2012 United States Presidential Election news and stories

2012 United States Presidential Election

Search for Romney running mate in audition phase
Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a ...
Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival ...
Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary ...
Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace ...
Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of ...
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 ...
Obama to graduates: 'A new feeling about America'
President Barack Obama declared Wednesday the world has a "new feeling about America" and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes ...
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 defends record at Bain Capital firm
Mitt Romney is defending his work at the private equity firm he co-founded and says it's part of why he's qualified to be president. Romney told Time ...
Romney says Congress should wait to act on economy
Mitt Romney says that if elected Congress should wait until he takes office to block automatic spending cuts and to keep tax cuts from expiring.
Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is airing two new ads, one focusing on his work with veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and ...
Romney oil adviser also a big super PAC donor
Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm didn't wait long to make a nearly $1 million donation to a group supporting Republican presidential candidate ...
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.
Biden dismisses Romney's experience in business
The presidential campaign debate over Republican Mitt Romney's tenure at a private equity firm is going down the drain. Vice President Joe Biden ...
'A woman who. ...': Romney's stories court females
Mitt Romney's courtship of female voters in his typical campaign speech sounds a bit like a movie's casting call. Woman Whose Husband Took an ...
THE RACE: Polls show presidential race tightening
With about five months to go, the presidential race is tightening, polls show, with voters nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and ...
Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ...
Independent groups launch dueling campaign ads
An independent group seeking to oust President Barack Obama launched a new TV ad Tuesday suggesting Obama had let down the voters who vaulted him into ...
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 ...
Summit doubleheader short on surprises
A long weekend of economic and security summits was heavy on stagecraft and light on surprises. The Group of Eight gathering in Camp David, Md., and ...
Obama stands by hits on Romney's Bain Capital days
President Barack Obama sought to undermine Mitt Romney's key rationale for his presidential candidacy Monday, sharply attacking his Republican ...
Cory Booker is latest gaffe-prone Obama surrogate
Add Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker to the long list of political stand-ins for both President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney who've veered ...
Romney to raise about $10 million in NY, Conn.
Chasing President Barack Obama's cash advantage, Republican challenger Mitt Romney expects to raise $10 million during a three-day fundraising swing ...
THE RACE: Obama and Romney fight over budget goals
The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity and Democratic appeals for more spending to ...