Why are the presidential candidates spending so much time raising so much money? To buy TV ads. In Ad Watch, we review the results of their heroic efforts as they come out. Today: President Obama ...

The candidates have more in common than they might think. May 24, 2012 -- Pop quiz: Who said this? "Education achievement is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It is an issue of national ...

The Republican candidate seizes on a comment by the president. July 17, 2012 -- Reeling from broadsides on his private background, Mitt Romney rebounded today by indicting President Obama for what he ...

The Obama campaign hopes to turn Mitt Romney into the John Kerry of 2012 by November. In the meantime, it's turning John Kerry into Mitt Romney, asking the senator to stand in for Romney during ...

Clashing over the economy, President Barack Obama challenged Mitt Romney to join him in allowing tax hikes for rich Americans like them, needling his Republican rival on Tuesday to “compromise to help ...

During the 2012 presidential race, newspapers, news channels and political radio jocks have painted President Obama and Mitt Romney into two corners: big government and small government, respectively.

You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. President Obama heads back to Iowa tomorrow. The key battleground state has benefitted from his wind energy tax credit. But the credit is set ...

The reviews are in: Mitt Romney won the first debate and the presidential race has entered a new phase, supporters of the Republican presidential candidate — and even some Democrats — say. Dogged by ...

President Barack Obama scrapped with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a rough-and-tumble debate Tuesday, with the candidates arguing face-to-face, interrupting, accusing each other of lying ...