A few lessons from pollster and elections expert Doug Usher M.A. '97, Ph.D. '99: politicians are addicted to money, election season is "silly" and campaigns are like football games.

Light-hearted laughs and excitement abounded among the Cornell Democrats and Cornell Republicans at a joint viewing of the debate between Vice President Joe Biden (D) and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Thursday night.

Snark and derision characterized much of student politicos' reactions to Wednesday night's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney.

Tony Montgomery ’13 explores the major flaw of Republican candidates in this year’s race for the White House.

Although the 2012 presidential election is more than a year away, one group of Cornell students has already begun to mobilize.

Insight on the debate season and the politics of presidential elections from The Sun's Associate Editor.

On his way to Ithaca yesterday, Robert B. Semple Jr., New York Times associate editor and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, got a call from his wife. She told him that when he was speaking to students at Cornell, he should tell them not to give up on politics.

With recent news of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s (D-N.Y.) involvement with prostitution, many are losing hope in the way our government works. But Semple, in his lecture to students in Goldwin Smith’s Lewis Auditorium last night, tried to stay optimistic. As one of the editors who puts together editorials for The Times, he gave his perspective on the three remaining presidential candidates and challenges that each of them faces in the coming months.