There are now twenty days remaining before America votes - but some Americans have started voting already. Several states allow early voting, and according to SurveyUSA exit polling Obama has
Karl Rove's voter mobilisation organisation was widely credited with winning George W. Bush re-election four years ago. This time, the Democrats appear to have the edge in the
The over-the-top reactions of some liberals to George W. Bush's presidency earned the label 'Bush Derangement Syndrome'. I think it's time to diagnose a
To his credit, John McCain has started taking on some of the wilder anti-Obama sentiments in his crowds. He took back the microphone from a supporter at a town hall
Ben Smith makes the very good point that immigration is one of the dogs that didn't bark in this election: it was expected to be one of the
One of the stranger features of the recent presidential debate was the complete absence of William Ayers. If the attempt to link Obama to Ayers were the last, best hope
As a brief follow-up to my last post, and to set the stage for tonight's debate, I want to highlight the risks posed by the recent intensification of
Today was a day of traded blows in the US election campaign. Since Saturday, Sarah Palin has been attacking Barack Obama for "palling around with terrorists" - specifically
Today, there are 30 days remaining before the US votes on November 4th. Right now, this is Obama’s election to lose. He is an average of seven percentage points
