Politics

  • Obama ad targets Romney on untaxed Americans

    Updated: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:08 PM

    President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is launching its first television advertisement targeting Mitt Romney's comments about Americans who don't pay income taxes.

  • Romney says he'll spend less time fundraising

    Updated: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:54 PM

    The election is less than seven weeks away and some Republicans are worried Romney's campaign is moving in the wrong direction. Mitt Romney says he's going to spend less time raising money and more time with voters.

  • Pressure on Romney to spend more time explaining plan

    Updated: Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:48 PM

    Mitt Romney hasn't made any public appearances this weekend, but has been attending fundraisers in California. Tonight, he'll go back to a public schedule, with a speech in Denver.

  • Bill Clinton has no idea what Hillary may do next

    Updated: Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:52 PM

    Bill Clinton says Hillary Rodham Clinton is qualified to be president, but he says she's tired after serving as secretary of state and he has no idea what she may do.

  • Obama: It takes more than 1 term to fix economy

    Updated: Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:35 PM

    His message to thousands of cheering supporters at a rally in Milwaukee was a rebuke to rival Mitt Romney, who claims Obama's policies have failed to turn the economy around.

  • First lady: Voting rights is 'movement of our era'

    Updated: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:08 PM

    Her comments at an annual awards banquet for the Congressional Black Caucus come amidst a push in more than a dozen states to pass laws requiring voters to show ID at the polls. Critics say the laws unfairly harm minorities, poor people and college students - all groups that tend to vote Democratic.

  • Romney says no more fundraising in San Diego

    Updated: Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:40 PM

    The Republican presidential nominee told donors gathered in the San Diego area that Saturday's fundraiser there is his last one. Romney is expected to launch a more aggressive campaign schedule targeting swing states in the coming weeks. He's spending Saturday at private fundraisers around San Diego and Los Angeles.

  • Obama: Government not the source of every problem

    Updated: Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:35 PM

    President Barack Obama counters rival Mitt Romney by declaring that government can't solve every problem but is not the source of every problem. He says Americans should not only accept responsibility for themselves but also for their communities and the nation.

  • Ryan campaigns in Miami, Biden in New Hampshire

    Updated: Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:07 PM

    Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is keeping up Mitt Romney's latest line of attack against President Barack Obama, saying he has failed to deliver on his promise of change.

  • Tide shifting toward Obama in battleground states

    Updated: Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:04 PM

    Republican officials say it's too early to count him out, but recent polls suggest the electoral map is getting difficult for Mitt Romney.

  • Romney speech at fundraiser draws scrutiny

    Updated: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:53 PM

    A secretly taped video of presidential candidate Mitt Romney is drawing criticism after telling wealthy donors that almost half of all Americans "believe they are victims" entitled to extensive government support.

  • Obama, Romney courting key states, constituencies

    Updated: Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:26 PM

    President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are embarking on a week heavy with travel through battleground states and appeals to key constituencies with less than two months until Election Day.

  • Romney cancels Sunday event in Pueblo, Colo.

    Updated: Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:25 PM

    Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has canceled an event planned for Sunday in Pueblo, Colo., because of the crash of a small aircraft at the Pueblo airport.

  • GOP activists to Romney: Why aren't you winning?

    Updated: Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:59 PM

    Republican activists are incredulous: Why can't Republican Mitt Romney seem to break open a tight race with President Barack Obama given the nation's sluggish economy and conservative enthusiasm to beat the Democrat?

  • Poll: Strong support for campaign spending limits

    Updated: Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:04 PM

    A new poll finds that Americans don't like all the cash going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into races for president and Congress.

  • Ryan criticizes Federal Reserve at Florida rally

    Updated: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:12 PM

    Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan thinks the Federal Reserve is making a mistake in its new effort to prop up the economy.

  • Administration warns of 'destructive' budget cuts

    Updated: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:18 PM

    A White House report is warning that $110 billion in across-the-board spending cuts would be "deeply destructive" to the military and core government responsibilities like patrolling U.S. borders and air traffic control if they aren't canceled before they take effect in January.

  • Obama vows to bring killers to justice; Romney looks to refocus on economy

    Updated: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:58 PM

    As he deals with the anti-American unrest in the Middle East, and the killing of four U.S. diplomatic personnel in Libya, President Barack Obama is continuing his campaign for re-election -- telling a crowd in Colorado that "no act of terror will go unpunished."

  • Joe Biden buddies up to Ohio bikers

    Updated: Sun Sep 9, 2012 7:44 PM

    Vice President Joe Biden was looking to cozy up with voters as he toured Ohio this weekend, but he did not imagine that an Ohio woman would nearly end up in his lap.

  • Health care among the topics on the campaign trail

    Updated: Sun Sep 9, 2012 4:09 PM

    Mitt Romney said if elected he would retain some popular parts of the new health care law he has pledged to repeal, while President Barack Obama focused attention on the Republican ticket's stand on Medicare.

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