Americans again this year name Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama as the Most Admired Woman and Most Admired Man living in any part of the world. Clinton has been the Most Admired Woman each of the last 11 years, and Obama has been the Most Admired […] Read more »
As ‘fiscal cliff’ looms, Republicans have no political incentive to make deal with Obama
Amid the last-minute wrangling over a “fiscal cliff” deal, it’s important to remember one overlooked fact of the 2012 election: Republicans in the House and Senate have absolutely no political incentive to compromise with President Obama. [cont.] Chris Cillizza, Washington Post Read more »
Video: The wild ride to Election Day
CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta counts down the top 10 moments on what was a wild ride to the Election Day this year. CNN Read more »
Were Obama’s Early Ads Really the Game Changer?
Many post-mortems of the 2012 presidential campaign suggest that Mitt Romney erred by allowing President Obama to “define” him early through an advertising blitz in battleground states. … The problem, however, is that there is very little evidence that these early ads mattered much, according to research I have done […] Read more »
Best year in Washington: Nate Silver
… Every election cycle turns out its stars — likely and unlikely — and there’s no question that Silver and his FiveThirtyEight blog for the New York Times shone the brightest in 2012. For most of the campaign, Silver toiled, if not in obscurity, than in the insular world of […] Read more »
The top five polling lessons from the 2012 election
The 2012 election is in the books, and as we head into the new term filled with new elections, there are polling lessons we should take with us. Yet, as this list of the top five polling rules from 2012 will demonstrate, there will always be exceptions to the rule. […] Read more »