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Classic presidential foreign policy campaign gaffes. As much as we may love them on one level, presidential campaigns are awful enterprises. Candidates from both parties subject themselves to a seemingly ...

President Barack Obama's backers scrambled to keep his edge in the presidential race on Thursday after rival Mitt Romney's aggressive debate performance put his campaign on a more positive footing ...

After several difficult weeks, Republican Mitt Romney found his footing on Wednesday night in a strong debate performance against Democratic President Barack Obama. The question is whether it is too ...

President Obama and Mitt Romney finally get their chance tonight to take their campaign arguments directly to each other in the first of three televised debates. The stakes are high: ...

California Governor Jerry Brown has a problem. Call it the Munger problem. They're scions of a billionaire financier, one a liberal lawyer in Los Angeles and the other a conservative ...

President has been rehearsing in Las Vegas for showdown with Republican rival, who needs strong display after recent setbacks. Barack Obama has arrived in Denver for his debate showdown with ...

Guardian survey reveals marked drop compared to 2008 as Democrats attack GOP for trying to suppress minority voters. The Democratic and Republican parties are struggling to engage new voters in ...

A judge in the US state of Pennsylvania has stopped new ID requirements for voters from taking effect before November's presidential election. The ruling, which says voters do not need ...

Two days before the first presidential debate, a new national survey indicates a very close contest between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the race for the ...

The Supreme Court is back to work today, prompting a round of stories about why possible vacancies aren't being discussed in the presidential election and who would Mitt Romney appoint ...