Caucus 2012

Obama’s Morehouse speech: Why did he say “Be the best husband to … your boyfriend”?

President Obama hosts a reception in honor of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month on June 15, 2012, shortly after declaring his support for same-sex marriage

F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA"

This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For

Official White House Response to Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016. By Paul Shawcross The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

Etats-Unis : de Roosevelt à Obama

http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2013/01/04/etats-unis-de-roosevelt-a-obama_1812911_3232.html

Novembre 2008 ne fut pas une victoire éphémère.

Personnalité de l’année

Obama Photographer Souza on Documenting Presidency in Digital Era

The long view of history tends to be the judge of a presidency. As President Obama embarks on a second term in the Oval Office, it may still be too early to draw conclusions about his legacy as Commander in Chief. What we do know is that Obama’s first term has been a historic one: the first African American to hold the country’s highest office, Obama and his Administration have battled a recession, passed health care reform and legislation to end the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, formally ended the war in Iraq and brought Osama bin Laden to justice.

http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/08/pete-souza-portrait-of-a-presidency/#22

I’VE grown accustomed to reading inaccurate accounts of my day job. I’m in political data.

I Am Not Big Brother

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/required_reading_for_2012_election_the_best_stories_about_the_obama_and.html

Required reading for 2012 election: The best stories about the Obama and Romney contest

President Barack Obama and his family head back to Washington, D.C., from Chicago the day after Obama's re-election. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Americans woke up on November 7 having elected a Democratic president, expanded the Democratic majority in the Senate, and preserved the Republican majority in the House.

Now That's What I Call Gerrymandering!

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/republicans-gerrymandering-house-representatives-election-chart

The people of the United States spoke with their votes yesterday in local, state, and national races and on numerous ballot questions.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/11/election_day_in_america.html

Election Day in America - The Big Picture

Ballotpedia

Electoral Votes by State - For 2012

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/2012-Electoral-Votes-By-State.htm

Updated September 28, 2011

Share this Election night was a good night for national Democrats; President Obama won reelection, and Democrats gained two seats in the Senate. The news was not as good for local Democrats in Wisconsin, though, who lost their hard-fought majority in the Wisconsin State Senate, the only thing standing between Governor Scott Walker and Republicans' full control of the Wisconsin Legislature.

http://prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11853/democrats-lose-control-wisconsin-state-senate-leaving-republicans-full-control-ag

Democrats Lose Control of Wisconsin State Senate, Leaving Republicans With Full Control Again | PR Watch

Direct Democracy: Results of Ballot Propositions Across the Country | PR Watch

Share this Across the country in states that allow for citizen lawmaking through ballot propositions, yesterday voters in many states had a direct say in the laws that govern them.

Elizabeth Warren

President Map

Which Polls Fared Best (and Worst) in the 2012 Presidential Race

As Americans’ modes of communication change, the techniques that produce the most accurate polls seems to be changing as well.

Mitt Romney, Class Warrior

When you think of class warfare, you probably think of inciting anger, resentment and jealousy among the have-nots against the haves.

Mitt Romney and the Fundamental Unseriousness of Cutting Arts Funding

Mitt Romney started the primary campaign by suggesting that federal arts funding should be cut in half . Now, in an interview with Fortune Magazine, he’s gone a step further , and has said that as president, he would entirely eliminate the subsidies for PBS, and for the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. That shift in his position might be more devastating to the people who benefit from those subsidies, both as employees and as audiences for the work supported by them.