No matter which party you identify most strongly with, Tuesday night was a rollercoaster ride of emotions and expectations. When the polls opened early Tuesday morning for the 2012 federal elections,...

In less than a month, the polls will be open and we will decide who will be our president for the next four years — the incumbent Democrat, President Barack Obama, or Republican challenger Mitt Romney....

When I think about the 2012 presidential election, I must confess: I get a little queasy. I feel like I should vote, but I know little of the two candidates. I think my uncle told me that Obama is a communist?...

In case you weren’t aware, there’s an election on. Last week, incumbent President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney faced off in the first of three presidential debates in Denver, Colo. Presided...

In September, the jobless rate reached the lowest level since Barack Obama became president. The unemployment rate improved from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent. At a campaign event in Virginia, Obama said,...

The first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney will take place on Wednesday night at the University of Denver. The debate will be moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS and will...

Before the turn of the current millennium, political campaigning was largely based on polling. Presidential and legislative candidates’ operations would analyze data and formulate plans based on where...

Most people who have been living around the Great Lakes or the Mississippi waterways for the last few years know that we have a major threat living in our water. This threat revolves around the Asian carp,...

In a scenario eerily similar to last year’s “birther” debate that died down after President Obama released his birth certificate, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney caved to Democratic pressure...

Mere weeks after their official nominations, Republican presidential and vice-presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have released more details of their tax plan. Crafted to adhere to the historically...

The GOP nominated Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as its Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates, respectively, at the 40th Republican National Convention (RNC) held in Tampa, Florida. The convention...