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Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview

By Douglas Brinkley President Barack Obama on the cover of Rolling Stone. We arrived at the Oval Office for our 45-minute interview with President Obama on the morning of October 11th. After our conversation ended, the president would board Air Force One for Florida, where he was slated to hold a rally at the University [...]

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Romney works to paint bid as candidacy on the rise

MORRISON, Colo. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has rallied thousands of supporters at a majestic open-air theater near Denver, casting his bid as a candidacy on the upswing and saying President Barack Obama’s campaign is waning. Romney told a cheering crowd of more than 10,000 Tuesday night that Obama’s promise of more of [...]

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In debates and life, Romney likes the rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to debates, Mitt Romney loves the rules. The eyes of millions of voters upon him, the Republican candidate is quick to poke holes in his rival’s arguments. But he’s just as ready to take the moderator to task when he believes the predetermined ground rules have been breached. Expect [...]

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Nevada’s Second Largest Daily Drops Obama, Endorses Romney

The Reno Gazette-Journal — the second largest daily newspaper in Nevada — cut ties with President Barack Obama and endorsed Governor Mitt Romney for President of the United States. Here’s the most salient excerpt from the devastating editorial: However, while he had to contend with a Republican Party that was determined to deny him a [...]

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Debate Shows Obama’s an ‘African’ Stuck in the ’70s

Tuesday evening’s presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gave everyone across the political spectrum a reason to believe that his (or her) guy won. If you’re conservative, you think Romney clearly won. If you’re liberal, you think (in the charming little rudimentary way liberals have of thinking) Obama won. If you’re undecided, [...]

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Justice seeks dismissal of Fast & Furious suit

Justice seeks dismissal of Fast & Furious suit WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by the Republican-led House demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder produce records about the botched law enforcement probe of gun-trafficking called Operation Fast and Furious. President Barack Obama has invoked executive privilege and the attorney [...]

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Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday. He was 82. Specter, who announced in late August that he was battling cancer, died at his home [...]

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Store owner depicts Obama as witch doctor in window display

The owner of a Spring Lake, New Jersey, clothing store erected a display depicting President Barack Obama as a witch doctor in the store’s front window. The Skuby & Co. Lifestyle Clothing display features an Obama mask atop a Halloween skeleton. Below that sits an altered photo of Obama dressed as a witch doctor [...]

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Romney pulls ahead of Obama in presidential race: Reuters/Ipsos poll

U.S. Republican Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama for the first time in more than a month and leads 45 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Wednesday. With under four weeks until the November 6 election, Obama’s post-convention bounce in polls has [...]

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Obama-Romney Tie Among Likely Voters in Gallup Tracking

Two measures today suggest a settling of the boost that Republican Mitt Romney found in opinion polls following his performance in debate against President Barack Obama one week ago. Gallup’s daily tracking, the rolling average of seven days of surveys, shows a stall in Romney’s gains by two measurements. The daily tracking of likely voters [...]

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Deadline for Voter Registration Approaches, Issues at Stake for Young People

Tuesday marks the last day to register to vote across the nation. This is an especially significant date for young people, many of whom were too young to vote in the 2008 elections and others who changed their state of residence recently. Numbers for voter registration for young people are still lower than 2008 levels. [...]

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Rumors Swirl: How Bad Will The Obama Foreign Donor Scandal Be?

Since last week, the news sphere has been buzzing about the possibility of an Obama campaign foreign donor scandal being the big October surprise of 2012. Since the Washington Examiner first reported the story last week, many are asking how the Obama campaign will handle foreign donation allegations expected to go public Monday in a [...]

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Which Obama Policy Killed the Recovery?

Not long ago, we used stock market-style technical analysis to reveal that the policies implemented during President George W. Bush’s tenure in office were most likely responsible for launching the economic recovery that followed the December 2007 recession and that the policies implemented during President Barack H. Obama’s tenure in office were most likely responsible [...]

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After debate, Obama campaign signals ‘adjustments’

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Barack Obama is changing his strategy for his next face-off against Republican Mitt Romney, a repair job needed after his first debate performance was panned as lacking punch. His aides conceded Thursday that the incumbent must get sharper in countering his opponent and crisper in explaining his ideas to the [...]

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It’s Almost a Time for Choosing Jackie Gingrich Cushman

In order to win next month, Republican nominee Mitt Romney will have to articulate the reason why the choice for him is right. The choice has to be about more than Mitt Romney, and really about more than President Barack Obama. The compelling choice should contrast the very different futures each man would seek to [...]

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THE RACE: Few knockout punches occur in debates

Much is said of the gaffes, zingers and awkward gestures that have lurked in presidential debates. But only a handful of significant missteps have occurred in over half a century of television-era debates. And few, if any, have been decisive game changers. The stakes are clearly high as President Barack Obama and Republican challenger [...]

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Another big Supreme Court term starts Today

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is starting a new term and it’s shaping up to be as important as the last one. There’s the prospect of major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. Three months after the court upheld President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, the same lineup of justices returns [...]

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Thousands pray for US at ‘America for Jesus’ rally

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of conservative Christians gathered on Independence Mall in Philadelphia to pray for the future of the United States in the weeks before the presidential election. Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins topped a full day of speakers Saturday at “The America for Jesus 2012″ prayer rally. [...]

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•United States of America

Description of government structure:
•Chief of State: President Barack OBAMA

•Head of Government: President Barack OBAMA
•Assembly: United States has a bicameral Congress consisting of the Senate with 100 seats and the House of Representatives with 435 seats.

Description of electoral system:
•The President is elected by an electoral college to serve a 4-year term.*
•In the Senate 100 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 6-year terms*. In the House of Representatives 435 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 2-year terms.

* The President is elected by absolute majority in the Electoral College to serve a 4-year term. Each state receives a number of Electoral College votes equal to its two Senators plus the number of seats it has in the House of Representatives, which is based on its population. Washington D.C. receives three electoral votes. A candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes (at least 270) to be elected president.

* One-third of Senate seats are up for election every two years.

Population:
•Population: 313,847,465 (July 2011 est.)