President Obama has decided to fly back to Washington today and will have to skip out on a campaign event in Orlando. But fear not, those Orlando Democrats are in good hands—Bill Clinton will take over.
After taking a sad look at a video in which Barack Obama donates to his own campaign on The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart was curious to find out what exactly the president is up against. Can Mitt Romney be pinned down on the specifics to any of his platforms?
Apparently the idea of a community helping an individual to succeed made a lot of sense to Mitt Romney back in 2002, at the Olympics in Salt Lake City to be exact, but then again he wasn't running for president at the time.
Since April, just over half—about $27 million out of $51 million—of Obama’s television spending has been on negative ads, according to a GOP media tracker.
After Mitt Romney's boo-filled warmup act yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden took the stage at the NAACP's annual convention in Houston today and brought down the house.
President Barack Obama was joined by former President Bill Clinton at a trio of campaign fundraisers in New York Monday night, collecting at $3.6 million, according to The Associated Press, and offering these quotes in return.
Cartoonist Lisa Benson on the president's reelection strategy.
Some good news and some bad news for Newt Gingrich today. The good: There are people who still think he has clout despite suspending his run for president. The bad: It's President Obama's team, and they're using Gingrich to go after Mitt Romney.
At a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio, today, Rick Santorum derided President Obama's "agenda," saying it was based on "some phony theology." The Obama campaign, meanwhile, has begun to take him seriously as a contender.
The White House has announced that as a part of its compromise with religious groups who disagree with a new health care mandate around contraceptives, it will now shift the costs of contraceptives to insurance companies, instead of religious employers as it had initially planned.
It would take an act of God for Mitt Romney to lose today's Nevada caucuses, but Ron Paul has his eyes set on another race: Maine.
Cartoonist Tom Toles isn't so hopeful on the Republican hopefuls.
Rick Santorum's young daughter is hospitalized due to complications arising from a life-threatening genetic condition. The stars of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting will fill in for him on campaign stops.
Former pizza executive Herman Cain used sausage metaphors to endorse Newt Gingrich. Moments later, Gingrich defended his dream of colonizing the moon. Welcome to Decision 2012.
Cartoonist Steve Breen weighs in on Obama's GOP pick.
Sure he's talking about private health care, but this video is just waiting to be turned into an attack ad.
Cartoonist Lisa Benson sees some rough patches in Obama's 2012 campaign.
President Obama's presidential campaign effort unveiled a new strategy last night--asking his supporters (those subscribed to the President's mailing list) to submit the email addresses of their Republican acquaintances.
Cartoonist Tony Auth demystifies Newt Gingrich.
Cartoonist Tom Toles on Mitt Romney and his holiday wishes.
"In a conference call this morning, Herman Cain told his senior staff that he is 'reassessing' whether to remain in the race," reports National Review's Robert Costa.
After watching Rick Perry fumble, Buddy Roemer, the former Louisiana governor and congressman who is running for president but hasn't qualified in the polls for the televised debates, was dumbfounded: "Oh, how I wish I could be at just one of these debates."
The Players: Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain, Conservative pundit and savvy blogger who doesn't want a "rock star president"; Newt Gingrich, Republican hopeful, distant third-placer in the Romney inevitability race and definitely not a rock star; Tucker Carlson, Conservative pundit and creator of the Daily Caller news site
Maybe sexual harassment settlements don't really count as skeletons?
Mark Block, chief of staff to Herman Cain, says yesterday's media frenzy over sexual harassment claims helped the campaign post one of its best fundraising days ever with $250,000 coming into the coffers.
CNN reports that the candidate has spent $4.18 million of his original $4.51 million warchest
The GOP candidate is struggling after Rick Perry's entrance into the race
Bloomberg's Jonathan Alter tweets that the governor is fielding focus groups
Cartoonist Lisa Benson on Obama and the nation's road to recovery
Is a crowded GOP presidential field God's plan?
A look at how GOP governors running for president stack up
And he blames George W. Bush for getting Barack Obama elected
The pundits are not optimistic (again) about Mitt Romney's presidential run
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