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In Maine, Paul vies to extend Romney losing streak

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:58:18 -0500

Mitt Romney hoped to avoid a fourth straight election setback Saturday in the GOP presidential nomination race, but feisty Ron Paul could extend that losing streak with a victory in Maine's caucuses.

White House didn't foresee birth control backlash

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:13:18 -0500

It's not like he wasn't warned.

SPIN METER: Gov. Romney quiet on birth-control law

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:51:42 -0500

Mitt Romney faulted President Barack Obama's original push to require church-affiliated employers to pay for birth control as an "assault on religion," but as Massachusetts governor, Romney was largely silent about a state law that required virtually the same contraceptive coverage.

Analysis: Obama's course correction shifts dynamic

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:09:40 -0500

President Barack Obama's opposition is now the divided one.

Santorum's surge means new strategy for Romney

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:10:26 -0500

Staggered by Rick Santorum's surge, Mitt Romney is trying to reset his presidential campaign by defining himself as a strict conservative.

Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut action

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500

President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people.

Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:29:15 -0500

What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:18:01 -0500

President Barack Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election.

First lady: Girls can choose to have campaign role

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:08 -0500

Michelle Obama says her daughters' main concern about the coming presidential election is all about them.

Romney and Paul: Not allies but not foes, either

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:38:42 -0500

Mitt Romney and Ron Paul rarely even acknowledge each other in the Republican presidential race, focusing their attention and attacks on rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum instead. That curious detente is being tested in Maine's caucuses this week, where Romney's reputation as a political shape shifter is going head-to-head with Paul's consistent libertarian views.