obama defends foreign policy record against Republicans
24 May 2012, 1:10 am
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - President Barack obama on Wednesday staunchly defended his foreign policy record against Republican election-year criticism that he has overseen a decline in American power in the world. Addressing graduates of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, obama touted his decisions to pull U.S. forces out of Iraq, wind down the war in Afghanistan and order the ...

obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
24 May 2012, 12:35 am
His cash advantage threatened, President Barack obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat.

obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
24 May 2012, 12:07 am
Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall.

obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
23 May 2012, 6:43 pm
President Barack obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election.

obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps
23 May 2012, 3:20 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year. "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device," obama said in a statement. ...

obama to graduates: 'A new feeling about America'
23 May 2012, 3:19 pm
President Barack obama declared Wednesday the world has a "new feeling about America" and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes into a commencement speech to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

obama Trails Romney in Florida Poll
23 May 2012, 11:49 am
Mitt Romney now leads President obama in the race for Florida's 29 electoral votes, a significant reversal from earlier this spring, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released early on Wednesday.

obama's Blue-Collar Challenge
23 May 2012, 11:04 am
In aggressively advancing a populist message, the obama campaign is betting it can hold onto enough working-class white voters while maintaining its relatively upscale coalition from 2008. The Bain Capital backfire this week showed the dangers of relying too heavily on that strategy, and new poll data—along with last night’s results in Kentucky and Arkansas—show the challenges President obama ...

obama Jobs Council Has Buyout Execs Despite Bain Attacks
23 May 2012, 10:00 am
Are “job destroyers” sitting on President obama’s jobs council? There could be, if you believe the argument from Democrats and the obama campaign that private equity executives are profit seekers who often run roughshod over workers, companies and communities. Two obama-appointed members of the White...

obama's ruthless streak targets Romney
23 May 2012, 4:24 am
Barack obama may have made his name peddling hope and change, but his aspirational politics concealed a ruthless streak now being turned on the man who wants his job: Mitt Romney.