THE RACE: Obama hums a GOP tune: US exceptionalism
TOM RAUM,Associated Press Eds: With 6 days left until Election Day, here are insights into today’s highlights in U.S. politics Locked in a razor-thin battle for re-election, President Barack Obama is adapting More...
Obama to visit storm victims as campaign rolls on
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama put campaign battleground travel on hold to tour the ravaged New Jersey coast Wednesday, while down-to-the-wire More...
5 things to watch for in the campaign homestretch
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five things to watch for in the final week of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney: 1. HOW LONG CAN THEY WAIT? Obama and Romney pull off the More...
Candidates look for right time to resume campaign
NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press KETTERING, Ohio (AP) — The presidential candidates searched for the right moment to get back to politicking after superstorm Sandy’s destructive More...
Romney sketches campaign contingencies
STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney is sketching out political contingency plans that include temporarily suspending campaigning altogether if Hurricane Sandy turns deadly. The Republican More...
Sandy disrupts presidential campaign 8 days out
JULIE PACE,Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Sandy disrupted the White House campaign Monday, with President Obama canceling two campaign days to monitor More...
Ryan says Jimmy Carter era was better than Obama’s
STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Paul Ryan delivered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama’s stewardship of the nation’s economy Monday, arguing that even conservative More...
Romney uses secretive data-mining
JACK GILLUM,Associated Press In this Aug. 18, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets into his car to attend a fundraising event on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 More...
News coverage of Obama, Romney highly negative
BETH FOUHY,Associated Press In this Aug. 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans. More...
Romney trying to return campaign focus to economy
JULIE PACE,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at LeClaire Manufacturing, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan More...
Politics by demographics: Obama hunts for votes
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press President Barack Obama looks to Lori Elizabeth Henrickson, an Earth Science teacher at Del Webb Middle School, as he visits with teachers at Canyon Springs High School, Wednesday, Aug. More...
Obama will visit 3 key states during Republican convention
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press President Barack Obama shakes hands during the Kids' "State Dinner," hosted by first lady Michelle Obama, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington More...
Romney reals in money from Democratic cities
JACK GILLUM,Associated Press Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., waves during a campaign rally at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in West More...
Romney, Ryan defend Medicare plan with NH voters
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan speaks to the crowd during a victory rally, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 at Lake Sumter Landing Market Square in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Daily More...
Trying to see into the heart of Mitt Romney
HELEN O’NEILL,AP Special Correspondent In this July 6, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks about job numbers at Bradley's Hardware in Wolfeboro, More...
Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking during a campaign stop in Windham, NH Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.(AP Photo/Winslow Townson) WASHINGTON (AP) — Rushing toward their More...
Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press President Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop in Windham, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) THE More...
Romney says he needs to keep big fundraising push
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, arrives at Martha's Vineyard airport for fundraising events on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, in West Tisbury, More...
Romney mingles at Massachusetts restaurant
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Mitt Romney is briefly mingling with voters in Massachusetts even though he has no hopes of winning the state this fall. The Republican presidential More...
Romney and Obama now fight for edge on Medicare
BEN FELLER,Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press In this Aug. 15, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) BOSTON (AP) More...
Paul Ryan’s ideas nurtured by top conservatives
ALAN FRAM,Associated Press In this Aug. 25, 2006 file photo, Jack Kemp speaks Jackson, Miss. The list of Paul Ryan's mentors includes some of the biggest conservative names of recent decades, including Jack More...
Medicare costs too much, but how to rein it in?
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR,Associated Press President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a campaign stop Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) WASHINGTON (AP) — President More...
Romney says he never paid less than 13% in taxes
CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press GREER, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday that he has never paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade. But More...
Biden vs Ryan: No. 2s rising in presidential race
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press This combo made from file photos shows Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan. In some ways, these presidential More...
Romney campaign presses Medicare, Obama ‘division’
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leaves a fundraiser in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The More...
Obama campaign more technology-bases than Romney’s
JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press President Barack Obama attends a campaign event at the Nelson Pioneer Farm & Museum, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa. More...
Harsh words for Obama mark end of Romney bus trip
KASIE HUNT,Associated Press The Ohio state flag flies in the background while Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Ross County Court House, More...
Presidential campaigns spar over Ohio election law
ANN SANNER,Associated Press This Jan. 31, 2012 file photo shows a woman voting at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland as early voting began in Ohio's March 6 presidential primary. A dispute over More...
Ryan’s wife raised Democrat
ANDREW DeMILLO,Associated Press In this Aug. 11, 2012 file photo, Janna Ryan, wife of Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., partially visible behind her, greets crowd members in Norfolk, More...
Will Ryan change the race?
JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. makes an appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Conrad Schmidt) WASHINGTON More...
Host for Romney event is a convicted drug dealer
DAVID FISCHER,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and his son Craig, center, listen as Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla., speaks at a campaign event at El Palacio More...
Romney won’t volunteer budget differences
KASIE HUNT,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets highway patrol officers before boarding the campaign charter flight, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in St. Augustine, More...
Republican ticket faces growing pains as Dems attack
KASIE HUNT,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press President Barack Obama laughs as he talks with people during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. The president is More...
Axelrod: Ryan selection evokes memories of Palin
Vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis,left, his wife Janna and daughter Liza and sons Charles, and Sam, right, during a welcome home rally Sunday, August, 12, 2012 in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey More...
Romney renews welfare attack in new ad
STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, addresses the crowd during a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center, Sunday, Aug. 12, 20102, in More...
In new role, Ryan faces Obama in Iowa
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, is introduced by vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrive during a welcome home More...
Romney now assails Obama on more than just economy
PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to onlookers as he leaves a finance event on 5th Ave in New York, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary More...
Mitt Romney’s green jobs criticism carries risks
NICHOLAS RICCARDI,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Acme Industries in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) DENVER More...
THE RACE: Parties are looking back to see ahead
TOM RAUM,Associated Press With President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney running neck and neck for weeks, both parties are looking back for guidance to the way ahead. They see different models for winning. At More...
For July, Romney again tops Obama in fundraising
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pushes a shopping cart after buying groceries at Hunter's Shop and Save supermarket in Wolfeboro, N.H., Monday, More...
Obama, Romney see what they want in jobs report
BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at McCandless Trucking in North Las Vegas, Nev., Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles More...
Romney on attack in Pa.; Obama collects Texas cash
JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press President Barack Obama walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Obama is heading to Texas More...
Obama says he won’t apologize to Romney
MICHELE SALCEDO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he will not apologize to likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for an aide’s comment last week that false More...
Obama, Romney campaigns accuse each other of lies
JULIE PACE,Associated Press KASIE HUNT,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney’s campaigns traded accusations of lying Thursday, ratcheting up an More...
Obama climbs back on the campaign bus in Ohio, Pa.
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the kind of trip President Barack Obama relishes — one that plays to his natural political abilities by taking him outside of Washington to mix More...
