Families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting are making good on their promise to keep the issue of gun control alive even after the failure of new legislation in Congress.
After senators filibustered a gun background checks bill, President Obama gave an angry speech, promising that "we can still bring about meaningful changes that reduce gun violence so long as the American people don't give up on it." But according to a new Washington Post/ Pew Research Center poll, the American people are kind of over it.
The tiny New Hampshire town that is famous for being the first polling place in the nation to open each Election Day cast ten votes last night and turned the presidential race into a actual dead heat.
Today in Poll Watch: National polls show the presidential race essentially tied. In the swing states, it's a mixed picture: Mitt Romney has the upper hand in Florida, the two are in a dead heat in Virginia, and President Obama is ahead in New Hampshire and Ohio. But that still means Romney's the underdog, because winning Virginia and Florida won't get him to 270 electoral votes.
Today in Poll Watch: It's unclear who won the vice-presidential debate, and Mitt Romney is leading President Obama in Florida and New Hampshire.
Mitt better pick carefully, New Hampshire is tight, and New Jersey is blue. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
We already know about the Romney Olympics, the annual fourth of July family competition that can get pretty competitive, but we wondered what else the Romney family likes to do while on vacation at their New Hampshire home. So, we did some digging and found out.
The Romney Olympics is not a joke, but in fact a for-real documented-by-witnesses official thing, and it will take place this week as the Romney family vacations at their New Hampshire home.
Mitt Romney will go on a five-day bus tour through six states this week, and where he plans on going offers clues to how the presidential election is shaping up.
The biggest story of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been that he can't get Republican voters excited about him. Well, meet, New Hampshire's Pete Galamaga, who really likes Mitt.
It's a strange Constitutional quirk that the voters of only a couple states will be lavished with -- and tortured by -- attention from the presidential candidates till November.
You'd think Mitt Romney had a good night last night if you just looked at the numbers. But you're probably not just reading the numbers.
President Obama won the other primary in New Hampshire last night with 82 percent of the 47,000 votes -- a far lower percentage and turnout than Bill Clinton got in 1996. Does it spell doom -- a lack of Democratic enthusiasm, or support in the state?
By being an on-air crank, the former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff actually made the anti-climactic Romney victory last night worth watching.
What did Mitt Romney's campaign do with the huge amount of money it raised? Figure out who in New Hampshire shops at Williams-Sonoma.
Mitt Romney's big victory in New Hampshire was decisive, but expected, which means it will take another 10 days — and another vote in South Carolina — before any more Republican contenders are driven from the race.
Jon Huntsman jumps out to an early lead in the New Hampshire primary (2 votes!), but got more bad news when his application for the Arizona ballot was rejected.
Last-minute polls show Jon Huntsman finally starting to make an impact on the New Hampshire primary, but is it too little too late?
A New Hampshire voter asks Romney if the solution for middle class woes might be sacrifice from Romney and his fellow 1-percenters.
In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney is looking like Gozer the Destructor, while his scrappy rivals for the Republican nomination are merely trying to make their looming losses a little more comfortable.
A crowd of mostly college-aged students at a New Hampshire town hall booed Rick Santorum when he compared gay marriage to polygamy.
Newt Gingrich is absolutely furious that Mitt Romney was able to benefit from the negative campaigning tactics Gingrich pioneered in the 1990s without getting his hands dirty thanks to the Supreme Court decision that Gingrich supported!
Rick Santorum might not win New Hampshire, but with the help of Newt Gingrich, maybe he can watch Mitt Romney lose.
There's reason to suspect that Ron Paul could overcome meager poll numbers to compete in the Granite State, especially if he wins in Iowa.
Celebrities always die in threes, and today we have Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong Il, and the presidential aspirations of Newt Gingrich.
It seems like a hundred polls are released every day now that the Iowa caucuses are less than a month away. Here's our guide to which ones matter and why.
The reason why Mitt Romney can afford to look cavalier about competing in the Iowa caucuses is because he's had a commanding lead in polling in the first early voting state, New Hampshire--until today, that is, when a new poll showed that back-from-the-dead Newt Gingrich is virtually tied with him.
Mitt Romney says he's "been as consistent as human beings can be" to a New Hampshire newspaper editorial board Thursday, which, if true, means humans are always changing their opinions on abortion.
Michele Bachmann's five-person New Hampshire just quit en masse because in the words of Manchester TV station WMUR they felt "constantly betrayed and even lied to."
The college is taking measures to avoid any unpleasant outbursts
Promises to win in New Hampshire just as he fires his campaign manager there
And his campaign isn't quite sure whether he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional
Perry's impressive streak of victories in Texas are not a sign of cross-party appeal
Texas governor has been talking to fundraisers and Iowa and New Hampshire activists
Campaign has biggest staff in the state, but its primary could be less important this year
The former New York mayor is looking more and more like a presidential candidate
Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, and New Gingrich will be among the debaters
She says it's just a coincidence her bus tour will be near his announcement
In his formal 2012 announcment, he'll focus on his ideas for fixing the economy
She'll hit South Carolina and New Hampshire, but only because they're 'American'
Romney will make it official in New Hampshire, Bachmann in Iowa
The New York congressman said he "would consider" running if his pal opts out
While one is dogged by his Tiffany's bill, the other gets kudos for leather jackets
Stump self-pitying speech in New Hampshire slams media, and praises torture
The Tea Party's Rep. Frank Guinta catches heat at a New Hampshire townhall
Now that he's got the birther vote locked down, he's now also pro-life
Also wonders why "no one" has seen the president's baby photos
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