By not changing the narrative of the attack against the US consulate in Benghazi the Democrats have shown remarkable political naïveté and disorganization.

Anyone who thought that debates were, well, boring was proven wrong. That’s good for civic engagement, for getting the next generation excited and involved in politics.

Let's remember that Ryan was weak not only because he was backing away from a Biden onslaught, but because he was backing away from his own ideas.

Vice President Joe Biden has mangled a heaping helping of facts over the years. Despite being newer to presidential-campaign politics, Republican Paul Ryan has already earned something of a reputation for taking flying leaps past reality. How'd they do Thursday night?

At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. "That is a bunch of malarkey," the vice president retorted after a particularly tough Ryan attack on the administration's foreign policy.

His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation's stubborn economic woes, but vowed in a Democratic National Convention finale, "Our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met."

The Missouri representative running for Senate may have just tanked his own campaign more resoundingly than Senator George Allen did in his 2006.

Scare tactics are an integral part of every political campaign so we should not be shocked that we are now careening into a deep morass of negativism.

Don't expect more Republican women to step up to national politics when the ones who do are perennial punching bags for the media.

He had weed jokes—another thing Mitt Romney was missing.

The issue of gay marriage is back in the national spotlight after two high-level members of President Obama’s administration — Vice president Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan — voiced their support for the issue this week. Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, considers the week's happenings and President Obama's vague stance on same-sex marriage. 

It's a bad sign for Republicans if their candidate is trying to focus the debate back on international security.

Chuck Schumer helps raise money for Florida Senate candidate Kendrick Meek in Manhattan. The event comes one day after VP Joe Biden helps Rep. Tim Bishop bring in some cash at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel.

The event is taking place at the home of Bruce Gordon, former president of the NAACP, who quit amid some acrimony.