From Time, E.J. Dionne Jr. on the case for Barack Obama; and Rich Lowry on the case for Mitt Romney. From Reason, Mike Godwin on the libertarian case for Barack Obama, Robert Poole on the libertarian case for Mitt Romney, and Nick Gillespie on the libertarian case for Gary Johnson. John Wilson interviews Ian Reifowitz, author of Obama's America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity. From NYRB, Joseph Lelyveld on the likely winner. Roger Bybee on Citizens United and the “right” to intimidate employees on voting. Mysterious documents found in a meth house reveal the inner workings of a dark money conservative group. Jean Hardisty reviews Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party. Here's where we have arrived as a country: We are so polarized that even compromise has become a partisan issue. Alan Wolfe on the (foreign) language of American politics. Sean Craig interviews Sasha Issenberg, author of The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns (and more). From Harvard Political Review, Matt Shuham on the professor as pundit: What happens when Veritas meets the campaign trail? It’s not pretty.
