Star Spangled Staggers  US politics from outside the beltway
Syndicate contentRSS  America decides  What US columnists are
saying about Tuesday's election.  Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
The candidates for the US presidential election, Barack Obama
and Mitt Romney (Photo: Getty Images)  1. A Time for Choosing
(New York Times)  Obama is the candidate of the Medicare status
quo, argues Ross Douthat.  2. Is a Second Term Harder for
Presidents to Win? (New Yorker)  Re-elections in America tend to
be somewhat churlish affairs, says Jane Mayer.  3. The Morning
After the Morning After (New York Times)  America’s biggest
voting bloc - the centre-right/centre-left - will win on
Tuesday, writes Thomas Friedman.  4. How do you vote for
compromise? (Washington Post)  Compromise is on the ballot next
week. But only one side seems genuinely interested in reaching
it, argues E J Dionne Jr.  5. America's leftward tilt? (New York
Times)  Both candidates in this election have benefited when
they've turned left, argues Drew Wes