Obama likens GOP primary to "Survivor"

"I'm going to wait until everybody's voted off the island," Obama says of GOP race

• Oct 25, 2011

Bizarre Herman Cain ad shows top aide smoking

Strange ad posted to YouTube shows Mark Block wordlessly smoking a cigarette while "I am America" is sung in the background

• Oct 25, 2011

Candidates say the darndest things

Romney says he's not as "outlandish" as some rivals and Cain acknowledges he's no messiah

• Oct 25, 2011

Perry dodges again on Obama birther question

At press conference, GOP presidential contender Rick Perry dodges answering if Obama was born in U.S.

• Oct 25, 2011

Romney sits out anti-union fight in Ohio

Former Massachusetts governor declines to weigh in on ballot measure; collects endorsement from GOP freshman Rep. Jim Renacci

• Oct 25, 2011

Perry tax plan means "substantial" revenue loss

Rick Perry's flat tax proposal is essentially a tax cut for the rich; low-income Americans could stick with current system

• Oct 25, 2011

Perry unveils sweeping economic plan

The Republican presidential candidate's economic plan would allow younger workers to privatize their Social Security accounts

• Oct 25, 2011

Perry, Obama camps to Romney: Release tax returns

GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney should release his tax returns, the Rick Perry campaign and a pro-Obama group say

• Oct 25, 2011

Opponents call oil pipeline "crime in progress"

Opponents to a planned oil pipeline want to make the controversial project a campaign problem for the president

• Oct 25, 2011

Obama sends personal checks to citizens: author

Washington Post reporter says president sometimes sends money to citizens in distress who write to him

• Oct 25, 2011

Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating backs Mitt Romney

Former governor one of a more than a dozen Oklahomans to join Romney team

• Oct 25, 2011

Flip-Flop Flopped

Actually, Mitt Romney hasn't changed his mind about the flat tax

• Oct 25, 2011

Will Santorum's long Iowa slog pay off?

Will the former Pennsylvania senator's no-gimmicks policy be enough to win him Iowa?

• Oct 25, 2011

Perry, seeking comeback, calls Romney "fat cat"

Texas governor Rick Perry begins assault on rival, saying he ought to look in the mirror before he attacks "fat cats"

• Oct 25, 2011

Rick Perry likes poking Obama with birther stick

If Perry wants to vault over Cain and Romney in the coming months, poking Obama with the birther stick won't do much to help him

• Oct 25, 2011

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