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Ann Romney speech: Did she help women voters warm to Mitt?Ann Romney, speaking at the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday night, made one of the campaign's strongest pitches yet to women voters, a demographic with whom it is badly trailing.
Rick Santorum attacks Obama over welfare reform waiver. Was that fair?Rick Santorum attacked President Obama in his speech for the GOP convention, repeating a common criticism that Obama has watered down welfare reform. Fact-checkers say the claim is not true, but it fit well into Tuesday's 'We Built It' theme.聽
Republican convention looks like a tea party gatheringMost tea party Republicans have come to accept Mitt Romney as one of their own. But it's really Paul Ryan that they're enthusiastic about, and many of their champions are key speakers.
What does it take to be a gay Republican? For one thing, a long viewThey're a minority at the Republican Convention 鈥� particularly on issues like same-sex marriage. But gay delegates and activists support the Romney-Ryan ticket on other issues, and they see signs that they're changing their party from within.
Obama vs. Romney 101: 5 differences on education President Obama says his policy initiatives are helping teachers, schools, and students. Mitt Romney advocates more school choice and private-sector involvement. Here is a look at how the two differ on eduction issues.
Ron Paul's swan song: Has he launched an enduring movement?After three runs for the White House, US Rep. Ron Paul is retiring. Will his libertarian brand of Republican politics survive without him? A younger generation of elected officials and activists say it will.
What Mitt Romney needs to achieve at GOP national conventionMitt Romney needs to keep the focus on the travails of the US economy under Obama, and to humanize himself by telling his personal story, Republican analysts said during the Sunday talk shows, in advance of this week's GOP national convention.
Obama vs. Romney 101: 4 differences on Israel President Obama's positions on Israeli-Palestinian peace have rankled Israel鈥檚 conservative coalition government, while Mitt Romney insists he would be a better friend to Israel. Here are some of the issues on which the candidates differ.
Hurricane Isaac delays start of Republican National Convention in TampaAs in 2008, Republicans scramble to adjust speaking and travel schedules to cope with the hurricane. The vote to formally nominate Mitt Romney shifts to Tuesday 鈥� for now. Stay tuned.
Interview: President Obama on Romney's 'extreme' viewsOn the eve of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, President Obama says that a President Romney would not 'stand in the way' if Congress gave him a bill that stripped away women's control over their reproductive health.
Joe Biden scraps plan to crash GOP party as Isaac storm takes aimTropical Storm Isaac won鈥檛 stop the GOP from nominating Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for the presidential ticket. But the potential hurricane鈥檚 approach did cause the White House to scrap Vice President Joe Biden鈥檚 planned trip to Tampa for the convention鈥檚 opening day on Monday.
Obama vs. Romney 101: 5 differences on women's issues President Obama won the women鈥檚 vote four years ago, and he鈥檒l need to again to win reelection, given Mitt Romney鈥檚 strength among male voters. Here are some of the women鈥檚 issues on which the candidates differ.
Mitt Romney's energy plan: What does it promise?Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan Thursday, saying that it would bring energy independence to the US within a decade. But some experts were skeptical of the claims.
Paul Ryan's black ex-girlfriend: What does it mean to Election 2012?Presumptive VP nominee Paul Ryan's 2005 comment that he once dated a black woman has prompted discussion about whether that fact changes views of his character and policy.
Poll: Paul Ryan gives Mitt Romney 'micro-bump' in key battleground statesMitt Romney, now with Paul Ryan on the ticket, has closed in on Obama in Florida and Wisconsin, a new poll of three battleground states shows. But he didn't gain ground in Ohio.
Poll: Americans favor Obama over Romney for strengthening public schoolsIndependent voters, however, think Mitt Romney is better suited for that job. The Gallup and Phi Delta Kappa poll also found that Americans identify funding as the biggest problem facing public schools.
Where Todd Akin and Paul Ryan agree, and disagree, on abortionThere's nothing to indicate that Paul Ryan shares Rep. Todd Akin's strange rationale for denying rape victims access to abortion. But the GOP's vice presidential candidate opposes such abortions, nonetheless.
Voters say they're not better off than four years ago. Trouble for Obama?It's the classic question that Ronald Reagan deployed to beat President Carter in 1980. But this time, according to Gallup, some voters are willing to cut President Obama some slack, given the economic crisis he inherited.
For a moment, at least, presidential campaigns get back to issuesOn the Sunday TV talk shows, presidential campaign surrogates of both parties zeroed in on Medicare. But inevitably, Mitt Romney's so-far unreleased tax returns came up too.
Paul Ryan: why taking Medicare message to Florida wasn鈥檛 a riskIn his visit to a retirement community in Florida, Paul Ryan pledged to 'preserve and protect' federal health benefits for those at or near retirement. And he brought along his mom to prove it.
