Politicians like to have a character to refer to in their stump speeches to dramatize their abstract disagreements with their opponent's position -- a widow without health care, a Wall Street banker ...

Why are the presidential candidates spending so much time raising so much money? To buy TV ads. In Ad Watch, we review the results of their heroic efforts as they come out. Today: Usually Democrats ...

President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made clear this week that they share an overriding belief: American political and economic values should triumph in the world. Where the ...

President Barack Obama aggressively attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romney on foreign policy on Monday in their third and final debate in an effort to blunt his opponent’s surge in the polls with ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. — President Obama on Tuesday renewed his public push for a "Buffett rule," hoping that the proposal to raise taxes on millionaires will deepen distinctions with his political rivals ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican Party challenger in the upcoming presidential election, Mitt Romney, have squared off in the first presidential debate in the city of Denver, Colorado.

BOCA RATON, FL - OCTOBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) debates with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as moderator Bob Schieffer (C) of CBS looks on at the Keith C. and Elaine ...

Mitt Romney has caught up to President Obama in Ohio and Florida, but is still trailing in Pennsylvania, according to new polls released surveying voters in key 2012 battleground states. A Quinnipiac ...

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 ...

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 ...

the presidency. Romney has spent a lifetime double-talking, double-dealing, changing positions, weathervaning and Etch-a-Sketching. On gay marriage I agree with the president’s position. All people ...

Although foreign policy does not appear to be a major issue in the campaign between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, “foreign policy can play a [significant] role given ...