The outcome of the senate race between Tim Kaine and George Allen will reverberate far beyond the state's borders.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/edsall-whos-afraid-of-virginia/

Business

An economist's prediction that the United States faces a future of 'epochal decline in growth' has serious political consequences.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/no-more-industrial-revolutions/

Business

The rowdy politics of 19th-century America offer a hint about where we're headed now.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/riling-up-the-shrewd-wild-boys/

Business

Conservatives must face reality: the president has put an end to the Reagan era.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/douthat-the-obama-realignment/?smid=tw-share

Politics

Conservatives must face reality: the president has put an end to the Reagan era.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/douthat-the-obama-realignment/

Politics

How can Mitt Romney get movement conservatives to fall in line, if not in love? Nixon '68 may be his surest guide.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/richard-nixons-model-campaign/

Business

The president did what he had to, but it was Romney who revealed his own weak spots.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/douthat-obamas-narrow-victory/

Politics

Three books for Barack Obama to think over this summer.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/presidential-vacation-reading/

Business

Did the Obama campaign maneuver Mitt Romney into choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate?

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/blow-the-electoral-art-of-war/

Business

The president's debate collapse was symptomatic of a more profound problem: the weakness of Obama-era liberalism.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/douthat-liberalisms-glass-jaw/

Business

The pro-union vote is there to be had, but it is not a gimme.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/how-obama-can-win-ohio-again/

Politics

The Republican candidate needs to emulate Ronald Reagan, but not for his conservatism.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/mitt-romneys-long-hot-summer/

Business

Ann Beeson, Thomas B. Edsall, Tim Egan, Alexander Keyssar and Lee Siegel react to the elections and assess their political and emotional impact.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/e-day/?smid=tw-share

Politics

The debate over voter ID laws has the potential to shape public perception of the fairness of the 2012 election.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/killing-a-fly-with-a-bazooka/

Business

Ann Beeson, Thomas B. Edsall, Tim Egan, Alexander Keyssar and Lee Siegel react to the elections and assess their political and emotional impact.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/e-day/

Politics

Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum. Can it really be over?

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/candidate-crush-confidential/

Business

Our complicated feelings about interracial relationships in politics reveal our fundamental anxiety about racial boundaries.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/playing-the-interracial-card/

Business

For many Kenyans, the 2012 presidential campaign has been a curious experience, to say the least.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/the-view-from-nairobi/?smid=tw-share

Business

Fifty years on, Otto Preminger's 'Advise and Consent' has a lot to say about our imperfect union.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/the-perfect-political-movie/

Entertainment

There's quite a bit we can tote up before the returns come in.

campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/what-we-already-know/

Business