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Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election
5/22/2012
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama 'a transformational figure.' |
Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits
5/18/2012
The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind? |
Romney denounces campaign to tie Obama to Rev. Wright
5/18/2012
Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama's relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups playing a new role this year with big-money TV ads. |
Nebraska GOP picks challenger for Kerrey
5/16/2012
A tea party-backed Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's U.S. Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill. |
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Obama: Economy, not gay marriage, will decide vote
5/15/2012
President Barack Obama says it is 'hard to say' whether his new stance supporting same sex marriage will hurt his re-election. |
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Paul supporters to appeal results of Oklahoma convention voting
5/15/2012
Backers of GOP presidential contender Ron Paul will appeal the results of last weekend's state Republican convention, saying a session held afterward in which supporters of the Texas congressman swept all delegate spots to the national convention should count, a campaign official said Monday. |
Obama seeks to undercut Romney's record on jobs
5/14/2012
President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials. |
Many blacks not shaken by Obama's OK of gay marriage
5/12/2012
Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an 'Obama 2012' placard and another that reads 'We've Got His Back.' |
Obama, Romney steer debate back to economy
5/12/2012
The presidential candidates tried to put aside politically risky talk of gay rights Friday and return to Americans' top worry, the economy, in two states critical to the hopes of President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney. |
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Being in politics means having to say you're sorry
5/12/2012
This week's apologies from Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are the latest in a colorful history of politicians regretting personal lapses large and small. A few recent notables: |
