President Obama's decision to begin his 2012 reelection campaign Monday is about much more than raising money. It is an acknowledgment by his team that the grass-roots army that helped propel ...

In 2012, Obama’s campaign strategy is centered almost exclusively on painting his opponent as someone people should run from — a heartless corporate raider, and possible felon, ...

Reporting from Washington — As he turns to the 2012 presidential campaign that kicks in today, a battered President Obama needs to address two glaring vulnerabilities laid bare by the midterm ...

In 2012, Obama carried three of the states surveyed by USA TODAY and Suffolk University's Political Research Center with more than 50% of the vote. But now just 47% of likely voters in Iowa, ...

Congratulations from Putin, but Palin "cannot believe" results. Nov. 7, 2012 -- intro: Barack Obama now prepares for his second term as the President of the United States. Though the race was ...

But all this is backdrop; you fashion your campaign accordingly. Above all you take stock of your opponent. What came into view in Denver was that in spite of the reputation of Mr Obama and his ...

“Well, the Obama ground game really was that good.” – Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 11/6/2012 Barack Obama will never be on a ballot again, but after his big victory last night, many will ...

Obama 2012: Ralph Peters: His Triumphs Abroad. The first mistake many cite was actually made before Obama was even elected: the selection of Joseph Biden as his vice president.

A lot can change in four years. Obama's original campaign for president in 2008, masterminded by campaign manager David Plouffe and chief strategist David Axelrod, was a triumph of messaging and ...

“Our email list had reached 13 million people. We had essentially created our own television network, only better, because we communicated directly with no filter to what would amount to about ...

This post originally appeared on Slate. Barack Obama launched his 2008 reunion tour today. Technically it's called a re-election, but the themes and images of the Obama 2012 campaign so thoroughly ...

In his 2012 budget proposal, President Obama uses lofty rhetoric about fiscal realities and hard choices—and proceeds to give the green light to yet more spending, yet higher taxes, and ...