Over the past week, Republicans of all stripes have been grappling with the reasons for Mitt Romney‘s defeat and the attendant ramifications. The post-election postmortems have been equal parts spin ...

When David Simas left Washington in 2011 and set out for Chicago and the Obama re-election campaign, things “looked bleak” for the incumbent president. For one thing, unemployment remained high in the ...

President Obama just can't help lifting from Mitt Romney, apparently--but does Romney really want everyone to know that? Eying Obama's video launching his 2012 campaign, grassroots site Mitt Romney ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Holy fucking shit. This is the most brutal attack ad I’ve seen in a long, long time. It minces the hell out of Romney’s offshore fortunes and his record as a jobs exporter (in the private and public ...

President Barack Obama hammered home his message of tax fairness at a community college in Iowa Tuesday just after Mitt Romney called him an "extreme liberal" at dueling swing state campaign event in ...

Fundamentals usually prevail in American elections. That’s bad news for Barack Obama. True, Americans want to think well of their presidents and many think it would be bad if Americans were perceived ...

President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney made Columbus one of their precious few last stops on the eve of Election Day, trying to close the deal with voters and win Ohio and its ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

[Retweets are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent endorsements. You have a problem, take it to the tweeter.] Mitt Romney had to thread a very fine needle during last night’s foreign ...

Mitt Romney is too much like Barack Obama. I don't see how he wins the 2012 GOP nod because he's got too much in common with the guy he wants to replace. Both men began a run for the White House ...

President Obama has seen his popularity dip significantly in the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania and is now tied in matchups with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Rick ...