Today in Ad Watch: Mitt Romney fantasizes about President Romney, President Obama loves higher-ed because he loved his mom, Karl Rove's Super PAC gets into the Nebraska Senate race, and Democrats gloat over the negative coverage of Romney's business career.
The general election has begun! And so has the onslaught of campaign ads. Which ones succeed? Which fail? In Ad Watch, we review them as they come out. Today: The Republican National Committee says Obama is trying to pass the buck, while the DNC says Mitt Romney is at war with women.
Some liberal activists have become frustrated at their top issues being hung out to dry by the gridlocked Congress; others felt called to respond to the tea party movement with their own brand of local organizing.
Not to be outdone by his top Republican rival, Barack Obama's campaign announced that he'd raised more than $42 million for the last quarter of 2011, compared with the $24 million Mitt Romney raised to outdo his competitors in the Republican primary field.
Hardly anyone is paying attention to Mitt Romney but the Democratic National Committee.
A new ad from the Democratic National Committee takes aim at who presumably it believes is the strongest GOP candidate for president (newspaper endorsement or not) -- Mitt Romney.
The Associated Press's Beth Fouhy got an early copy of Bill Clinton's newest book, Back to Work, while he sets aside most of his criticism for Republicans, but what he has to say about Obama is what's going to get everybody's attention.
Obama will send his plan to Congress with a Rose Garden ceremony packed with veterans, cops, and firefighters
Nothing says "deeply held convictions" like an ironic tee
Michelle was in Hollywood while Barack was in Miami
Obama is getting closer to Hoyer after Pelosi sat out budget talks
Obama tapped the Florida congresswoman for her fundraising and talking head skills
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