
THE RACE: Obama walking fine line in Bain critique
President Barack Obama has to tread carefully in targeting Republican rival Mitt Romney's business resume. He risks reinforcing criticism that he's ...

Primary sweep has Romney 1 win from GOP nomination
Mitt Romney swept all the delegates in GOP primaries in Kentucky and Arkansas and picked up more endorsements from party leaders, putting him one win ...

Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with sweep
Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.

Romney's playbook on Bain unclear as attacks grow
The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend a quarter-century in the business world that ...
Conservative donors slow to back Romney's campaign
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney and his party raised a sizable $40 million last month from donors who want him to replace President Barack Obama.

Romney inches closer to clinching GOP nomination
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in the Oregon primary, leaving him 153 delegates shy of the number of delegates needed ...

SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words
Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican ...

THE RACE: Endorsements slow as Romney closes in
As Mitt Romney closes in on nailing down the Republican presidential nomination, endorsements from prominent Republicans are slowing to a trickle.

Obama trying to undermine Romney's record on jobs
President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new ...
AdWatch: Obama highlights Romney, Bain Capital
TITLE: "Steel" LENGTH: Two minutes and six minutes. AIRING: Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia KEY IMAGES: The Obama campaign ad features ...

Paul: 'We will no longer spend resources'
Ron Paul, the congressman from Texas and a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential campaign Monday but urged his fervent ...

Being in politics means having to say you're sorry
It's a sorry list. This week's apologies from Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are just the latest in a colorful history of politicians regretting personal ...

Lugar loss has stark lessons for Obama, Romney
President Barack Obama and his presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, can take a few lessons from veteran Sen. Richard Lugar's loss in ...

Romney moves within 200 delegates of nomination
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in a three-state primary sweep and added a few more Wednesday from previous contests ...

Dem plan: Throw it all at Romney, see what sticks
President Barack Obama's campaign is trying an early "all of the above" strategy against Republican Mitt Romney, criticizing his character, wealth and ...
Romney inches closer to magic number of delegates
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday by sweeping Republican presidential primaries ...

Indiana's Lugar loses, NC passes gay marriage ban
Six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar was routed by the right flank of his own Republican Party on Tuesday, and North Carolina voters decided ...

Indiana's long-serving Lugar fights for survival
The face of Indiana politics for nearly four decades, Republican Sen. Richard Lugar is battling for political survival against a tea party-backed GOP ...

Don't tell Paul's supporters the primary is over
Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to ...

GOP leaders start to rally around Romney - sort of
Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential ...

Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image
He's a smug, Harvard-trained elitist who doesn't get how regular Americans are struggling these days. More extreme than he lets on, he's keeping his ...

Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOP
With Mitt Romney's GOP presidential nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters took control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a ...

Gingrich: Romney has earned the GOP nomination
Former White House candidate Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney has "earned the right to represent the Republican Party" against President Barack Obama ...

Romney embarking on new political balancing act
Mitt Romney will need independent voters in November, but he isn't abandoning his "severely conservative" record. The likely Republican presidential ...