It is not Romney's wealth that makes him unable to relate. It is his incapacity to acknowledge the privileged position from which he began.

Is an individual mandate in the name of guaranteeing universal coverage, an example of socialism? Look in a mirror, Mitt, Newt and Rick. If it's socialism when Obama does it, what does that make you?

We often believe that we understand things better than we do, and we often elect politicians without knowing why we like one and dislike the other.

Mitt Romney scored two minor but symbolically important victories on Saturday -- a first-place finish in the CPAC Straw poll and a win in the Maine ca...

DES MOINES, Iowa — From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination. GOP primary voters can catch the...

Iit's time to haul out the old crystal ball and attempt to predict what's going to happen. If you hate these types of speculative wonktastic articles, then I strongly advise you to just close this article right now.

BRADFORD, N.H. -- Jon Marden has a problem. The New Hampshire primary is today and the registered Republican can't decide who to vote for. It isn'...

LEBANON, N.H. -- Hoping to establish a competitive position once the Republican presidential primary contest shifts its focus from Iowa to New Hampshi...

This year we'll only be offering up picks for the Republican side all year, until we get to the general election. So, let's wipe the slate clean, dust off the crystal ball, and dive right into the 2012 election cycle!

Interviews with activists across 20 U.S. states indicate that Tea Party groups, far from fading, have evolved into an increasingly sophisticated and e...

Ron Paul's new ad attacking Newt Gingrich exaggerates Gingrich's net worth when he left Congress in 1998. The ad, released Sunday, calls Gingrich...

Dwindling state revenues and new federal election laws are among the reasons states have been changing the dates of primary elections in 2012. As more...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Trading accusations of greed, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich challenged each other Monday to return millions made in private b...

The Republican race for president seems -- for the moment -- to be increasingly a contest between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. And with fewer than f...

By SHANNON McCAFFREY, The Associated Press ATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich has charged into the fray over undocumented immigration, risking conservative i...

A series of disputes is likely to send voters in two states to the polls more than once for 2012 party primaries. An impasse among Ohio legislator...

WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich is schlepping some supersized luggage along as his Republican presidential campaign takes off: He's got trunkloads of...

WASHINGTON — Most of the Republican presidential candidates want to wipe away lifetime tenure for federal judges, cut the budgets of courts that...

The Occupy Wall Street protests that began in mid-September as a small group of demonstrators camped out near the New York Stock Exchange has spread a...

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney faced relentless criticism four years ago for changing his positions on abortion and gay rights and equivocating on other is...

At the Fox News/Google GOP presidential debate held on September 22, members of the audience booed after an openly gay soldier serving in Iraq present...

WASHINGTON -- So much for pushing back the start of primary season. Despite efforts by both political parties to avoid a repeat of 2008 by delaying e...

Rick Perry's campaign released an ad Sunday attacking Mitt Romney for changing a passage in his book, No Apology, that deals with the health care refo...

WASHINGTON - Republican angst about 2012 is growing. Nearly three months into the year, it appears the GOP field of presidential candidates is nar...