Presidential Victory Without Majority Could Mean Calls for Reform
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) — You don’t have to go too far into fantasy land to envision a scenario in which President Obama loses the popular vote, but wins the electoral vote. Mitt Romney has gained ground in some national preference pol…
Obama’s Address: New Wall Street Reforms Help Provide Financial Protection for Americans
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — With less than two weeks left until Election Day, the economy is what weighs heavily on the minds of many voters. President Obama uses his address this week to highlight the passage of Wall Street…
Obama’s Address: New Wall Street Reforms Help Provide Financial Protection for Americans
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — With less than two weeks left until Election Day, the economy is what weighs heavily on the minds of many voters. President Obama uses his address this week to highlight the passage of Wall Street…
Obama’s Address: New Wall Street Reforms Help Provide Financial Protection for Americans
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — With less than two weeks left until Election Day, the economy is what weighs heavily on the minds of many voters. President Obama uses his address this week to highlight the passage of Wall Street…
Biden Scolds GOP Ticket for Not Having ‘Moral Courage’ to Condemn Mourdock, Akin
JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages(KENOSHA, Wis.) – Vice President Joe Biden commented for the first time Friday on the two Republican Senate candidates who made controversial comments about women and rape. Biden scolded Republican presidential nom…
Obama Tells MTV He Won’t Push Gay Marriage in Second Term
ABC/Donna Svennevik(NEW YORK) — During a live interview Friday inside the White House, President Obama told MTV viewers that when it comes to same-sex marriage and climate change, it would be up to future generations of Americans to implement meaningf…
Romney Hits the 50-Percent Mark, With a Clear Edge on the Economy
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney has seized further advantage on economic issues at the core of the 2012 campaign, taking him to 50-percent support among likely voters vs. 47 percent for Barack Obama – Romney’s highest vote-p…
Warren and Brown: Mass. Matchup Is Hottest in Country
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call(BOSTON) — In the fight for the Massachusetts Senate seat, it’s an epic battle between Republican incumbent Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, the liberal crusader famous for taking on Wall Street.The outcome of this race …
President Obama Wraps Blitz With Air Force One Rally in Ohio
TOBY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images(CLEVELAND) – After 37 hours, 6,500 flight miles and six grassroots rallies that drew tens of thousands of supporters, President Obama’s frenetic battleground-state blitz came to a close Thursday night with a r…
‘Horses and Bayonets’ Become Campaign Fodder in Battleground Virginia
Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — It started as a snarky comeback when President Obama knocked down Mitt Romney for arguing that the Navy is now smaller than any time since 1917 with the reminder that the military has fewer “horses and bayone…
President Obama Speaks to 26,000 Voters on Air Force One Calls
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(LAS VEGAS) – President Obama addressed 16,000 supporters at a Denver rally Wednesday afternoon. But his campaign said two Obama conference calls from Air Force One later drew an even bigger – and arg…
Biden in Ohio Calls Romney ‘One Quackin’ Duck’
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(MARION, Ohio) – According to Vice President Joe Biden, there’s a whole lot of quackin’ going on. During a campaign stop at Marion Harding High School here, Biden used one of his mother’s old sayings when …
David Plouffe Calls Mitt Romney’s Momentum Claim a ‘Bluff’
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(DENVER, Colo.) — President Obama’s campaign Wednesday shot down claims by the opposition that Mitt Romney is picking up momentum in key battleground states, saying the GOP nominee will have to “pull voters …
Sarah Palin: Obama Did ‘Shuck and Jive’ on Libya
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sarah Palin has used racially charged language to accuse “300-400″ people in the Obama administration of ignoring the first signs that the deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was a pre-pl…
Romney Takes Lead on Economy; White Men Are the Movers
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney has advanced to a slight lead over Barack Obama in trust to handle the economy, and Obama has slipped beneath a clear majority in who better understands the public’s economic problems – t…
Romney Takes Lead on Economy; White Men Are the Movers
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney has advanced to a slight lead over Barack Obama in trust to handle the economy, and Obama has slipped beneath a clear majority in who better understands the public’s economic problems – t…
Romney Ekes Out Bragging Rights; For Obama, Approval Slips Below 50 Percent
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney eked out bragging rights in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, claiming 49 percent support among likely voters vs. Barack Obama’s 48 percent – Romney’s first numer…
Romney Ekes Out Bragging Rights; For Obama, Approval Slips Below 50 Percent
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney eked out bragging rights in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, claiming 49 percent support among likely voters vs. Barack Obama’s 48 percent – Romney’s first numer…
Obama, Biden Unite as Auto Champions in Ohio
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(DAYTON, Ohio) – With debate season in the rearview mirror, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden united Tuesday in western Ohio, casting themselves as the only true champions of the state’s re…
Obama, Biden Unite as Auto Champions in Ohio
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(DAYTON, Ohio) – With debate season in the rearview mirror, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden united Tuesday in western Ohio, casting themselves as the only true champions of the state’s re…