2012 United Presidential Election and Elections in Politics

Politics

Obama blasts Romney ad on auto industry in Ohio
President Barack Obama is accusing Republican rival Mitt Romney of running dishonest ads on the auto industry to scare voters in Ohio, saying: "This ...
Obama: New jobs growth part of 'real progress'
President Barack Obama is hailing another month of job growth but declaring "we've got more work to do." Falling just four days before Tuesday's ...
Campaigns lawyered up for election overtime chance
Legions of lawyers are ready to enter the fray in case Election Day turns on a legal challenge. One nightmare scenario would be for the results in a ...
Ex-mayor erects statue of himself at Michigan home
The former mayor of Flint, Mich., who resigned in 2009 while facing a recall has erected a bronze statue of himself outside the gated entrance to his ...
Christie pushes for faster storm recovery in NJ
In a whirlwind of post-storm decisions that might ruffle some feathers, Gov. Chris Christie announced a string of orders and plans intended to speed ...
Secret Service agent who hid affair kills himself
For nearly six years, a senior Secret Service agent kept his extramarital affair with a Mexican woman a secret from the agency responsible for ...
Out of reach today, minorities a key to GOP future
It's a fairly safe bet, based on polls and history, that non-Hispanic white voters will choose Republican Mitt Romney by a wide margin in Tuesday's ...
Most of Congress coming back despite low approval
Listen up, voters, you're the boss. Your employee has barely produced the past two years, has hardly showed up for work, hasn't cooperated with others ...
Farewell lever and punch-card machines
Gone are the days of voting behind a curtain with an old-fashioned lever machine. Almost gone are the days of punch-card ballots and those ...
Counting votes: How the media figure out who won
Ever hear about national elections where the winners aren't known for days as government officials count votes and double-check results? Thank ...
Study: Romney, Obama both get negative coverage
A study finds that press coverage of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney has been largely negative in the campaign's final ...
Obama's closing case to voters recalls the past
President Barack Obama has spent months urging Americans to move forward. Now he's asking them to look back. Back to the last Democratic president, ...
Mayor says NYC Marathon won't divert resources
The blue and orange finish line is in place in Central Park, no superstorm debris in sight. Little else is normal with the New York City Marathon.
US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya
CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U
Storm-wracked states prepare for Election Day
Election officials were ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as ...
Romney & Obama: I'm the real candidate of change
Five days before the election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama vied forcefully for the mantle of change Thursday in a ...
Biden praises bipartisanship in wake of Sandy
Vice President Joe Biden is making a pitch for bipartisanship, telling voters in Iowa that it's reassuring to see Democrats and Republicans working ...
Derailed tanker burns in Ky. with no end in sight
The blaze that authorities initially said would end in a couple of hours instead spewed flames and smoke from a derailed tanker car for a second day ...
Mo. Sen. McCaskill using Romney in new TV ad
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill ventured into Republican-leaning southern Missouri on Thursday, warning voters that challenger Todd Akin would be ...
Women conceived after rape speak out for Mourdock
Women born as a result of rape are defending Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock in the waning days of a campaign that has been shaken up by the ...
Secret Service agent kills self amid affair probe
A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen ...
US Chamber to air anti-Democrat Casey ads in Pa.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching television and radio ads against Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in a Pennsylvania race that Republicans insist ...
New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney on Thursday, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring ...
Mass. Sen. hopefuls have spent $68M on race so far
Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren ramped up their voter outreach efforts Thursday as new campaign fundraising ...
Former GOP Sen. Hagel to back Democrat Kerrey
Democrat Bob Kerrey got an atta-boy Thursday from former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, who said the former senator would break the partisan "nonsense ...