There are the public rules for each presidential debate -- how long the candidates get for each answer, how long they get to respond -- and then there are the secret rules their campaigns agreed to in ...

We live GIF-blogged the second presidential debate, and President Obama and Mitt Romney rewarded us for our efforts with a very confrontational show. If you missed the debate -- or if you want to ...

President Barack Obama scrapped with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a rough-and-tumble debate Tuesday, with the candidates arguing face-to-face, interrupting, accusing each other of lying ...

The president rode his post debate momentum to Iowa and Ohio. "Let's recap what we learned last night: his tax plan doesn't add up, his jobs plan doesn't create jobs, his deficit reduction plan adds ...

DENVER – With polls showing likely voters across the country nearly evenly split over the presidential contenders, Republican Mitt Romney and President Obama hunkered down in Western swing states on ...

Listen To The Debate Listen • 0:00 Foreign policy proved to be a subject that kept the tone mostly substantive tonight in the third and final debate between President Obama and Republican presidential ...

In their last major public appeal to the American people, President Barack Obama defended the nation’s military strength and feats as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for a ...

(The Root) — It’s crunch time for President Barack Obama’s campaign — and his presidency. One more bad debate on Tuesday night and he’ll have done serious damage to his 2012 re-election prospects and ...

(The Root) — The first presidential debate is finally here, and the once-nervous chatter of many inside the GOP has turned to outright groans about the state of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

The big story this week in politics is the first presidential debate, which is Wednesday. The Obama campaign and the Romney campaign have both tried to manage expectations for the first of three ...