WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama insists he is not in campaign mode and won't be until after his Republican presidential challenger is chosen, des...

WASHINGTON - Voter turnout will likely drop substantially in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, due in part to decreased interest among young pe...

When leaders of the Republican Party look at an electoral map and decide which states are firmly are in their column, South Carolina is one of the fir...

WASHINGTON -- A senior political adviser is defending President Barack Obama's campaign-style travels to sell his jobs program, saying "he's out there...

If the president and his advisors believe that prodigious fund-raising will assure his reelection, they are mistaken. In the real world, his reelection will depend ultimately upon his successful exercise of bold and imaginative executive leadership.

When the Wednesday morning of Nov. 7, 2012 begins, we may look back on the week of Sept. 19, 2011 as a turning point in the presidency of Barack Obama and his candidacy for re-election.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that "everything is worse" under President Barack Obama. "This is our election to lose," Graham told Ca...

GOP candidates "bow and genuflect" to the Tea Party, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "As I listen to the Repub...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama launches a political counteroffensive this week, weighed down by a stunted economy, wilting support among so...

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama suffered a defeat in the battle over raising the U.S. debt limit that may have repercussi...

On Monday, Donald Trump urged Republicans to reject any deal with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling and let the country risk default. Economists and...

PHILADEPHIA -- Even as President Barack Obama's re-election effort is powering toward an impressive early fundraising haul, campaign officials are try...

WASHINGTON -- Running for re-election, President Barack Obama is employing powers not available to his Republican challengers. Just this week he's hol...

If in the next year America sees a strong president firmly leading the country to solve its big problems, it won't matter who the Republican opponent is, he will win. And if they don't see that, a billion dollars or more won't stop the tide.

Instead, as Obama keeps the White House press corps at a distance, he has sat for more than a dozen interviews with their colleagues from local TV sta...

For all of President Obama's talk about the economy during the 2008 campaign, the issue that gave him a crucial early opening against Senator Hillary ...

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama rode a wave of voter passion in 2008 fed largely by intense dislike of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, plus...

BOSTON — Placing a limit on his own willingness to slice spending, President Barack Obama issued a not-too-veiled warning at Republican budget c...

As Republicans dither, debating who is and who isn't in the 2012 race for the White House, President Obama and his team are moving swiftly to dive int...

The White House says President Obama has not made a decision on where to locate his reelection headquarters for 2012, but observers expect the campaig...