3:45 PM PST
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War, Climate Change, and All The Actually Important Issues Ignored the 2012 Election

A bitter election session later, what progress have we made on the issues that really matter?

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| Tue Nov. 13, 2012 1:05 PM PST
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After Obama Win, Calls For Secession Pour In (Again)

Guess what's still a hip idea among disgruntled right-wing extremists who believe the president is a leftist overlord?

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| Tue Nov. 13, 2012 11:07 AM PST
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SHOCKER: Allen West Not Going Down Quietly

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| Mon Nov. 12, 2012 8:31 AM PST
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60 Percent of Women in Congress Were Girl Scouts

Is there some magic ingredient in their cookies?

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| Mon Nov. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Man Behind Citizens United Says 2012 Has Vindicated Him

James Bopp says the failure of conservative super-PACs proves that "nobody can buy an election."

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| Mon Nov. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Election Results Maps To Make Your Brain Happier

A physicist morphs maps of election results into cartograms for a more complete (and trippier) political portrait.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:37 PM PST
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Coal Exec Blames Obama As He Lays Off Miners

Robert Murray, a Romney supporter, cites Obama's "War on Coal" as he lays off workers in Utah and Illinois.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 2:11 PM PST
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Obama Raised $300 Million With Big-Dollar Bundlers

One veteran pol says the president's reelection fundraising operation was the best he's ever seen.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 12:20 PM PST

Charts: Ladyparts Strike Back

Check out all the record-breaking wins by the women of our next Congress.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

This Week in Dark Money

Ticked-off billionaires, the ad that finished Romney, and more from this election-week look at the murky world of political money.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Will Republican Megadonors Say Sayonara to Super-PACs?

Liberal bankrollers soured on partisan politics after the 2004 elections. Will Adelson and Co. follow suit after 2012?

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

WATCH: It's Time For A Perpetual Campaign [Fiore Cartoon]

Don't let voters stop the campaign. Political spending is America's economic powerhouse.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Did Team Romney Believe Its Own BS?

Spin or detachment—it had to be one or the other.

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| Thu Nov. 8, 2012 8:20 PM PST

Romney Adviser: Not a Single Person on the Campaign Thought He Would Lose

The GOP candidate's team bought the "unskewed polls" nonsense.

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| Thu Nov. 8, 2012 3:01 PM PST

Karl Rove Claims Obama 'Suppressed the Vote' by Running a Negative Campaign

Karl Rove continues his downward spiral with more funny talk on Fox News.

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| Thu Nov. 8, 2012 3:44 PM PST