Molly Ball

Mitt Romney is surging because women are abandoning the president. Why is this bloc so fluid? And can Obama get them back? More »

The president charges his rival with memory loss as he tries to convince voters the Romney of the debates is not the real GOP nominee. More »

Trying to better relate to voters, he's "gotten personal" in recent weeks -- and that means talking about death. A lot. More »

A focus group of the election's crucial demographic sees the candidates as "talking to each other" rather than to women voters. More »

A new study finds swing voters are persuaded by the president's commercials -- while his challenger's spots fail to move the needle. More »

Until Mitt Romney's strong showing in the first debate, his stumbles served to obscure a series of missteps by the president. More »

Forget winning over the Gen X vote. Ryan's biggest fans are older voters who loved his respectful demeanor at the vice-presidential debate. More »

The vice president turns in a bizarre, hammy performance against Paul Ryan -- but maybe that was what the reeling Obama campaign needed. More »

With both running mates a drag on their respective tickets, their best-case scenario in Thursday's debate may be to do no harm. More »

For the first time in the 2012 campaign, the wind is at the Republican's back. But can he make it last -- and will it be enough? More »

As they did in the Republican primary, the presidential debates this year could be having a bigger effect than they have in elections past. More »

The state could be among the first to legalize marijuana with a November ballot initiative. What would that mean for America's pro-pot movement? More »

The Western swing state may offer the Republican his ripest opportunity to pick up electoral votes -- but locals wonder if he's blowing it. More »

Frustration, anger, and denial -- until now mainly heard from Romney partisans -- were on display among Colorado supporters of the president following his weak debate. More »

The president's lackluster debate performance has the right gloating -- and liberals wondering why he didn't fight harder. More »

The stakes are high for Mitt Romney because the debate will tell us where the campaign is headed. More »

In Appalachian coal country, Romney is now viewed with nearly as much suspicion as Obama -- and that may be the story of the 2012 election. More »

In a bid to reclaim his wonky reputation, Ryan unveils a chart-laden slide show on the campaign trail. More »

In a new commercial airing heavily in swing states, the entire script is Romney's leaked comments about "entitled," government-dependent "victims." More »

The GOP nominee's scattershot campaign and faltering poll numbers have Democrats in Ohio and elsewhere saying, "Thanks, Mitt!" More »