President Barack Obama says Republican rival Mitt Romney has locked himself into “extreme positions” on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected You can save this ...

An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of favouring a "one-point plan" to help the rich and levelling offensive criticism about the recent deadly terrorist attack in ...

Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama used what was in essence Day One of the U.S. presidential election campaign to frame their differences in dire, sometimes starkly personal terms.

And while it's true that Obama emerges here as a puzzle, the greater puzzle is Mitt Romney's personal political values. There is nothing difficult to understand in Romney's admiration for his father.

All of them are close. In one of the biggest prizes of the election – Ohio – Obama has a very slight lead over Romney with 46% compared to 45% support among likely voters, the poll showed.

When one matches Romney’s identity problem with the president’s , one finds that Obama holds a distinct advantage. As an incumbent, he is far better known.

WASHINGTON - A feistier, flintier Barack Obama is apparently ready to come out swinging in Tuesday's prime-time debate with Mitt Romney, keen to make up for a disengaged performance two weeks ago ...

Noteworthy are Mr. Romney's similarities to Mr. Obama, especially to the ascendant Mr. Obama of 2008. There were several keys to Mr. Obama's success then, most of which no longer apply.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Heading into the campaign's final weeks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is upping his criticism of President Barack Obama's plans for a second term, accusing ...

After a brief interlude of humour, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney yesterday returned to the crucial business of the election now barely a fortnight away, campaigning in battleground states and ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the G20 Summit last year in Cannes, France. (Nov. 4, 2011) GETTY IMAGES ...