Wives fiery and firm in presidential campaigning
First lady Michelle Obama has become a fierce campaigner in her husband's re-election bid, regularly striking out on her own to defend him and urge voters to give him another four years to complete...
View ArticleInside Politics: Obama presents ID to vote in Chicago
President Obama, who criticizes Republicans for passing laws requiring voters to show ID, presented his driver's license at a polling place in Chicago Thursday to vote early. A pool reporter traveling...
View ArticleObama auto-bailout strategy running on fumes in Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio — The Obama campaign is counting on the auto-industry bailout to carry the president to a victory in Ohio, but it ultimately may hold little sway with voters across the state who are still...
View ArticlePoll sees rising resistance to California tax hike
California Gov. Jerry Brown's $6 billion tax-increase initiative is losing steam as it enters the final stretch of the race, according to a poll released Thursday. Just 46 percent of Californians...
View ArticlePanetta: Benghazi intelligence too sketchy to send troops
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Thursday that the U.S. didn't send troops to defend the consulate in Benghazi from a terrorist assault last month because the intelligence was too sketchy. The...
View ArticleBoehner demands that Obama disclose more details on attack in Libya
House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday demanded that President Obama explain why his administration has struggled to handle the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in a move...
View ArticleNetworks, AP changing exit poll strategy
NEW YORK (AP) — A growth in early voting and a tough economy for the media are forcing changes to the exit poll system that television networks and The Associated Press depend upon to deliver the story...
View ArticleBack in Ohio, Romney promises big changes
DEFIANCE, Ohio — Defiance, Ohio — Stumping in the state that both campaigns see as critical to the 2012 vote, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney vowed Thursday that he and Rep. Paul Ryan, his...
View ArticleMcCain accepts Mourdock's explanation, backs him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, is again backing Indiana's Richard Mourdock for the Senate after Mr. Mourdock explained his remark that pregnancy from rape is "something God...
View ArticleObama struggles to be a strong voice for women; Romney gains support
CLEVELAND — With a poll showing his once-sizable lead among female voters is gone, a raspy-voiced President Obama rallied supporters Thursday in three battleground states, warning repeatedly that...
View ArticleAP-GfK poll: Romney erases Obama's lead among women
WASHINGTON (AP) — What gender gap? Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll...
View ArticleRomney pressed on abortion question
DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is renewing his focus on the nation's economy while facing continued pressure to break his silence on a GOP Senate candidate's statement that any pregnancy...
View ArticlePRUDEN: Throwing the kitchen sink into the campaign
ANALYSIS/OPINION: If you've got a nice kitchen sink, guard it well. A surrogate for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney (or someone pretending to be) could be lurking in the shrubbery under the kitchen window,...
View ArticleSupreme Court to determine legality of reselling iphones, cars, textbooks
All eyes will be on Justice Elena Kagan on Monday, when the Supreme Court considers a copyright case that some fear could prevent people from reselling certain products they own such as the iPhone, as...
View ArticleSupreme Court to decide whether re
All eyes will be on Justice Elena Kagan on Monday, when the Supreme Court considers a copyright case that some fear could prevent people from reselling certain products they own such as the iPhone, as...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy hits the campaign trail
Hurricane Sandy is already changing plans for both presidential campaigns, who canceled events across the eastern seaboard ahead of the massive storm's landfall this weekend. Mitt Romney's spokesman...
View ArticleSen. Reid leaves hospital after Vegas car crash
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was discharged from the hospital less than three hours after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las Vegas freeway, a hospital...
View ArticleRomney makes economic case against Obama
NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Pouncing on new modest economic growth numbers, GOP nominee Mitt Romney pounded home the message at a couple of campaign stops Friday that President Obama has failed to deliver on...
View ArticleAudit: Green jobs stimulus program wastes cash
President Obama's green jobs training program, which was part of his stimulus, has failed on most key jobs measures, according to a new internal audit that found it was training workers who already had...
View ArticleHouse members question overdue regs report
A group of House Republicans are sharply questioning a lengthy delay by the Obama administration this year in producing a mandatory report that details the government's regulatory agenda and what...
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