Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives.

White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.

If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel.

Anything may be possible in America, but a Palin presidency is virtually implausible.

A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.

Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.