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Sorry, Marco Rubio: Obama Isn't As Divisive As Bush, Lincoln, or Clinton Reuters

Sorry, Marco Rubio: Obama Isn't As Divisive As Bush, Lincoln, or Clinton

And Republicans' protestations ring false when their no-compromises attitude has helped to create a polarized atmosphere.

Romney Is Projecting His Own Weaknesses Onto Obama Reuters

Romney Is Projecting His Own Weaknesses Onto Obama

The Republican's best bet is to paint the president as out of touch, weak on foreign policy, and bad for women, but Obama is fighting back.

'Obamacare' Might Not Work Out, But It's Way Too Soon to Tell Reuters

'Obamacare' Might Not Work Out, But It's Way Too Soon to Tell

Since most of the law's most important provisions haven't taken effect yet, Republican complaints are premature at best and misleading at worst.

Romney's NFL-Owner Friends: Why Doesn't He Learn From His Mistakes? Reuters

Romney's NFL-Owner Friends: Why Doesn't He Learn From His Mistakes?

Time after time, the former Massachusetts governor finds ways to show just how more wealthy he is than the average voter.

Romney's Bare-Chested Pictures: Nice Pecs, Too Much Information Laurie Romney

Romney's Bare-Chested Pictures: Nice Pecs, Too Much Information

The Republican front-runner has an impressive set of pecs, especially for a man his age. But privacy matters, even for candidates.

Mitt Romney Could Win His 'Away Games' in the South Reuters

Mitt Romney Could Win His 'Away Games' in the South

Conventional wisdom and the candidate himself see Mississippi and Alabama as tough for Romney, but don't count him out yet.

Romney's Washington Win: GOP Contest Goes Back to the Future Reuters

Romney's Washington Win: GOP Contest Goes Back to the Future

With his fifth straight primary or caucus victory, the former Massachusetts governor is looking like the inevitable nominee -- again.

Romney Ekes Out a Win in Tight Michigan Primary Reuters

Romney Ekes Out a Win in Tight Michigan Primary

By winning his home state, which had been billed as a must-win, and Arizona, he dodges a fierce round of second-guessing.

Romney to Auto Industry: Glad You're Not Dead—Really AP

Romney to Auto Industry: Glad You're Not Dead—Really

His 2008 call to 'let Detroit go bankrupt' put him on the defensive, and his more recent attempts to walk it back have only undermined him further.

Enough With the Obama Teleprompter Jokes Already Reuters

Enough With the Obama Teleprompter Jokes Already

They're stale, sometimes hypocritical, and could actually be counterproductive for the Republican Party.

Good Jobs News for America Is Bad News for Mitt Romney Reuters

Good Jobs News for America Is Bad News for Mitt Romney

A lower unemployment rate threatens the presumptive GOP nominee's plan to run against Obama's economic record.

Is Team Obama Trying to Boost Team Gingrich in Florida? Reuters

Is Team Obama Trying to Boost Team Gingrich in Florida?

A memo from the president's re-election team suggests he'd rather face the former speaker than Mitt Romney in a general election.

The Latest Front in the GOP's Gingrich Dilemma: Women Getty Images

The Latest Front in the GOP's Gingrich Dilemma: Women

As Republicans grapple with whether he's reliable enough to back, women -- from ex-wives to ex-colleagues -- are on both sides.

Will Obama's 'Promises Kept' Reminder Backfire? Getty Images

Will Obama's 'Promises Kept' Reminder Backfire?

The president's new video demonstrates he won't go down without a fight, but it's what's left out -- the economy -- that will dominate the conversation.

How Much Should We Read Into Santorum's Iowa Surge? Getty Images

How Much Should We Read Into Santorum's Iowa Surge?

The social conservative's gains in a new poll are impressive, but electability concerns and lack of economic expertise may hold him back.

Newt Gingrich Punches Hard at Ron Paul Reuters

Newt Gingrich Punches Hard at Ron Paul

After several brutal attack ads from his surging rival, Gingrich says he couldn't vote for Paul, who he says is not 'a serious person.'

Ex-Aide: Ron Paul's Foreign Policy is 'Sheer Lunacy' Reuters

Ex-Aide: Ron Paul's Foreign Policy is 'Sheer Lunacy'

A disillusioned former aide publishes scathing allegations, saying that Paul harbors anti-Israel views and is a 9/11 truther.

Gingrich's Version of American Exceptionalism Could Insult Our Allies Reuters

Gingrich's Version of American Exceptionalism Could Insult Our Allies

In suggesting that other nations don't take the costs of war as seriously, the former House Speaker has made an unpresidential assertion

Can Obama Win as a War President? WhiteHouse.gov

Can Obama Win as a War President?

With high unemployment and minimal job growth, Obama can't run on the economy. Can he win as commander in chief?

Occupy Wall Street Comes to D.C., but Can It Take Root? Reuters

Occupy Wall Street Comes to D.C., but Can It Take Root?

The tea party precedent suggests that a movement can flourish even with an unclear identity and some pretty far-out ideas

'I Wasn't Born at Harvard': Elizabeth Warren Meets the Voters Reuters

'I Wasn't Born at Harvard': Elizabeth Warren Meets the Voters

Now running for the U.S. Senate, the consumer advocate conservatives love to hate turns out to have a deft touch on the stump

Why Is the GOP Fussing Over Social Security? Medicare Is the Real Problem Reuters

Why Is the GOP Fussing Over Social Security? Medicare Is the Real Problem

Social Security is fine through 2037, though you wouldn't know it from listening to the Republican presidential field. Not so Medicare.

Rick Perry's Jobs Strategy: Raiding Other States Reuters

Rick Perry's Jobs Strategy: Raiding Other States

Wooing companies to Texas with lower wages and less regulation is not a model that can be replicated at the national level

Obama on Jobs: Leading From Out Front Reuters

Obama on Jobs: Leading From Out Front

Sometimes a speech is just a speech, but President Obama's speech to Congress wasn't one of those times

Romney vs. Perry: Worth Waiting For Reuters

Romney vs. Perry: Worth Waiting For

Romney attacks Perry on Social Security as the Texas governor once again calls it a "Ponzi scheme"

Michele Bachmann's Tough Fall Reuters

Michele Bachmann's Tough Fall

With her campaign for the GOP presidential nod stalled, the Minnesota congresswoman shake ups her staff. But can it work?

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