Fred Thompson and Al Gore, both former senators from Tennessee, are not exactly running—and not exactly not running either.

The Republican candidates are shell-shocked over the war. But talk—remember “straight talk”?—may be the only thing that can help them.

Finally, she’s wrested control of U.S. foreign policy from Dick Cheney. But if she can’t hold on, get ready for an attack on Iran.

The GOP is desperate for a real conservative. Can Mitt Romney contort himself to become one? And what if he does?

So convinced is Wall Street of the Apple CEO’s wizardry, it refuses to believe that anything can go wrong in his kingdom.

What do people see when they look at Barack Obama? Whatever they want to see. But what happens when he has to define himself?

They vanquished the Republicans. But the fight over how to get out of Iraq may be tougher.

In the Missouri Senate race are signs that the Bush-era division of the country into red and blue is obsolete.

The GOP is giving Nancy Pelosi a Halloween costume—and she’s plenty scary. But is she really frightening enough to lose an election?

Control of the Senate could turn on one of the bluest states—and one of the nastiest races—in the country. And Jon Corzine is sweating it.