Czech billionaire and leader of the ANO 2011 political movement Andrej Babis, center, is congratulated by circus owner Jaromir Joo, right, and his baby tiger named Fred, after most of the votes were counted in early general elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Discuss… 10/26/13 3:30pm 10/26/13 3:30pm

A mere two days separate Elizabeth Colbert Busch, braintrust in the AmeriCone Dream, from her date with destiny in the special election for the House seat in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. Will she triumph over the itinerant former Gov. Mark Sanford, or will she be forced back to the Colbert ice cream… Read… 5/05/13 11:20pm 5/05/13 11:20pm

As we, the sycophantic public, dangle precariously between presidential election cycles, only one question keeps us attuned to the distant rumblings of potential candidates as they posture, pivot, and promenade their way to a spot in the presidential primary spotlight of 2016: could Kirsten Gillibrand leapfrog Hillary… Read… 4/29/13 1:05pm 4/29/13 1:05pm

Single women are the fastest-growing voting population in the country: 55 million unmarried women will be voting in the upcoming election, and it goes without saying that they're not being courted by Romney/Ryan. When Ann Romney went off-script at the RNC to yell "I love you, women!" she later clarified that she was… Read… 11/03/12 6:01pm 11/03/12 6:01pm

Lincoln said a house divided cannot stand; we say a house divided leads to some hilarious election season yard signage. Discuss… 11/02/12 6:14pm 11/02/12 6:14pm

I THINK SO. I mean, I can't be sure. But he definitely said something about a cheeseburger and "finding someone special." Sooooo…I can read between the lines, Biden!!! Read… 11/02/12 5:30pm 11/02/12 5:30pm

Fuck this election. We're looking toward the future. Clinton/Booker 2016. Hillary for prez; she holds it down on a global level. Cory Booker for veep; he'll save your grandma from a burning house and then invite you over to chill, while quoting Frederick Douglass. America needs this now more than ever: Something… Discuss… 11/02/12 2:05pm 11/02/12 2:05pm

Well, the world might be in the shitter, but at least the future is bright! (Kind of. Except for all the parts that we're systematically covering in shit. But, you know.) In Nickelodeon's annual Kids Pick the President poll, our nation's wise young fake-voters fake-reelected Barack Obama by a landslide, and said… Read… 10/23/12 6:30pm 10/23/12 6:30pm

The Salt Lake Tribune, the paper of record in the eye of the Mormon storm, has endorsed President Barack Obama. They endorsed Obama in 2008, too, but many expected Romney's Mormon faith (and the fact that he pulled hard for the 2002 Olympics in SLC) to outshine common sense and the fact that he's a lying liar who… Read… 10/21/12 8:30pm 10/21/12 8:30pm

The mad scientists at Cabbage Patch Kids have almost created the greatest election-year Halloween decorations ever — they have Cabbage Patch-ified President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Some Guy Named Mitt Romney, and Some Other Guy Named Paul Ryan. The dolls are super unique… Read… 10/10/12 9:30am 10/10/12 9:30am

As a baseball expert, outlaw, and nun, Susan Sarandon knows a little bit about all the important things that exist in the world, which is why it's always nice to hear from her, even if it's just so she can remind us that Mitt Romney's politico shtick of slipping on banana peels while Paul Ryan punctuates each fall with … Read… 9/19/12 2:50pm 9/19/12 2:50pm

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who won't be seeking reelection for anyone who thought the Republican Senator would be putting her seat in jeopardy, doesn't think the Republicans should build their party platform around abortion, seeing as how Roe v. Wade happened way back and the 70s and we should all be moving on… Read… 8/26/12 9:45pm 8/26/12 9:45pm

After being denied a second date with destiny, a tango with tracking data, an electric slide with the electorate, Sarah Palin, the Axl Rose of the GOP, will not speak the the Republican convention in Tampa later this month. Though some clearly insane observers had suggested — back when the Republican field was an… Read… 8/13/12 9:30am 8/13/12 9:30am

Some sunny side up Suzies might claim that all this political negativity is getting them down, but I love this part of the election cycle, the part where both major parties pretend that if they're elected, the needs of women will be their #1 highest priority. This week, the courtship of the American lady voter… Read… 8/10/12 11:00am 8/10/12 11:00am

On Wednesday, Georgetown grad Sandra Fluke introduced President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Denver focused on women's reproductive rights. Fluke, who unfortunately has the ignominious media epithet "the woman Rush Limbaugh called a 'slut,'" told her audience that, if they wanted to go backwards in time to when… Read… 8/09/12 11:10am 8/09/12 11:10am

On Tuesday, the Washington Post featured a profile on Democratic New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who is taking time out of her reelection bid (she's expected to win by a 2 to 1 margin, so it's nbd) to personally ensure that, after the next election cycle, she can look forward to seeing more women waiting… Read… 8/02/12 10:35pm 8/02/12 10:35pm

In an interview with Robin Roberts on today's Good Morning America, Ann Romney was asked to discuss — among other things like possible VP candidates, her husband's totally chill personality and her struggles with M.S. — why she and her husband have been so adamantly against releasing Mittens' tax returns from any… Read… 7/19/12 11:50am 7/19/12 11:50am

Well, today Wisconsinites turned out in massive numbers to vote in a historic recall election, and in the end it appears they chose to stay with their horror show of a governor, Scott Walker. This comes as a serious blow to Wisconsin's proud progressive tradition, even though it was a somewhat expected result. Walker… Read… 6/05/12 10:00pm 6/05/12 10:00pm

Depending on who Mitt Romney is trying to win votes from — progressives in Massachusetts or red-state dwellers across the nation — he's a completely different person. 1994 Mitt was kind of awesome: a LGBT newspaper called the Bay Windows actually argued that Mitt Romney would be better for gay rights than Ted Kennedy… Read… 6/05/12 5:40pm 6/05/12 5:40pm