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Best Gaffes of 2010, International Edition

This has been a year full of many memorable moments, including those some would probably like to forget. Politicians, world leaders and TV hosts have all found themselves in moments so awkward, Kanye West would feel uncomfortable. And the sad joke is, yes, folks, it's all on the Internet. Here are my favorite 2010 clips...

10 Best Gaffes of 2010 That You May Have Missed

This has been a year filled with many memorable moments. The political arena has had its share of off-script instances that were oftentimes disastrous but sometimes hilarious. You may have heard about many of them -- from Vice President Joe Biden's f-bomb at the health care reform event to Christine O'Donnell's...

Do Candidates Need Mitt Romney's Hair More Than Ability?

(Oct. 26) -- By all accounts, Mitt Romney should not be the 2012 GOP presidential front runner. For one thing, he was governor of the liberal hotbed of Massachusetts. Secondly, under his watch, he not only signed off on the sort of universal health care he now decries, he helped formulate the plan itself. Lastly, he...

What? Me, a Politician?

Elections are supposed to be about politics and public policy and big issues. And this election has its share of all that, given the stakes. But elections are also about people -- the kind of people who want to run for federal office. And we at AOL News wanted to get a better sense of just who these people are. We...

Why Politics No Longer Attracts Our 'Best and Brightest'

ANALYSIS (Oct. 14) -- Politics as usual? In his Friday column, The New York Times' semi-conservative columnist David Brooks laments the state of modern politics. He focuses on the Illinois senate race, where Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is taking on Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Kirk has had a successful career -- Ivy League...