2012 United States Presidential Election news and stories

2012 United States Presidential Election

Obama looks to navigate through sluggish economy
The nation's jobless loom over President Barack Obama's presidential campaign. At no point will that association be more evident than Friday when the ...
Clinton, Obama set aside rivalry for election
When Bill Clinton takes the convention stage in prime time Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama, it will be the most visible step on a path ...
Romney campaign, RNC raise $100 million in August
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has raised at least $100 million in August, The Associated Press has learned, hitting that mark for a third ...
Weeks before Election Day, early voting kicks off
Heard enough from the presidential candidates? Here's an answer: Vote now and put the election behind you. Early voting in the presidential race ...
THE RACE: Jobs report looms over Demo convention
Mitt Romney enjoyed just a small-to-modest bounce in the polls from his party's convention. President Barack Obama has to worry about getting a big ...
Dems open convention playing defense of Obama
Democrats open their national convention Tuesday offering President Barack Obama as America's best chance to revive the ragged U.S. economy and asking ...
ESSAY: 4 years on, Obama message challenge differs
We campaign in poetry, Mario Cuomo used to say, but we govern in prose. This was how the then-New York governor explained the gap between his soaring ...
DNC guests to party with donors, special interests
Democrats flocking to their national convention will spend this week hobnobbing in Charlotte, N.C., with lobbyists, special interest groups and ...
Obama: Help is on the way to hurricane zone
President Barack Obama insisted on Monday that the federal government can help Americans in crisis, whether they're autoworkers fearful that their ...
Another disaster brings candidates to Gulf Coast
Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in heading to Louisiana to see the damage from Hurricane Isaac, changing ...
President says GOP creating 'fictional' Obama
President Barack Obama says Republicans are creating a "fictional Barack Obama" during the White House campaign by misrepresenting his positions and ...
Obama's re-election road: Hope and a hard climb
People remember the hope and the history. For him or against him, they picture candidate Barack Obama as the one who stood on stage in a football ...
Ryan says Jimmy Carter era was better than Obama's
Paul Ryan delivered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama's stewardship of the nation's economy Monday, arguing that even conservative ...
For conventions, TV viewing down, social media up
When it comes to following political conventions, Twitter may soon trump television. TV viewership for last week's Republican National Convention ...
Marchers lament NC union stance but support Obama
Union activists walked a political tightrope on Monday — voicing support for President Barack Obama's re-election bid while lamenting adversarial ...
Biden to organized labor: We're with you
Vice President Joe Biden had a simple Labor Day message for unionized workers: Stick with President Barack Obama because the other guys are worse.
Dems cobble convention crowd together bit by bit
College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring ...
New Obama ad makes middle-class appeal
President Barack Obama's campaign is running a new television ad claiming Republican Mitt Romney's policies would "hit the middle class harder." The ...
How do voters assess candidates' '2 visions'?
It's the mantra we will hear endlessly in the coming weeks: Americans face a "stark choice" come November. It is a choice, as President Barack Obama ...
Biden: Romney ready for war with Syria, Iran
Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican rival Mitt Romney is "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class.
Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care'
Campaigning his way toward the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama slapped a "Romney doesn't care" label on his rival's health-care ...
Obama to voters: Don't let the GOP get you down
President Barack Obama has a warning these days for young voters: Mitt Romney and the Republicans want to keep you away from the polls.
Mormons praise Romney for spotlighting the faith
Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party, sat in the Wolfeboro Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
Source: NY probing equity firms, including Bain
New York's attorney general is investigating tax strategies of some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by ...
In Florida, Medicare is not a senior-only issue
For Bruce Cargill, an 87-year-old retiree, Medicare is a "glorious program" that, along with Social Security, keeps millions of older Americans out ...