HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — President Barack Obama stepped onto the stage here on Long Island ready to brawl. Within moments, he had called a Mitt Romney assertion “not true” and ridiculed his opponent’s five-point plan as a one-point plan — that one point being that the wealthy play by one set of rules, while everyone else […]

The biggest winner during Tuesday night’s town hall presidential debate may have been “binders full of women.” In response to a question about what the candidates would do to address gender inequality in the workplace, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that when he was governor and looking to fill his cabinet, women’s groups brought […]

Presidential debate moderator Candy Crowley fact checked Mitt Romney after the Republican presidential candidate charged that President Obama failed to call the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi an “act of terror.” (See update below). More than an hour into the debate, an undecided voter in the town hall forum asked the president about […]

Washington (CNN) — After near-universal bad reviews of his first presidential debate with Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama will bring more energy and passion to his second showdown with the GOP nominee, advisers to the president said Sunday. Yet the come-out-swinging attitude many Democrats crave could be hindered by the debate’s town hall format, which […]

Hempstead, New York (CNN) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off Tuesday in the second of their three debates, this one in a town hall-style setting in which they’ll take questions from likely voters. The stakes couldn’t be higher: Obama must get his campaign back on track after a poor performance […]

In case you missed it, watch the Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Paul Ryan!

A combative debate on Thursday between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan came down to the issue of trust. They challenged each…

The folks on “Sesame Street” aren’t happy with the Obama campaign. The Sesame Workshop, which runs “Sesame Street,” put out a statement on Tuesday asking the campaign to take down a cheeky ad that prominently features Big Bird. The ad mocks Mitt Romney’s vow to end the federal subsidy to PBS. It paints Big Bird […]

UPDATE — 1:30 p.m. : On Tuesday, Gallup released its first polling results on the presidential race among respondents they consider most likely to vote. Among likely voters interviewed over the last week, they show Republican nominee Mitt Romney with a 2-point advantage over President Barack Obama (49 percent to 47 percent). Their results for […]

During his celeb-filled “30 Days to Victory Concert” fundraiser in Los Angeles on Sunday, President Barack Obama poked fun at his listless debate performance last…

“I’m not going to say I’ve done a poor job…” That was Jim Lehrer’s assessment of his performance as the moderator of the first presidential debate of the 2012 election. Sadly for him, many disagreed. It was Lehrer’s 12th time moderating, but he was largely unsuccessful in his attempts to corral the candidates. Both President […]

(CNN) — Incumbent presidents often take it on the chin when they return to the debate stage after a four-year absence. Wednesday night in Denver added another such instance to the history books. It’s not that Mitt Romney was particularly stellar, but rather that President Obama fell short. In an untested format for presidential debates, […]