Forget a president's first 100 days. Mitt Romney's first television ad of the general election, "Day One," comes as close as anything in describing the most urgent priorities of a President Romney upon taking office. What do we know about those proposals?
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Bain, Jeremiah Wright and the debt ceiling
First Read: There were several big stories from the campaign trail this week and lessons to learn from all of them.
GOP lawmaker says Dem drank on the job
A usually mundane Congressional proceeding drifted into testy turf when a prominent Republican colleague accused a Democratic colleague of drunkenness.
Romney uses clock to remind voters of debt
It has appeared behind Romney on stage more often than several of his sons, standing stiff and silent. It is Romney's enormous electronic debt clock.
Romney calls proposed Wright ads the ‘wrong course’
Mitt Romney convened a rare press conference Thursday to explicitly distance himself from a controversial, racially-charged ad campaign reportedly planned by a Republican super PAC.
Ricketts: I’m not going to use Jeremiah Wright
First Read: The Super PAC funded by Joe Ricketts has released a statement that essentially says he won't use Jeremiah Wright as an attack against President Obama.
Republicans anxiously discourage racially-charged super PAC strategy
Republicans moved quickly on Thursday in hopes of distancing themselves from a strategy being weighed by a GOP-oriented super PAC, which threatened to inject race into the 2012 presidential campaign.
Super PAC eyes Jeremiah Wright ad buy
First Read: Possible plans for an ad campaign focused on controversial minister could ratchet campaign to a whole new level.
Christie uses humor video to connect, but would Romney follow suit?
A new viral video starring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker helps underscore the value for politicians in being able to navigate new media and contemporary culture.
Romney, aided by prop, pushes debt message in swing state Florida
Mitt Romney continued to drive a debt-oriented message on Wednesday, extending his "prairie fire" of debt metaphor with the assistance of a debt clock.