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Are the Democrats as divided as the Republicans?(6)
Daily chart: America’s presidential race
A tough fight now beckons between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama(141)
US election: Betting on Barack
The Iowa figures show a steady advantage in recent weeks(17)
The Texas Senate race: Another insurgency
A tea-party favourite takes on another Republican establishment figure(2)
Democratic dysfunction: Is the filibuster illegal?
A new lawsuit to strike down the filibuster is likely to fail; bigger thinking is needed anyway(106)
Cartoon politics: Julia's world
The Obama campaign's poorly-conceived cartoon slideshow has inspired a silly debate(236)
The tea party strikes: Another moderate shown the door
The spirit of compromise has become fatal to Republican politicians(39)
Obama endorses: Good for Obama, bad for gay marriage
The president's support for same-sex marriage has once again made it a partisan issue at the heart of a presidential election campaign(640)
The tea party: Another moderate shown the door
A victory for the tea-party movement, as Dick Lugar goes down in Indiana(240)
A presidential cartoon: Obama the rock star
Morten, our cartoonist, offers his latest take on the race for the White House(19)
The Postal Service: Waiting for deliverance
Who will make the tough decisions to save the mail?(17)
Bankruptcy in Rhode Island: Improvident
Desperate measures for desperate times(10)
Corruption in Nigeria: Hard graft
An unusual conviction for corruption for a Nigerian politician(17)
Immigration politics: The nativist millstone
Republican policies on illegal immigration are annoying Latinos and becoming a serious handicap in the presidential election(438)
Conservatives in America: Is tea time nearing an end?
What Orrin Hatch's win in Utah means for the tea-party movement(236)
The veepstakes: To complement or amplify? That's the question
Choosing a veep is harder than you think(22)
The death penalty: Another reprieve
Connecticut is to repeal capital punishment, part of a growing trend(23)
Science education: Monkey kabuki
Evolution sceptics advance their cause under the guise of free inquiry(92)
Louisiana’s schools: Governor Jindal extends his reach
Reforms that have transformed New Orleans are applied to the state(18)
Mitt Romney’s economics: Work in progress
The presumptive nominee is steering his economic policies to the right(46)
Mitt Romney’s economics: Flip back please
The probable Republican nominee should stop pandering to the left on China and to the right on taxes(157)
Lexington: Enough to make you veep
Mitt Romney is about to discover how hard it is to choose a running-mate(72)
Money talks: April 16th 2012: Sensible, centrist and subject to shifts
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Hillary Clinton: Let her dance
Hillary Clinton lets her hair down(36)
The Republicans: Candidates as space rockets
Politicians who break up on launch(18)
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