Why the GOP can't stop dreaming of a Condi candidacy

theGRIO REPORT - Whether it’s headlines on the Drudge Report or speculation about her vice presidential prospects in the mainstream media, Condoleezza Rice remains a figure of endless fascination for political watchers...

Romney accuses Obama of dismantling welfare reform

Julie Pace and Steve Peoples, Associated Press

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) - Making a play for middle-class voters, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought Tuesday to elevate welfare reform as a campaign issue, accusing President Barack Obama of encouraging a 'culture of dependency'...

Has Mitt Romney been 'vetted' like Obama?

James Braxton Peterson

OPINION - If in 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama had refused to release his tax returns, we would not currently be in a run-up to President Obama’s re-election because there would not be a President Obama...

Ted Nugent: ‘Obama represents everything bad about humanity’

Caryn Freeman

theGRIO REPORT - Conservative musician and Mitt Romney supporter Ted Nugent has made yet another incendiary remark about President Barack Obama....

Obama, DNC raise $75 million in July

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee raised $75 million in July for the president's re-election campaign...

Condoleezza Rice to speak at RNC

Philip Elliott, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - A trio of female firsts and three former GOP presidential contenders are among the first speakers disclosed for August's Republican National Convention...

Romney: 'I have paid taxes every year'

Steve Peoples. Associated Press

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Friday that he has 'paid taxes every year — and a lot of taxes'...

Allen West: Mitt Romney's VP must have military experience

theGrio

In a recent speech, Rep. Allen West expressed his view that whoever Mitt Romney chooses as his vice presidential running mate, must have military experience..

Jobs report presents mixed blessing for Obama

Julie Pace and Ken Thomas, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama got new figures Friday to buttress his argument that he's presiding over steady, if slow, economic growth. But the government's report that the overall rate of unemployment actually crept up to 8.3 percent allows Republican rival Mitt Romney to keep pressure on Obama to defend his record...

Obama's 51st b'day wish revealed

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama has a simple wish for his upcoming 51st birthday: Florida's 29 electoral votes...