The purple outfits are being folded away, the giant sponge fingers consigned to storage. But what was it like for the 70,000 volunteers who made the London 2012 experience quite so special?
This was not a time for soaring rhetoric: not for a country in the grip of an economic downturn. President Obama’s speech was carefully modulated – but did it leave voters wishing for more?
In a bravura performance from the ultimate comeback kid, Bill Clinton embraces Barack Obama on stage at the Democratic convention after urging voters to give the president four more years in the job.
Not just a leader, but a family man, a man of faith: this was Mitt Romney’s chance to introduce himself, not just to Republican activists, but to the nation. So how well did he do?
There is political rhetoric – and then there are facts. Paul Ryan wowed delegates at the Republican National Convention – but his remarks have been slated for playing fast and loose with the truth.
It is the story of a mid-western state that has undergone a tumultuous conversion, from a laid back, progressive liberal vibe, to a virulent conservatism, writes Felicity Spector.
It’s not easy being a Republican woman right now, what with the Todd Akin rape scandal, a hardline abortion platform and gaping gender gap to overcome. Can the convention help turn things around?
There is not just a gender gap in American politics: there is a gender chasm. Women – or at least single women – are overwhelmingly pro-Democrat. But why? And could that change?
Todd Akin resists pressure to resign as Republican senate nominee for Missouri, as the row over comments he made about rape threatens to overshadow the election campaign.
Just when they thought it was safe to talk about the economy, the Republicans are plunged into a row over a Senate candidate’s comments that women do not get pregnant from “legitimate rape”.
It is cracked – but not broken yet. That old political glass ceiling is still blocking women from reaching the very top of American political power. What is going wrong?
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney picks Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, as his running mate for November’s election.
Dishonest, discredited, and a bundle of outright fabrications. That’s how the latest ads from both the Obama and Romney camps have been received. Can politics be reaching such depths – already?
British cooking was once the laughing stock of the world. No more. In 2012, Britain is using the Olympics to showcase its vibrant, eclectic culture – modern London, on a plate.
It’s an American fried chicken chain with roots in evangelical politics. But now Chick Fil-A is at the centre of a national political storm over its CEO’s comments against gay marriage.