Bowles-Simpson? Come on, are we supposed to know what that is? And all the math lessons... At least we know what Romney likes -- coal, Big Bird, Jim Lehrer and presumably vacant smiles.

* Romney viewed positively for first time in campaign * Republican nominee makes gains on economic issues * He shores up...

Obama's record is his firepower -- a firepower that Romney can never match. The right deployment of it is to take it to Romney, hard, fast, and unapologetically.

Amendments shouldn't be taken lightly. Tinkering with our founding document is a dangerous business, especially at a time when our Congress is as dysfunctional as ever. But there are powerful reasons why pushing for one is an important task.

It is not altogether clear who the audience was for this fact-checking: the political press? Dissatisfied supporters? Undecided opponents? Simply trying to follow the rapidly scrolling posts, while simultaneously watching the debate was exceedingly difficult and confusing.

Much of the attention following the first presidential debate in Denver, Colo., Wednesday night has been focused on Mitt Romney's bid to recast himsel...

The Barack Obama who showed up at the first debate looks more than a little like the kumbaya campfire singer who in his first term kept turning the other cheek to Republicans whose goal was to delegitimize and destroy him.

Last night, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney faced off in the first presidential debate of 2012 in Denver, Colo. But while the mainstream media ...

The campaigns of President Barack Obama and GOP presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney both released ads Thursday on taxes. The Romney campaign stru...

During Wednesday evening's presidential debate in Denver, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney talked about their big ideas, but,...

DENVER — Looking for a quick recovery from a disappointing debate, President Barack Obama questioned the identity of the "real" Mitt Romney on T...

WASHINGTON -- Despite the fact that Wednesday night's presidential debate in Denver took place about 10 miles away from the site of the July mass shoo...

President Barack Obama's top campaign adviser pledged Thursday morning that there would be "adjustments" in strategy before Obama faces off against Mi...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is tickled pink. After predicting earlier that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's first debate performance...

By BEN FELLER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney was fiery and having fun. President Barack Obama came off as the professor wi...