Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama leads Sarah Palin by 8 percentage points in a hypothetical 2012 general election matchup,...

What to look for tonight and how the possible numbers compare with other historic elections.

President Barack Obama warns against a return to the past while former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin invokes a past president Saturday as each lead midterm election rallies.

US President Barack Obama is related to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and radio host Rush Limbaugh, according to the family history website Ancestory.com that says Obama and Palin are distant cousins.

Guess who's coming to the family reunion? It wasn't that long ago that it was discovered that President Obama was related to Vice President Dick Cheney. Late-night talk-show hosts had a field day in their monologues, and even the politicians...