New Jersey
A Journey to the End of Football
WILLIAM “PUDGE” HEFFELFINGER was America’s first professional football player, paid $500 to man the line for the Allegheny Athletic Club in Pittsburgh’s Recreation Park. That game, played on November 12, 1892, was just a scrum in the mud, less sport than brawl. You took an elbow, spit some teeth, drove on. But who will be the last pro, the last man to stand in the locker-room line awaiting his greenies, Toradol, and shots of Novocain? READ MORE >>
Daily Breakdown: State Polls and Isaac
Not an incredibly interesting polling day heading into the conventions. READ MORE >>
Meet 5 Up-and-Comers Showcased at the GOP Convention
The Republican convention is not just an event for rolling out Mitt Romney 2.0 and a new party platform. As any politician who's ever silently coveted the kind of enormous political leap Obama made at the 2004 Democratic convention can attest, it's a place for new faces. Below, meet five of the lucky politicians the GOP has chosen to introduce to the county. Sam Olens READ MORE >>
Romney Meets with the Islamophobes
Romney is not going to pick Chris Christie to be his running-mate. How do I know? He told me. Ha! Just kidding. Got you for a second there, didn’t I, Andrea Mitchell? You should have seen the look on your face! READ MORE >>
Is Obama Alienating Rich Voters?
The Bookless Library
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Can North Carolina Be a Tipping Point State?
Gaming Out a Mixed SCOTUS Decision
As recently as a week ago, everybody watching the Supreme Court seemed convinced of one thing: The justices had made up their minds about the Affordable Care Act. They hadn’t issued a decision and, perhaps, they were fine-tuning the legal arguments they would make in their written opinions. But they knew how they were ruling. They just weren't telling anybody about it. READ MORE >>
