
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Rommey is re-entering the workforce with a position in his son Tagg's investment firm, Solamere Capital.

Ben Affleck is taking his name off the list of possible candidates for Sen. John F. Kerry’s seat, which would be open if the Democratic senator from Massachusetts is confirmed as secretary of state.

The Republican National Committee on Monday said it planned a searching look into what went wrong in 2012's presidential election and how the GOP can respond to the nation's shifting demographics and adopt more effective political strategies.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has released a Web video hammering President Obama for his assertion Friday that "the economy is doing fine."

Barack Obama lately has been accusing presumptive rival Mitt Romney of not waging his campaign in the nice (but losing) manner of John McCain in 2008. But a more marked difference can be seen in President Obama himself, whose style and record bear no resemblance to his glory days of four years ago.
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The battle for women's votes will play out in stark terms on the floor of the Senate this week when Democrats push a bill to make it easier for women to sue for claims of sex discrimination in pay — and see the bill defeated by a GOP-led filibuster.

A former Obama administration official admitted Sunday the president is creating jobs at an "unacceptably low rate."
In order to win in November Mitt Romney will need to do more to excite Republican and independent voters.

Just about every objective indicator foreshadows a huge re-election defeat for President Obama. With every day that passes, Mr. Obama looks more like a loser.