WASHINGTON -- A week ago, The Des Moines Register surprised the political world by endorsing Mitt Romney for president, the first time the storied Iow...

Stephanie Cutter, a top adviser to the Obama campaign, said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Republican nomin...

The Des Moines Register announced in an editorial released on Saturday night that it would back Mitt Romney in 2012. It implored readers to give Romne...

By focusing on the white vote and ignoring the non-white vote, Mitt Romney has given the significant and growing non-white voter block in America their decision: vote for the non-white guy, he's one of us.

Demographics are destiny, but Team Obama may be taking that a bit too literally. Play-to-the-base campaigns are particularly risky for Democrats gi...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama told The Des Moines Register on Tuesday that there was a strong possibility that he'd win a second term because o...

Those who wondered Tuesday why President Barack Obama did not have time to meet with foreign leaders at the United Nations have their answer. He ha...

WASHINGTON -- Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) said in an interview Friday that he is going to begin paying 20 percent of his own health care premiums vol...

We must stop this Religion-based bigotry. I once again appeal to you as the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) to sit down face to face and find common ground.

On New Year's Eve exactly four years ago, the Des Moines Register released its final poll of Iowa caucus-goers and turned the political world upside d...

The Des Moines Register, Iowa's biggest and most influential newspaper, announced that it would endorse Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for pres...

Newt Gingrich believes people can choose to be straight, just like they can "choose to be celibate." During an interview with the Des Moines Regist...

WASHINGTON -- Eighteen years after he led Republicans to an unexpected takeover of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich looks increasingly pois...

The latest results from the highly respected and much anticipated Des Moines Register Iowa Poll are in, and they show the duo of Herman Cain and Mitt ...

Former House Speaker and struggling presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sure has a way with words. During a campaign event in Iowa Friday, Gingri...

The Des Moines Register objected Friday to the Tim Pawlenty campaign sending an email blast with a portion of a front-page profile about the candidate...

The first Des Moines Register Poll was released on June 25 and it really does matter; this is the first substantive poll of the race. Why? The poll is...

We all remember George W. Bush's quip, but it appears that Sen. John McCain has similar aspirations.