Ken Rudin

NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin answers your questions. This week: precedents for Rice's move from the NSA to the State Department.

President Bush wins his second term in the White House as Sen. Kerry concedes the race. Both candidates set new records for the number of votes received in a presidential election, leading to quetsions of a mandate for President Bush. Hear NPR's Ken Rudin and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Political Editor Ken Rudin shares his thoughts on similarities between the presidential election and the Major League Baseball playoffs. A Boston Red Sox-Houston Astros World Series would have pundits comparing the games to the election battle between Texan George W. Bush and Boston's own Sen. John Kerry.

NPR's Noah Adams talks with NPR's Ken Rudin about what the presidential candidates could do to change voters' minds during Wednesday night's debate and throughout the remaining weeks until election day.

NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin answers your questions. This week: What would happen in case of a dreaded tie vote in the Electoral College.

NPR's Ken Rudin speaks to NPR's Alex Chadwick about the rules for Thursday night's presidential debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, and shares a historical look at the importance of the debates in selecting a commander-in-chief.

NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin answers your questions. This week: What not to do at a presidential debate.

NPR's Neal Conan gets the latest news from the Republican National Convention from NPR's Ken Rudin.

This year, key battles for control of the Senate will take place in about 10 states -- including five Southern states where Democrats are retiring. The Democrats need to win two seats to regain the majority they lost in 1994. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Ken Rudin.

NPR's Tony Cox discusses hotly contested U.S. Senate races with NPR's Ken Rudin and Dr. Ron Walters, professor of Politics at the University of Maryland.