Paul Ryan Hits Pennsylvania, Sen. Pat Toomey Predicts State Will Go Red
Scott Olson/Getty Images(MIDDLETOWN, Pa.) — Just 72 hours before Election Day, Paul Ryan dropped in on Pennsylvania Saturday, the third time he’s done so since Mitt Romney selected him as his running mate.The Romney campaign says it is expanding…
Biden Uses Daylight Saving Zinger to Say Romney Likes to "Turn the Clock Back"
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ARVADA, Colo.) — In his first of two stops in Colorado Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden used a little comedy at a local high school to highlight how the GOP ticket’s policies will set the country back, reminding v…
Ann Romney Says Mitt’s No Football Coach
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEWINGTON, N.H.) — Ann Romney is joining her husband for the duration of the campaign, and on Saturday she stopped by the press cabin on the campaign plane before taking off for Iowa.“Three more days, it’s been a l…
GOP Address: Mitt Romney Delivers His Last Remarks Before the Election
Alex Wong/Getty Images(BOSTON) — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers his last remarks before the election and describes how he would be a different president, if elected.According to Romney, “Four years ago, candidate Obama promised …
POLL: 55 Percent ‘Wrong Track’ Matches 2004; A Difficulty for Obama, But Survivable
Edward Linsmier/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Days before the verdict on his bid for a second term, the bad news for Barack Obama is that most likely voters think the country is headed seriously off on the wrong track. The better news for Obama: Previous i…
Romney Leads in Confidence on Recovery – But Obama Escapes Most Economic Blame
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — More likely voters think the economy would improve under Mitt Romney than under Barack Obama – but they disproportionately blame Obama’s predecessor for its troubles in the first place, an example …
Obama and Romney Resume Campaigning, No More Mr. Nice Guy
JEWEL SAMAD/FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama and Mitt Romney Thursday ended a brief truce for Superstorm Sandy, and made it clear as they returned to the campaign trail that there would be no more Mr. Nice Guy.Romney st…
Obama and Romney Détente Ends as They Return to Campaign Trail
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The political détente declared during superstorm Sandy is over as President Obama and Mitt Romney return to the campaign trail on Thursday after days of subdued rhetoric and deferred political events.A…
Storm Response Earns Obama Praise Amid the Election’s Deadlock Drama
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Likely voters of all political stripes give broadly positive ratings to Barack Obama’s response to the devastating storm that smashed the East Coast this week. Whether it makes a difference in the long-de…
Biden Calls Romney Jeep Ad ‘Outrageous Lie’
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(SARASOTA, Fla.) — Vice President Biden launched a stinging critique of Mitt Romney for an Ohio ad suggesting the president allowed Chrysler to move Jeep operations to China, calling Romney’s ad an “outrageo…
Biden Calls Romney Jeep Ad ‘Outrageous Lie’
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(SARASOTA, Fla.) — Vice President Biden launched a stinging critique of Mitt Romney for an Ohio ad suggesting the president allowed Chrysler to move Jeep operations to China, calling Romney’s ad an “outrageo…
Storm Response Earns Obama Praise Amid the Election’s Deadlock Drama
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Likely voters of all political stripes give broadly positive ratings to Barack Obama’s response to the devastating storm that smashed the East Coast this week. Whether it makes a difference in the long-de…
Ryan Stumps in Wisconsin; Clinton, Biden, Romney and Obama Follow
File photo. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)(EAU CLAIRE, Wis.) — Paul Ryan is calling his home state of Wisconsin the “epicenter of this decision,” and the entire campaign seems to agree.Four years ago Barack Obama won the state by 14 points, bu…
Romney Chooses NH for Site of Final Rally Before Election Day
Darren McCollester/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — Mitt Romney will hold his final campaign rally in New Hampshire, the very state in which he launched his bid for the White House 16 months ago.The “Victory Rally” will be held in Manchester, N…
Romney Chooses NH for Site of Final Rally Before Election Day
Darren McCollester/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — Mitt Romney will hold his final campaign rally in New Hampshire, the very state in which he launched his bid for the White House 16 months ago.The “Victory Rally” will be held in Manchester, N…
Tighter Gender Gap, Sharper Partisanship – but Little Change in the Bottom Line
William Thomas Cain/Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A tightening of the gender gap and a closer race among political independents mark trends among likely voters the past several days, but with no meaningful change to the bottom line in the eve…
Romney, Obama Volunteers Campaign Through Sandy
William Thomas Cain/Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama and Mitt Romney may be canceling campaign events, but their volunteers in swing states are still going door-to-door and making phone calls during the final week before Electi…
‘Misleading’ Romney Ad on Jeeps Draws Obama Retort
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A TV ad from Republican nominee Mitt Romney has prompted spirited objections from independent fact-checkers and Democrats for suggesting, just days before the election, that automaker Chrysler is moving Jeep pr…
ABC News Moves Pensylvania, Minnesota from ‘Safe’ to ‘Lean’ Obama
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — With one week to go, states that were once considered Obama strongholds now look less solid. Republican groups are putting resources into Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Team Obama brushes off these i…
ABC/Post Poll: Edge on the Middle Class Helps Obama Counterpunch
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With the election a week away Mitt Romney faces persistent skepticism about his commitment to the middle class, a vulnerability for the Republican challenger that’s keeping the race locked tight – a…