RealClearPolitics Election 2012

Some Former Rivals Boost Mitt as Others Hang Back

In a Republican nomination fight that featured more than a few acrimonious exchanges among the candidates, Michelle Bachmann and Newt Gingrich were often the most cutting in their criticism of Mitt...

Deb Fischer Wins Nebraska GOP Senate Primary

Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer scored a major upset in the Cornhusker State's Republican Senate primary, a three-way race...

One by One, Obama Targets '08 Coalition for Boost

President Obama is attempting to shore up the 2008 coalition that helped him achieve a decisive victory over John McCain, but he is doing so in a...

Real Clear Politics Election 2012

Obama Argues JPMorgan Losses Make His Point

President Obama and JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon each tried to make complex facts fit simple narratives this week. The president may have the easier task. Were JPMorgan's more...

Obama Ad Calls Romney a "Job Destroyer" at Bain

The Obama campaign launched a new television ad in several key battleground states Monday, painting Mitt Romney as a ruthless businessman whose successful private equity career left workers...

Jindal May Be the Answer to Romney's VP Question

People have always told Bobby Jindal to slow down. The Louisiana governor has a tendency to speak faster than his audience is able to think, so when it came time to deliver the Republican response...

What Has Made Congress More Polarized?

Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein ignited a bit of a firestorm with their column describing Republicans as main drivers behind Washington's problems. The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza has...

Will Obama Pay for Gay Marriage Stance in Nov.?

President Obama's personal embrace of same-sex marriage could cost him votes in key swing states in November, he conceded during an interview with ABC News on Wednesday. "In some places...

DCCC Chair "Relentless" in Asking for DNC Money Help

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel said Tuesday he has been "relentless" in asking the Democratic National Committee for financial help in his quest to gain...

Obama, Romney Neck-and-Neck in Ohio Poll

President Barack Obama leads former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by one point in the key battleground state of Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Obama has 45...

George P. Bush Lifts Up GOP With Youths, Latinos

George P. Bush's efforts to energize young conservatives around the country is starting to pay off in monetary bumps to some of Capitol Hill’s most prominent and established...

NRCC Chairman: Candidates Will Stand With Romney

The GOP congressman tasked with getting party colleagues elected to the U.S. House believes Mitt Romney will be an asset in these races because, unlike their Democratic counterparts, all Republican...

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