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Mid-day Extra: Are presidential debates free advertising?
Steve Chiotakis Nov 23, 2011
This year has had an unusual number of Republican presidential debates on television. Does this help candidates without much money hold on longer than they should?
Super committee could push decision past next election
John Dimsdale Nov 21, 2011
The super committee has until Wednesday to reach a debt deal, but it is looking increasingly likely that real decisions won't get made until after the elections of 2012.
Betting the odds on the Republican presidential nomination
Kai Ryssdal Nov 11, 2011
This final note today about the GOP debate and what markets can tell us about ourselves.
Mid-day Extra: Are brands politically neutral?
Nov 24, 2011
As Election Day results come pouring in, we look at one study that shows how Republicans and Democrats differ in their brand preferences.
Mid-day Extra: When Obama dines at your restaurant
Nov 24, 2011
Yesterday, Obama dropped in on a Los Angeles institution: Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. When the president makes a visit, does it make a difference in food sales in the months that come?
Google launches YouTube Politics
John Moe Oct 6, 2011
It's a special channel dedicated to the 2012 election. This isn't all that innovative, it's the kind of thing YouTube has been doing for years at...
AT&T hearing today
John Moe Sep 21, 2011
We're staying with this story because it matters and it's in the process of getting arcane and hard to follow. There's a hearing today in DC to set...
Google and Fox News team up for a GOP debate later this month.
John Moe Sep 2, 2011
It will be streamed live to YouTube. Interactive features might include online voting for which questions should be asked. This isn't an especially...
Gambling on political domain names
John Moe Aug 29, 2011
I guess this is Vegas 3.0. Niels Jeffreys has purchased the domain names Romney-Perry2012.com and Perry-Romney2012.com....
Michele Bachmann's economic views
Jan 27, 2012
The New Yorker's Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza explains how growing up impoverished shaped the financial thinking of the GOP presidential hopeful.
