2012 US Election

2012: The political annus horribilis

Jean MacKenzie — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:15:04 +0000

Oh what a year it was! Barely had the nation’s celebratory New Year’s hangover subsided when another headache hit the public consciousness: the Iowa caucuses, on Jan. 3, signaling the official start of the presidential campaign. It kicked off a year of finger pointing, backbiting, mudslinging and name-calling.

Obama and Romney will meet for lunch tomorrow

Amy Silverstein — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:23:00 +0000

"There will be no press coverage of the meeting."

Ron Barber wins Gabby Giffords' Arizona seat in narrow election victory

David Trifunov — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:51:25 +0000

Barber won a special election needed after Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at Giffords public appearance on Jan. 8, 2011.

Haley Barbour: 'Proctology exam' needed for GOP post-election (VIDEO)

Sarah Wolfe — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the GOP needs a "proctology exam" to figure out what went wrong in the 2012 election.

Highway 2012: The end of the road

Jean MacKenzie — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:18:49 +0000

IOWA CITY — My car has traveled more than 50,000 miles since January, and my psyche has journeyed even farther. But after last Tuesday, I have changed my tune.

Obama wins Florida, 4 days after re-election

Jessica Phelan — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:25:00 +0000

The state of Florida has officially been called for President Barack Obama, four days after he won the national election.

Spider in voting machine entangles Massachusetts town election

News Desk — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:55:31 +0000

An itsy bitsy spider is to blame for jamming up a voting machine in Massachusetts on Election Day.

Murray Energy lays off miners over Obama's 'war on coal'

Sarah Wolfe — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:27:09 +0000

The nation's largest privately-owned coal company lays off more than 150 workers following the president's reelection, citing Barack Obama's "war on coal."

US election: The (Grand Old) Party’s over

Jean MacKenzie — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:13:00 +0000

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Barely had the confetti stopped swirling on Election Night when the recriminations began. The howls of anger and pain from the political right almost drowned out the roars of jubilation from relieved and excited liberals. The challenger, Mitt Romney, was not conservative enough, they fumed. No, he was too conservative. It was his constant policy ballet that doomed his candidacy. No, Romney was too entrenched in unpopular positions to appeal to a wide enough swath of the public.

Obama: Video shows president crying during thank-you speech to campaign staff

Allison Jackson — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:51:00 +0000

"I'm absolutely confident that all of you are going to do just amazing things in your lives.”

Diane Sawyer 'drunk' rumors persist after odd election night performance (VIDEO)

Jennifer Mattson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Anchor Diane Sawyer laughs off criticism that she was drunk and slurred her words during ABC's election night coverage.

Nate Silver's book sales soar after correctly predicting election results

Jennifer Mattson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:27:00 +0000

Silver, who writes the FiveThirtyEight blog for the New York Times, correctly predicted the results of the presidential election.

Putin congratulates Obama on victory via telegram

Talia Ralph — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:39:00 +0000

Putin congratulated President Obama on his reelection via telegram Wednesday, while Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stuck to the slightly more informal communication tool of Twitter.

Tammy Baldwin makes history (VIDEO)

Priyanka Boghani — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:13:00 +0000

Baldwin insisted that she ran not to make history, but to make a difference.

The fiscal cliff, explained

David Case — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:04:00 +0000

BOSTON — A primer on what you need to know about the Beltway bomb bruising Obama's honeymoon and threatening the economy.