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Mitt Romney has more than doubled President Barack Obama’s fundraising in Connecticut. Business Insider notes, what may be more troubling for the Obama campaign is that his lead in what should be a more-than-reliable state for him has decreased to

He’s got an iconic personal plane, a fortress-on-wheels armored car and lives in a historic home: so what do you get the President of the United States for his birthday? How about the state of Florida? President Barack Obama told

It’s getting pretty desperate in the fundraising corners of the Obama campaign. Not only is Obama being forced to do something sitting presidents don’t normally do, attend many fundraisers late in his reelection campaign, but Democratic Party officials are openly

In his interview with ABC News over the weekend, former Vice President Dick Cheney was not only wrong to take a public shot at Governor Sarah Palin in the sense that lending any kind of affirmation to a media narrative

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONOn a trip to Israel, Mitt Romney is trying to win over a tiny sliver of a small but powerful section of the American electorate. President Barack Obama is doing the same at home. But while Romney’s

Polls and the behavior of the Obama campaign show that the unceasing attacks on Romney’s business record have not only failed to hurt Romney but have probably backfired on the President, hurting the only thing keeping him alive — his

Since first asking U.S. intelligence and security agencies to look into possible ties between Huma Abedin and the Muslim Brotherhood, the personal attacks on Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) have been relentless. First from Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and then from

The Obama campaign has four paid staffers in South Carolina, a state which last voted Democrat for President in 1976, when neighboring Governor Jimmy Carter edged President Gerald Ford. This is all the evidence you need to know the campaign

Over the past week, Senator John McCain has been a vocal critic of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s attempts to launch an investigation into Huma Abedin’s alleged familial ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. McCain went so far as to say that Bachmann’s

According to a brand new Rasmussen poll out this morning, military veterans prefer Mitt Romney by a wide margin, 59% to 35%. Another 5% prefer a third party candidate; 2% are undecided. This poll has been echoed by Gallup, which

(AP) Obama to comfort families of movie theater victimsBy MARK S. SMITHAssociated PressWASHINGTONOnce again donning the mantle of consoler-in-chief, President Barack Obama will travel Sunday to Colorado to comfort distraught families of those gunned down in a minute and a

Remember what Sen. John McCain said about Huma Abedin yesterday? “Recently, it has been alleged that Huma, a Muslim American, is part of a nefarious conspiracy to harm the United States by unduly influencing U.S. foreign policy at the Department

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities is a treaty that many believe “surrenders U.S. sovereignty to unelected UN bureaucrats and will threaten parental control over children with disabilities.” According to The Hill, the Senate Foreign

John McCain has now denounced Michelle Bachmann for requesting that the State, Homeland Security, Defense and Justice Departments, investigate potential “policies and activities that appear to be the result of influence operations conducted by individuals and organizations associated with the

Here’s a couple of things you might not know about me. I believe strongly in…. 1. World peace. 2. That all politicians should release at least the last five years of their tax returns. I hate war and nuclear weapons

CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes spoke with Senators Dick Lugar and John McCain on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The two Republicans both ran for president, but have differing opinions on whether Mitt Romney should release more of his tax

News that Democrats have threatened to allow “nearly $600 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts”–otherwise known as “Taxmageddon” in January may prove to be Barack Obama’s undoing in the Fall. Recent news suggests this is not a popular

Mitt Romney just walked into the lion’s den. Romney, who spoke before the NAACP last week, took his wife Ann and met with Oprah Winfrey on Friday for an interview that will be published in her magazine O, The Oprah magazine. Winfrey

Why is John McCain refraining from joining Democrats who are initiating a measure strengthening campaign finance reform? McCain, known as the father of campaign reform, will not join the Democrats; not a single Republican in the Senate will. The bill, called the

Nancy Pelosi thinks that Mitt Romney made a “calculated move” to get booed by speaking to the NAACP: “I think it was a calculated move on his part to get booed at the NAACP convention,” she said. When Romney stated

The Hill reports that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to allow a vote on the defense authorization bill on Thursday, saying the Senate could fail to pass a defense authorization bill for the first

Despite potential criticisms for not sticking close to him, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says it’s important the Republican candidate go to Israel because there could be a “serious crisis between Israel and Iran.”

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the president should speak out for the people of Syria and the United States should arm rebels because “it’s not a fair fight” now.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on the situation in Syria, Afghanistan, and Campaign 2012

This past weekend there was a fundraising gathering for Mitt Romney in Park City, Utah. There were many Republican luminaries who attended, including VP hopefuls like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, South Dakota Sen.

One month before the 2008 election, candidate Obama gave an interviewto ABC’s Charlie Gibson after a campaign rally in Indiana. The topic ofthe interview was the economic crisis and what to do about it. Askedwhat he would do that would

At the end of May, Gallup released a poll that found Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama by 24 points, 58% to 34% among veterans, who make up 13% of the population. Romney, who did not serve in the military,

A new Gallup poll shows that union member support for President Obama has dropped dramatically since his huge election victory in 2008. During that election, 67 percent of union members voted for Obama. Today, just 57 percent of union members

Yesterday, Breitbart News reported a number of polls that showed troubling signs for Team Obama; union support is down nationwide and, in the states of New York and North Carolina respectively, Jewish and black support has tumbled. According to a

New York won’t be a swing state, but a new poll shows Jewish support for Obama there has dropped 22%. The poll, conducted by Siena College, finds that currently President Obama has the support of 51 percent of Jewish voters,

Mormon support for Mitt Romney is stronger than it was for John McCain in 2008, and Jewish support for Barack Obama is dwindling, according to a new Gallup poll.  In 2008, McCain got 75% of the Mormon vote; Romney is polling at

Sen. John McCain said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Attorney General Eric Holder has “no credibility” to oversee the investigations into national security leaks.

President Barack Obama is spending his time these days hobnobbing with the likes of George Clooney, Tobey Maguire and Dave Matthews at posh fundraisers where the entrance fee can be as high as $40,000. Meanwhile, the nation’s economic news keeps getting worse,

Today the Obama campaign, in obvious coordination with the Washington Post, expected to launch a new attack against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney from the steps of the Massachusetts state capital. The Post wrote a story critical of Romney’s time

Planned Parenthood, panicked that their funnel of money from the federal government will close under a Romney Administration, has filmed a new ad attacking Romney that will run in three pivotal states. The organization that performs over 200,000 abortions every year is

Soledad O’Brien and CNN beclowning themselves to shill for Obama is hardly news. What is news, though, is Romney surrogate John Sununu aggressively pushing back against CNN and O’Brien for carrying and enabling the Obama campaign’s talking points regarding Donald