Mitt Romney Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Mitt Romney.
In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites
America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Had people voted last November at the ...
Bombing shifts Mass. Senate race before primaries
Even before the explosions, polling suggested that Massachusetts voters weren't excited about the looming special election to replace former U.S. Sen. John Kerry. But in the days after bombs ripped through the Boston Marathon's crowded streets, politics were all but forgotten as authorities launched an unprecedented manhunt and a region ...
Mitt Romney gives commencement speech in Va
Mitt Romney has given the commencement address at Southern Virginia University, telling more than 110 graduating students to live abundant lives that include raising families and serving God. Romney, a Mormon and Republican presidential nominee who lost to President Barack Obama in November, sprinkled life experiences and quoted Scripture during ...
GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states
Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim the majority in Washington. It's a potentially troubling sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching could spill over into next year's congressional elections. The vote is more than 18 months away, ...
Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight
President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said were efforts across the country to turn women's health back to the 1950s. Obama's comments were the first by a sitting president before the abortion-rights group. He lauded its nearly 100 years of service to ...
For Obama, a testing, trying and emotional week
For President Barack Obama, one of his most wrenching White House weeks saw the fresh specter of terrorism and the first crushing political defeat of his new term, and the more emotional side of a leader often criticized for appearing clinical or detached. The events presented sharp tests for a ...
Election will decide health law's future
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture. The law "will fall in November by a vote of the American people," Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant pledged that day, speaking for many other Republicans. Democrats were more ...
Employers expected to keep some of health law's popular provisions, even if Obama loses
No matter who wins the presidential election, most workers who get health insurance through their jobs won't see a lot of immediate changes in their health benefits. Employers will continue looking for ways to cap expenses, moving toward higher deductible policies, or placing limits on how much they pay toward ...
A confusing cascade of election numbers
Between the polls and an avalanche of data about early voting and absentee ballots, both parties continue to say the election clues favor their side as Americans get ready to finish the 2012 race for the White House. At the risk of drawing a lot of sharp jabs from partisans ...
One last day on the campaign trail
From Orlando, Florida In a series of rallies on Monday, President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will take their case to the voters one final time, appealing for support in a last dash through the swing states of the 2012 race for the White House. The President will hit Wisconsin ...
Romney makes a play for Pennsylvania
By next Wednesday, the decision of Mitt Romney's campaign to try to win Pennsylvania will either be seen as fabulous late move to win the race for the White House or just a doomed last ditch attempt that should have been rejected by top advisers. Pennsylvania has not been part ...
Five days left on the campaign trail
As President Obama heads back out on the campaign trail today for the first time since Hurricane Sandy struck the Eastern Seaboard, there are only five days left for both Mr. Obama and Republican Mitt Romney to choose where it is best to spend precious campaign time. The President's schedule ...
Sandy doesn't stop campaign sparring
While both President Obama and Mitt Romney held off on campaign work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, their campaign aides and surrogates were exercising no restraint, engaged in a bitter battle of words that raised questions on both sides about who is holding a full house and who is ...
Hurricane Sandy alters campaign plans
The threat of Hurricane Sandy has introduced a new element into the race for the White House with just over a week left until Election Day, as both President Obama and Mitt Romney have had to shake up their schedule over concerns about the weather. Romney scrapped a full day ...
Obama, Romney shun stops in Wisconsin
The countdown is on to Election Day, so let's start going swing state by swing state on our way to November 6. Let's begin with a state that has been under the radar - Wisconsin. It's difficult to tell that ten Electoral Votes in Wisconsin could be pivotal on election ...
Why is Paul Ryan in states that don't matter?
On Thursday morning, a top spokeswoman for the Mitt Romney campaign tweeted out news that they had raised almost $112 million in the first half of October, again showcasing the GOP ability to bring in big money to this year's race for the White House. But if Romney has a ...
New Obama and Romney ads out
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns rolled out new television ads in the immediate aftermath of the final Presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida, with just two weeks until Election Day. The new Obama ad is targeted at key swing states like Florida and Ohio, and is basically a summary ...
The final Obama Romney debate
With about 15 minutes left in the final Obama-Romney debate, Republicans decided to rush their surrogates into the "Spin Alley" reaction area at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. A few minutes later, Democrats followed to get their message out, as both sides declared victory. The reaction was predictable, as ...
New Obama ad attacks on foreign policy
From Boca Raton, Florida - President Obama is out with a new ad attacking Mitt Romney on foreign policy, just hours before the two men are set to meet in their third and final debate before Election Day. "President Obama ended the Iraq War; Mitt Romney would have left 30,000 ...
Obama, Romney square off over foreign policy
From Boca Raton, Florida - President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will square off Monday night in their third and final debate, a discussion to be focused on foreign policy, which has already caused fireworks between the two campaigns in recent weeks. Last week's debate at Hofstra University in ...
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