Voting is underway in swing states Iowa and Ohio. Most of the rest of the swing states will start voting between October 18 – 27. In 2008, early voting in four swing states accounted for more than 50% of the total vote in those states. Nate Silver, the highly regarded pollster for the New York

I've got a few thoughts on the Romney tape debacle. 1. It's too early to determine whether Romney has done himself fatal harm.  2. Obama's reaction to Romney's self-inflicted wound has been understated and pitch-perfect. 3. Fox News showed how desperately dipsy they are by dredging up some 1998 tape in which Obama made some

That's right … October. Early voting starts in Iowa on September 27, and Ohio, October 2. One could have guessed that based on the recent travel schedules of the candidates. In 1992, early voting was 7% of the total votes cast. In 2008, it was 30%, and it will be more, by quite a bit,