Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Paul Ryan's emergence as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential pick in August 2012 triggered an unusual media phenomenon: intense public fascination with the Wisconsin congressman's physique, fueled by his well-publicized dedi...

Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman and House Budget Committee chairman, as his vice-presidential running mate in August 2012 was unusual in that it generated something rarely seen in politica...

This offer is sure to vex all the Obama campaigners who think they alone are on the cutting edge of voter outreach. "While I won't be breaking any news today, I wanted to let you know how to be the first to get the VP sc...

Mitt Romney, during his 2012 presidential campaign, proposed bringing in McKinsey & Company — the global management consulting giant where he began his business career before co-founding Bain Capital — to conduct a compr...

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

The speculation about whether Hillary Clinton might be tapped as Barack Obama's running mate for the 2012 election — replacing Joe Biden on the ticket — circulated periodically through 2011 and into 2012, driven partly b...

A shift in polling data from April 2012 caught the attention of both campaigns in the presidential race: after weeks of trailing Barack Obama significantly among women voters — a gap that had widened during debates over...

A Washington Post investigation published in May 2012 described an incident from Mitt Romney's days at Cranbrook, the elite Michigan prep school he attended in the 1960s: Romney, then a senior, allegedly led a group of b...

Ann Romney's emergence as one of Mitt Romney's most effective campaign surrogates in 2012 reflected a recognition within the Republican campaign that she possessed qualities her husband demonstrably lacked—natural warmth...