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Election Day: Does Obama have the edge?The final polls show President Obama with a slight lead. But Republicans show greater enthusiasm for turning out. So the race this Election Day is far from over.
Swing states: how candidates fared in battle for newspaper endorsementsNewspaper endorsements in the swing states represented, in many cases, the same kind of thoughtful grappling with the candidates and their plans that millions of voters have engaged in.
War on poverty? Why presidential campaigns don't talk about the poor.Neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney has made poverty a big part of his campaign. It's no wonder. Poverty has become something of a toxic issue for many American voters.
Redskins Rule:How football outcomes predict the presidential electionIs it all over for President Obama because the Washington Redskins lost on Sunday? How the Redskins do the Sunday before Election Day almost always predicts the presidential outcome.
Romney campaign says it could take Pennsylvania. Hail Mary pass?The Romney campaign says Pennsylvania is very much in play despite heavily Democratic voter registration and most polls showing Obama ahead. Romney made a last-minute visit Sunday.
Obama, Romney surrogates insist their guy will win. Both can't be right.On this last Sunday before 2012鈥檚 contentious presidential election, campaign surrogates had their game faces on, bluffing and butting heads rhetorically about what Election Day portends.
Dude, could pot smokers decide the election 鈥� for Mitt Romney?A marijuana legalization measure on the Colorado ballot聽鈥� promoted by Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson聽鈥� could be very important in this close presidential race.
Obama and Romney: Sprinting toward Election DayMitt Romney and Barack Obama are racing around battleground states this weekend, and they'll keep it up through Monday. The race is dead even, but Obama holds an edge in key states.
Could New Hampshire hold the key? Romney and Obama take no chances.Both Obama and Romney are squeezing in last-minute visits to New Hampshire this weekend, and their campaigns are running at full speed. And all for 4 electoral votes.
As Obama, Christie survey storm damage, politics is unavoidableObama and Christie, a key supporter of Mitt Romney, exchanged praise as they viewed the storm damage inflicted on New Jersey, while Romney, campaigning in Florida, voiced support for FEMA.
Hurricane Sandy: Could it change the outcome of the presidential race?Hurricane Sandy has scrambled the last week of the presidential race, upsetting campaign schedules, putting both President Obama and Mitt Romney off-message, and raising doubts about Election Day. In a race this close, Sandy聽could change or at least postpone the results.
Obama vs. Romney: Who has the momentum?Mitt Romney leads Barack Obama聽by a fraction聽in the average of national polls. But Obama is ahead in enough battleground states to maintain a lead in the Electoral College.聽In short, the whole race is too close to call.
Obama or Romney? How 5 undecided voters are making up their minds. Last month, the Monitor profiled five undecided voters whose allegiances were especially prized because they live in swing states. Now, less than two weeks before Election Day, we check in with them to see what they鈥檙e thinking now.
FocusCrunch time in Ohio, as Obama, Romney blitz to get out the voteBoth campaigns are swarming Ohio, knocking on doors and making phone calls to potential voters. In these last crucial days, getting out the vote in what may be the deciding state of Election 2012 is paramount.
Great expectations for US economy: Are Obama, Romney too optimistic?Mitt Romney and President Obama both present to voters rosy views of future economic growth. Those scenarios aren't impossible, but it's fair to attach some big asterisks to them.
Hillary Clinton might stay on in a second Obama term. What about 2016?In a newspaper interview, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left the door open to continuing into a second term. That could serve to oh-so-subtly remind women of why they've supported Obama.
Confusing polls: Has Mitt Romney closed the gender gap or not?Mitt Romney has caught up to President Obama among women voters in one poll, but has fallen further behind in another. The truth is unclear, but Obama needs to hold his ground.
Obama unveils economic plan: 5 ways it differs from Romney'sThe little blue 'new economic patriotism' booklet is President Obama's answer to Mitt Romney's 5-point plan 鈥� and to voters who want to know what he would do with a second term.
Benghazi e-mails: What did Obama administration know when?Newly disclosed State Department e-mails, sent within hours of the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, cited a claim of responsibility by Ansar al-Sharia, a Libyan extremist group.- Third-party presidential debate gives a voice to long-shot candidatesFour third-party candidates below President Obama and Mitt Romney on the presidential ballot made their case to a televised audience, taking on issues not included in the mainstream debates: the drug war, bailout for student loans, and corporate influence in politics.