Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

• It's a 50-50 nation, give or take

  By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press  |  November 7, 2012

  The election laid bare a dual — and dueling — nation, politically speaking, jaggedly split down the middle on the presidency and torn over much else. It seems you can please only half of the people nearly all of the time.

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  Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

  By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press  |  September 10, 2012

  A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues

• State of the Union fact check

  By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press  |  January 25, 2012

  President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the Union speech as if his hands weren't so tied by political realities.

• FACT CHECK: History flubs in Republican debate

  By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press  |  January 20, 2012

  Mitt Romney perpetuated one unsubstantiated claim, about his record at Bain Capital, and more or less corrected himself on another, about President Barack Obama's health care law, in the latest Republican presidential debate.