Jul 18 Sharpened Attacks Mark Shift to Bruising Phase of Campaign By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally Tuesday in Irwin, Pa. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. With President Obama's campaign posing questions about what might be in Mitt Romney's tax returns, the GOP candidate's campaign is firing back with a… Continue reading
Jul 17 New Obama TV Ad Hammers Romney on Release of Taxes By Christina Bellantoni President Obama campaigns in Cincinnati on Monday. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. The Obama campaign is welcoming Mitt Romney to Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a new television ad that keeps up the drumbeat over the presumptive GOP nominee's taxes. The… Continue reading
Jul 16 Obama’s Campaign Attack Strikes a Familiar Tune By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. CHICAGO | In a campaign getting nastier by the minute, you could see it coming that Mitt Romney's singing would eventually be used against him. On the trail this year, the presumptive Republican… Continue reading
Jul 13 Romney’s New Strategy: Frame Obama as Just Another Politician By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney campaigns Tuesday in Grand Junction, Colo. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney and his Republican allies have signaled a new strategy in an attempt to undermine something that was a strength for President Obama in 2008: Tell… Continue reading
Jul 12 New Romney TV Ad Rebuts Obama Charges On Outsourcing at Bain By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney in Boston in 1993 as chief executive of Bain Capital. Photo by David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Mitt Romney is fighting fire with fire. The presumptive Republican presidential candidate released a new television ad Thursday… Continue reading
Jul 11 House GOP Pushes Health Care Repeal as Candidates Target Battleground States Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks after Tuesday's House Republican Conference meeting. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. Some things aren't hard to predict. The Republican-led House of Representatives will render judgment on President Obama's signature health care law… Continue reading
Jul 10 President Obama, Romney Tied in Latest Washington Post-ABC Poll By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney campaigns last week in Wolfeboro, N.H. Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images. Less than four months until Election Day, President Obama and Mitt Romney have almost no room for error, as the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll has… Continue reading
Jul 09 President Obama Set to Renew Battle Over Bush Tax Cuts By Christina Bellantoni Supporters of President Obama listen to him speak at a campaign event last week in Pittsburgh. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Three days after a third consecutive disappointing jobs report, President Obama intends to shift his attention Monday to the… Continue reading
Jul 06 Romney Rakes in Campaign Cash as Health Care Battle Rages On By Christina Bellantoni Supporters listen to President Obama speak at a campaign event Thursday in Maumee, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Mitt Romney, the $100 million dollar man. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee and the Republican National Committee are expected to announce… Continue reading
Jul 05 Romney Reverses Course, Calls Mandate ‘a Tax’ By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney and his family walk in an Independence Day parade on Wednesday in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney provided the political fireworks Wednesday, telling CBS News the mandate in President… Continue reading