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  • The swing states of 2008

    Salon asks a round table of experts to predict where the presidential election will be won or lost. It's not just about Ohio anymore.
    By Thomas F. Schaller June 24, 2008

  • How will Barack Obama get to 270?

    This November, a Democratic victory will probably hinge on the Electoral College votes of a handful of swing states. Howard Dean's pollster examines 17 fall battlegrounds, one by one.
    By Paul Maslin May 16, 2008

  • What does Hillary want?

    What would it take for Clinton to concede defeat? An insider remembers -- and draws lessons from -- the backroom deals that ended another brutal, racially charged Democratic slugfest.
    By Dan Conley May 8, 2008

  • What the Huck?

    For some reason, Mike Huckabee is still running for president. Is he really auditioning for the No. 2 job -- or a show at Fox News?
    By Mike Madden February 14, 2008

  • Hillary's time of troubles

    As Clinton and Obama spoke to Virginia Democrats on Saturday, the crowd's response -- and returns from Nebraska, Washington and Louisiana -- showed how the tide is turning.
    By Walter Shapiro February 10, 2008

  • A Macacan history lesson

    Four centuries before S.R. Sidarth delivered the Senate to the Democrats, East Indians had already arrived in Virginia.
    By Andrew Leonard May 15, 2007

  • The Episcopal Church's gay problem

    A group of Virginia parishes secedes over same-sex marriage and a gay bishop.
    By Page Rockwell December 18, 2006

  • Littlest Cheney will have two mommies

    Yep -- unto Mary a child shall be born.
    By Page Rockwell December 6, 2006

  • Yes, Democrats do need the South!

    Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
    By Ed Kilgore November 28, 2006

  • The GOP's dirty deeds of 2006

    Salon's guide to robo-calls, push polls, vigilantes and other murky dealings from this year's elections.
    By Alex Koppelman and Lauren Shell November 21, 2006

  • Sen. Webb, true conservative?

    His novel about a war crimes trial suggests he'll join Dodd and Leahy's efforts to repair the constitutional vandalism wreaked by the Military Commissions Act.
    By Joe Conason November 17, 2006

  • A new bellwether for America

    Jim Webb's victory, handing the Senate to the Dems, completes Virginia's transformation from reliably red into something more muted -- and more reflective of a changing national politics.
    By Garrett Epps November 10, 2006

  • Schumer sees the Senate going Dem

    The DSCC chair says Virginia, Missouri and Montana will go blue.
    By Tim Grieve and Michael Scherer November 7, 2006

  • Webb: "The votes are in, and we won"

    The Democratic challenger leads Virginia Sen. George Allen by 1,800 votes.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • Can the Dems still take the Senate?

    Maybe -- but they have to win Montana, Missouri and Virginia.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • With Virginia tight, eyes turn to Montana, Missouri and Maryland

    Talent leads McCaskill; Corker leads Ford; Tester leads Burns. And a question about Maryland.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • A recount in Virginia?

    If Allen and Webb finish within a percentage point of one another, we may not have an answer tonight.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • Republicans are getting wet, but it's not a wave yet

    Democrats take seats from Republicans in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennyslvania and beyond.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • Virginia Senate: Welcome to the back-and-forth

    It's going to be a long night.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • FBI investigates vote-suppression charges in Virginia

    Democratic voters say they're getting calls telling them -- falsely -- that their polling places have changed.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • Tell all your girlfriends to vote for me!

    Virginia Senate candidates clumsily vie for female votes.
    By Melissa Lafsky November 3, 2006

  • Deserting the GOP

    At a veterans' watering hole, anger over Iraq runs deep and the message is clear: Republican incumbents can no longer count on the support of military voters.
    By Michael Scherer October 17, 2006

  • Webb takes a turn on the hot seat

    The George Allen campaign steers reporters to a source who says Jim Webb used the "N-word" and harassed blacks 40 years ago.
    By Michael Scherer September 29, 2006

  • "They say it all starts in Iowa"

    Already out on the road with other potential 2008 Oval Office contenders, Mark Warner lacks Hillary's -- or Obama's -- star power. But he's a newcomer to watch.
    By Walter Shapiro September 27, 2006

  • Teammates: Allen used "N-word" in college

    Three members of Sen. George Allen's college football team remember a man with racist attitudes at ease using racial slurs.
    By Michael Scherer September 24, 2006
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