Why abortion as an election-season topic won't go away.

A missed opportunity for humor in the California Senate race.

Is Carly Fiorina distancing herself from Sarah Palin?

Play Lean/Lock, Slate's online game where you project political outcomes.

Carly Fiorina dings Barbara Boxer for asking to be called "senator."

The California Senate race between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina keeps coming back to abortion and Sarah Palin.

A Fiorina-endorser accuses Sen. Boxer of pillaging business like the Huns, which gets us thinking about the Huns as political analogy.

Would you rather be a fierce Mama Grizzly or have bad hair?