Who says crowds are wise? When it comes to political prognostication, you learn which opinions you can ignore.

Don’t just chalk up Richard Lugar’s primary defeat to the tea party. The sin of being too focused on issues beyond the borders of Indiana caught up with him.

A conflict involving Iran doesn’t look as likely as it once did, but it still could upend the presidential race.

Public volatility isn’t likely to change before Election Day. That’s because voters are still focused on the economy, and the signals about its strength are mixed.

Mitt Romney has white men in the bag. He needs to worry less about them and more about women.

Forget the talk about President Obama having the election in the bag. The race will be a nail-biter.

The Fat Lady is singing. No one is going to deny Mitt Romney the Republican presidential nomination.

Young voters were sold on Barack Obama in 2008. But after embracing “hope” and “change” four years ago, they’re now more wary about the president.

Republican voters seemed to have three different job requirements in mind as they checked out the presidential contenders. Each prerequisite pointed toward a different candidate.

A new species of Republican voter values passion over pragmatism and falls in and out of love faster than a seventh-grader. That's not good news for GOP incumbents in the House.