Tag Archives: The Daily Beast

This divided and dysfunctional Congress has earned its record low-approval rating. Luckily we have the remedy in our hands on Election Day: vote the bums out. Here is my brief list of the eight worst congresspeople in 2012 from both … Continue reading →

’Tis the season for dirty tricks. Less than one week out from Election Day, we are witnessing a war of attrition, a game of inches. With state polls this close, every vote counts. And so beyond the positive effort to … Continue reading →

Turn on the television in any swing state these days and you’re likely to see Mitt Romney smiling wistfully and saying this: “Republicans and Democrats both love America. But we need to have leadership — leadership in Washington that will … Continue reading →

Meet the man who could defeat Michele Bachmann. Jim Graves is a 58-year-old self-made Minnesota businessman and grandfather of seven, still married to his high-school sweetheart, running against a symbol of unhinged hyperpartisanship in the halls of Congress. Bachmann’s bizarre … Continue reading →

This is the sound of chugging Kool-Aid: “This debate goes to Romney. It seals his momentum and will lead to a big win,” Dick Morris writes at Fox. “Game, set, match … one of the best debate performances ever by … Continue reading →

It’s a conundrum for conservatives—Mitt Romney couldn’t get traction while he was playing to the base with his vice-presidential selection or his convention speech. But once he broke out the big Etch A Sketch in his first debate against President … Continue reading →

This election will be decided by swing voters in swing districts of swing states. The second installment of OutFront’s election series The Final Factors took me to the key swing district of Virgina – Loudoun County. This is the heart … Continue reading →

In the wake of Mitt Romney’s deft first debate there’s been a lot of belated questions about whether his promises make sense in terms of, you know, math. After all, a core claim of the Romney campaign is this: “Getting … Continue reading →

As you nervously pour over swing-state presidential polls, don’t forget to factor in one crucial variable—the rest of the statewide ticket. Call it down-ticket coattails. Because President Obama and Mitt Romney are not running in a vacuum. They are going … Continue reading →

Brand new data on super-PAC spending is out courtesy of the Wesleyan Media Project, and conservative groups are still considerably outspending liberal organizations, despite an overall ad-buy advantage from the Obama campaign over the Romney campaign as the Tsunami of … Continue reading →