Molly Ball

The president's chances to win this Southern swing state look surprisingly strong, even as other states trend away from him. More »

In a round of interviews intended to lay questions to rest, the Republican nominee can't give a straight answer on his business career or his taxes. More »

The Republican nominee's corporate past continues to haunt him, even though it's been part of his political baggage since 1994. More »

Romney spoke to the annual gathering of black leaders, but the president is sending lower-ranking officials. There's no obvious political explanation. More »

The Republican candidate goes before an unfriendly audience of African-American activists and tells them things they don't want to hear. More »

The fourth-generation heir to the Bush political dynasty, groomed for office since his childhood, is coming of age and building a political network. More »

Romney has spent months trying to bait the president into a reaction, but now it's the Republican who seems to be getting hot under the collar. More »

The president hopes to seize the advantage on the economy by painting Republicans into a corner on middle-class tax rates. More »

Here is your 2012 presidential campaign in a nutshell: The unrepentant rich guy vs. the president drowning in bad economic news. More »

Parents tend to think their kids want more from them. But what they really wish is that their parents wouldn't be so anxious. More »

The president's former budget director is skeptical of GOP plans to repeal or subvert the Affordable Care Act in the wake of the Supreme Court decision. More »

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Mitch Daniels and the price of public service: Is our leadership suffering because of the pressure of public life on families? More »

The president's former top economist sees a stagnant economy on the horizon in the months leading up to the election. More »

Romney says the only way to eliminate Obamacare now is to vote out Obama, while the president tries to change the subject. More »

How the presidential candidates react to Thursday's ruling will set the tone for the coming debate over health care. More »

Unlike Obama, the GOP candidate has an appealingly simple argument: No matter what the court says, Obamacare was a waste of time. More »

Liberals increasingly fear they will be outspent in November the way they were in Wisconsin -- and they may be right. More »

Badly boxed in, the Republican nominee has no recourse but to attack Obama's order on young illegal immigrants without proposing an alternative. More »

Even as Democratic doubts about the president's reelection prospects have increased in recent weeks, the man in charge of the reelection effort projects confidence. More »

Republicans have a bumper crop of rising stars, but Democrats have so few prospects to succeed Barack Obama that their No. 1 choice has never won an election. More »