President Obama's attacks on Bain Capital is testing a bond formed by Bill Clinton, who showed that Democrats could be both populist and friendly to Wall Street, The New York Times reports.
The tight battle between President Obama and Mitt Romney has barely budged despite all the major news developments of the past month, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll finds.
It's a GOP attack ad, but with a soft approach, and it's expected to become one of the most heavily broadcast commercials of this phase of the general election, The New York Times reports.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 | Source: The Associated Press
President Obama presses his attacks on Mitt Romney's background as a venture capitalist, arguing that profit-making alone is not a qualification for the White House.
Monday, 21 May 2012 | Source: Christian Science Monitor
Ron Paul won 12 of 13 delegates in Minnesota's state GOP convention. If Mitt Romney has the nomination all but tied up and Paul has effectively ended his campaign, why continue the fight?
Monday, 21 May 2012 | Source: The Associated Press
Twenty-two states have joined Montana in fighting to prevent the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
Monday, 21 May 2012 | Source: The Associated Press
Mitt Romney and his party raised a sizable $40 million last month, but many donors who backed his primary election challengers have not come to his aid.
Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, a prominent Democrat enlisted as a surrogate for President Obama’s campaign, sharply criticized it on Sunday for attacking Mitt Romney’s work at the private equity firm Bain Capital.
Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.
Mitt Romney raised almost as much money as President Obama last month, taking in more than $40.1 million in fundraising efforts for his campaign and the Republican Party.
Thursday, 17 May 2012 | Source: The Associated Press
The billionaire said to be weighing a proposal to resurrect incendiary comments by President Obama's former pastor has shelved the idea after it was rejected by Mitt Romney.
Thursday, 17 May 2012 | Source: The New York Times
Conservative billionaire Joe Ricketts is planning to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the super PAC era against President Obama, The New York Times reports.
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