May 04 Romney Knocks Obama on Economy Ahead of Rally in Ohio By Christina Bellantoni Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell campaign with Mitt Romney in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. With a mixed jobs report out Friday, Mitt Romney is keeping up his attacks on President Obama's… Continue reading
May 03 Poll: Obama, Romney in Dead Heat in Florida, Ohio By Christina Bellantoni President Obama speaks at Ohio State University earlier this year. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a dead heat in two states that will likely play a deciding role in November's election: Florida… Continue reading
May 02 Obama's Trip to Afghanistan Eclipses Bin Laden Debate By Christina Bellantoni President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign a strategic partnership agreement Tuesday. Afghan Presidential Palace photo via Getty Images. Mitt Romney got a stark reminder Tuesday of just how difficult it is to run against an incumbent president who… Continue reading
May 01 Obama Ad Knocks Romney for Outsourcing Jobs, Swiss Bank Account By Christina Bellantoni President Obama speaks at the Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images. This May Day marks President Obama's first television attack ad aimed squarely at Mitt Romney. The ad first… Continue reading
Apr 30 Former President Clinton: Obama 'Deserves to Be Re-Elected' By Christina Bellantoni Former President Bill Clinton helped raise money for the Obama campaign over the weekend. 2011 photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Former President Bill Clinton summed up his arguments for the re-election of President Obama to high-dollar donors in Northern Virginia… Continue reading
Apr 27 House Speaker Boehner Enters Presidential Campaign Fray By Terence Burlij House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly press conference on Thursday. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. House Speaker John Boehner endorsed Mitt Romney just last week, and by Thursday he had turned into one of the presumptive GOP… Continue reading
Apr 26 Obama Campaign: 'Welcome to the General Election' By Terence Burlij President Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. This entry was updated at 1:08 p.m. ET President Obama plans to kick off his general election campaign next weekend with a… Continue reading
Apr 25 Romney Sweeps Primaries in Five States, Turns Focus to Obama By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney celebrates with supporters Tuesday night in Manchester, N.H. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. With his sweep of five states Tuesday, Mitt Romney seized the GOP nomination and made clear that his focus would now be directed squarely on… Continue reading
Apr 24 Romney Set to Take Care of Unfinished Primary Business By Terence Burlij Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, left, and Mitt Romney campaign in Aston, Pa., on Monday. Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images. While the GOP primary battle is all but over, Mitt Romney remains 447 delegates short of the total needed to… Continue reading
Apr 23 Economic Picture in Swing States Could Boost Obama By Terence Burlij President Obama speaks at a campaign event last week at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. Poll after poll has shown that no single issue outranks the economy in the minds of voters this… Continue reading