Mitt Romney

John Boehner and Rep. Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. , brushed off the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy Sunday, saying voters should focus on jobs. A super PAC called Ending Spending Action Fund, backed by Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts, had planned to run... Full Article at United Press International

But Axelrod questioned the sincereity of Romney's repudiation last week of a proposal considered by a conservative super PAC to remind voters of President Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. "We've said that's not fair game,"... Full Article at USA Today

May 20 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's senior campaign strategist David Axelrod said Sunday Mitt Romney's business record doesn't show he's a good leader for the country. Axelrod said the point of recent campaign ads slamming Romney's business... Full Article at United Press International

Both Democratic and Republican administration have long been concerned that NATO could be heading toward military irrelevance as only three of the members meeting their pledge spend at 2% of gross domestic product on defense. But Romney argued in op-ed... Full Article at USA Today

Poll showed Obama polling ahead of Wolfe, 65 percent to 24 percent, in the culturally conservative 1st Congressional District of Arkansas. Slightly more than 40 percent of Democrats in the 1st District identified themselves as conservative. On the... Full Article at United Press International

Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about Mitt Romney’s commencement speech at Liberty University misstated, in some editions, the year of his last presidential run. It was 2008, not 2004. Also because of an editing error, the article... Full Article at The New York Times

Plus opinion, polls, campaign data and video. More Politics News The Long Run: How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney By JODI KANTOR Mitt Romney at a campaign event in Iowa last year. “He just needs to know what God wants him to do and how he can get... Full Article at The New York Times

Cher and Norquist are in a Twitter tete-a-tete. Cher often mixes politics into her tweets, and that doesn’t sit so well with Norquist. On May 3, Cher tweeted : “Whats the difference between Mitt Romney & a Jellyfish??? NOTHING! Whats the difference... Full Article at The Washington Post

Mass. On Sunday mornings, he stood in the sunlit chapel here teaching Bible classes for adults. Leading students through stories about Jesus and the Nephite and Lamanite tribes, who Mormons believe once populated the Americas, and tossing out peanut... Full Article at The New York Times

Your opponent isn’t just ill informed. He or she is an idiot. Your opponent isn’t just wrongheaded. He or she is evil incarnate. Under Mitt Romney’s leadership, Bain Capital didn’t just close a Kansas City steel mill. “Like a vampire,” it “sucked the... Full Article at The New York Times

Throw in “risk” and “reward” for good measure. On some campuses, the choice of a speaker is more important than the speech itself — which is why students have so far this year protested the selection of Mitt Romney at Liberty University, a Christian... Full Article at The New York Times

What is missing is any serious discussion of the one question that overrides all others: Can Washington govern? The symbol of the breakdown is the ongoing stalemate over the economy and the country’s fiscal problems. The next showdown could come during... Full Article at The Washington Post

Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is looking like a very unlikely vice-presidential pick for Mitt Romney. Martinez, who has already said she wouldn’t leave the state because of a developmentally disabled sister, has now also come out against Romney’s illegal... Full Article at The Washington Post

I began by mocking the Romney campaign’s choice of setting, precisely because Liberty’s founder, Jerry Falwell, accumulated so much “culture war baggage.” King’s unpacking of that baggage in his column today confirms my point. But I further argued that... Full Article at The Washington Post

N.H. , May 19 (UPI) -- Supporters of Mitt Romney say they're hopeful about his chances of defeating President Obama in New Hampshire in what appears to be shaping up as a close race. Romney and supporters hope his message of austerity, lower taxes and... Full Article at United Press International

But much has changed since he triumphantly won here four years ago. Republicans surged back to power in the State Capitol in 2010, and Mitt Romney ’s campaign now views the Granite State as a real opportunity to pry four electoral votes away from Mr.... Full Article at The New York Times

President Obama has raised $233.5 million for his campaign thus far. President Obama has raised $233.5 million for his campaign thus far. Obama and the party ended April with more than $139 million in hand, reports filed late Friday with the Federal... Full Article at USA Today

They say he’s disconnected from the problems of average Americans; that he’s out of touch and just doesn’t get it. Would that it were only a matter of determining whether Romney is on the side of the rich or middle class. The question is much broader... Full Article at The Washington Post

Obama’s campaign took in $25.7 million in April, a significant drop from March, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday afternoon. The drop-off — Mr. Obama raised $10 million more in March — signals a lull for the... Full Article at The New York Times