Mitt Romney: 'I am who I am'
theGRIO REPORT - Despite badly trailing President Obama in terms of which candidate voters find more likable, Mitt Romney says he's not going to try to win over people through personality...
Obama: Romney has taken 'extreme positions'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into 'extreme positions' on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected...
Why is Romney talking about birth certificates?
ANALYSIS - Mitt Romney's nod to the conservative birther conspiracy in a speech today in Michigan is a move that is almost impossible to explain by any conventional political logic...
Poverty remains largely absent from 2012 campaign debate
OPINION - With the ranks of the poor surging and much of the nation hobbled economically, officeholders can barely find the courage to acknowledge that poverty even exists...
Judge: Obama win may mean 'civil war'
Tom Head, a Lubbock County Judge in Texas, talked with KJTV about raising taxes this coming year, and in the process noted that if President Obama is reelected, "I'm thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe."
A state-by-state look at Obama's lead
ANALYSIS-In NBC News’ latest battleground state map before the conventions, President Obama maintains his lead over Mitt Romney, with 237 electoral votes in the Democratic column and 191 in the GOP one
New poll reveals 2012's stark racial divide
theGRIO REPORT - A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll illustrates a racial polarization in the electorate that poses challenges for both candidates...
Why Romney can't move ahead of Obama
FIRST READ - Our latest NBC/WSJ poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by four points among registered voters, 48%-44 percent...
Armed man arrested for Obama threat
(AP) - The Secret Service on Tuesday arrested a Washington state man accused of making an email threat against President Barack Obama and brandishing a shotgun at officers who came to his door..
Republicans struggle with 'legitimate rape' fallout
FIRST READ - How is the GOP on the verge of losing a very winnable Senate race if Akin remains in it?
