Politicians like to have a character to refer to in their stump speeches to dramatize their abstract disagreements with their opponent's position -- a widow without health care, a Wall Street banker ...

(AP) Four years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama got a head start on Arizona Sen. John McCain when it came to reaching voters online, on their mobile phones and on social media. Young voters, the group ...

Romney's war chest is double that of his next two GOP rivals. Feb. 1, 2012 -- intro:The general election is still 10 months away, but the most expensive election in U.S. history is well under way.

President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with Entertainment Tonight, alongside First Lady Michelle Obama, to discuss recent developments on the campaign trail. In particular, he took a chance ...

The Obama campaign is posting much more digital content on many more platforms than the Romney campaign—and it's being shared more than twice as much. Those are among the findings of a new study ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney each got new evidence to bolster his closing argument Friday from an economic report showing more job creation and an ...

Famed turnaround artist Mitt Romney has successfully turned around his campaign once before, during the Republican primary, but right now, the stakes are much higher and the campaign is climbing back ...

Vincent Papa liked Barack Obama. So he put his money where his proverbial mouth was and sent the president's campaign a $10 contribution last November. Eight days later, he still liked the president.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as eager to "rubber stamp" a conservative Republican congressional agenda to cut ...

Surrogates for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama clashed Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press over Romney’s comment at a fundraiser that he cannot win 47 percent of ...

Mitt Romney would later describe it as one of his biggest regrets about his first run for public office. In 1994, Romney was a virtual unknown running to unseat Ted Kennedy as U.S. senator from ...