January 2012
By Eric Ostermeier on January 31, 2012
Would Barack Obama rather run against "Metro Minty," "Ethnic Wronging," or "Cranium Stork?"
By Eric Ostermeier on January 30, 2012
Only four sitting North Carolina U.S. Representatives or U.S. Senators have won a gubernatorial election in state history, and only one in the last 100 years.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 27, 2012
Romney has worn a blue tie in 17 of 18 presidential debates; his opponents usually wear red and Gingrich has not worn a blue tie once.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 26, 2012
Bachmann clues have netted Jeopardy! contestants $1,200 over the past year
By Eric Ostermeier on January 25, 2012
Obama's SOTU addresses have the lowest average Flesch-Kincaid score of any modern president; Obama owns three of the six lowest-scoring addresses since FDR.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 24, 2012
Romney makes more Sunshine State references in the NBC debate than Gingrich, Paul, and Santorum combined.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 23, 2012
Individuals still filing at a rate of nearly one per day; men file at a 10:1 rate over women.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 20, 2012
The former House Speaker has received the moderator's first question in six of the last seven debates.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 18, 2012
The Palmetto State is one of nearly two-dozen states with a perfect record in picking eventual GOP presidential nominees since 1980.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 18, 2012
"I think I've done a pretty good job, actually."
By Eric Ostermeier on January 17, 2012
FOX gives the GOP frontrunner 8 minutes and 23 seconds more speaking time than his closest competitor - the largest gap in the debates thus far.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 13, 2012
Only an acting governor and a governor who died on a Civil War relief expedition will have served fewer days in office than Walker.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 11, 2012
The Texas governor receives less support in the Granite State than many forgotten presidential candidates.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 9, 2012
Santorum blinks while speaking at more than twice the rate of the rest of the GOP field.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 8, 2012
The GOP frontrunner doubles up on Paul, Gingrich, and Huntsman and triples the speaking time of Perry.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 6, 2012
Five Kennedys in Joe's ancestral line have logged more than 92 years of service in Congress - besting the Longs of Louisiana by 21 years.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 4, 2012
The Minnesota congresswoman sets a trio of unwelcome records after her poor showing in Iowa Tuesday.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 3, 2012
Santorum could be the only presidential candidate to win the Iowa caucuses and no other state; the current low mark is held by Tom Harkin in 1992 with just two states.
