Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

The aftermath of this extraordinary election [2016] could be just as surprising as the race itself.

No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.

There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the media who they feel look down on them, tell them they're bigots.

As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican Party - in its current form - to win.

Ted Cruz is a small-government conservative.