We rsquo re seven months from the 2014 midterms giving us time to cycle through a few dozen theories on what the election will be about The Republicans still hope to capitalize on discontent with the Affordable Care Act but TPM rsquo s Dylan Scott wonders whether this ldquo election elixir rdquo

The U S population shifted away from small towns and toward major metropolitan areas from 2012 to 2013 according to data released by the Census Bureau on Thursday The annual Census report is a reminder that the Republican Party which has been doing worse and worse in big cities needs to move to

There rsquo s got to be a study somewhere comparing styles of playing Monopoly to political party affiliation I can imagine a lot of grant proposals after this week rsquo s announcement that Hasbro is polling players on which ldquo house rule rdquo to add to Monopoly instruction manuals nbsp The

(Un)Conventional Wisdom from Robert D. Sullivan on the fight over fighting poverty.

Gun-rights activists come out forcefully against Obama's choice for surgeon general.

The Cook Political Report has control of the U S Senate up for grabs this November see map or analysis As of Wednesday Maine was the only state favored to vote for a different party than it did in the 2012 presidential election thanks to moderate Republican incumbent Susan Collins Among the s

It’s hard to separate the popular belief that government is too big, and getting bigger, from perceptions of what the government does with its money.

March is turning out to be a month for underdogs Last week the Republicans came from behind to win a special congressional election in Florida even with a former lobbyist as their candidate Today Politico rsquo s Ben White and Maggie Haberman suggest that there rsquo s finally a backlash to the e

Latest (Un)Conventional Wisdom from Robert D. Sullivan on generational politics

On Thursday the New York Times teased The Upshot a new site ldquo demystifying politics economics and other subjects rdquo that will replace the ldquo disruptive rdquo Nate Silver with an essay throwing cold water on the idea that there will be an exciting U S Senate race in Kentucky this f