The night, according to the instant reaction, belonged to Mitt Romney, after an assured performance in his first face off against Barack Obama. Has the president blown it?
Tonight Mitt Romney faces Barack Obama in the most important night of his political life. Felicity Spector has been talking to a top Republican debate coach who has helped him prepare.
It is the last chance to persuade voters to change their minds, as Obama and Romney face off in three televised encounters. But have these debates ever influenced an election result?
The candidates are taking time off from the campaign trail – but this is no holiday. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are hunkered down with top aides, preparing for their first face to face encounter.
No need to wait till November. Almost half of Americans can already start voting in the presidential elections. And that could spell trouble for Mitt Romney – who’s fighting to make up lost ground.
It is one way of getting voters’ attention: a new web ad released by Obama supporters features Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson, with a rather unorthodox appeal to get out and campaign.
It is one of the most politically important states whose votes are still up for grabs. That’s why Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and President Obama are criss crossing Ohio this week, searching for support.
They are one of the most crucial groups in November’s election, and both parties are desperate for their support. Now Mitt Romney has been wooing Hispanic voters – but are they buying his message?
It is not going well for Mitt Romney. His efforts to get his campaign back on course have been derailed by a leaked video piling scorn on Obama’s supporters for being too poor to pay tax.
They’re behind in the polls, beleaguered in the press, stumbling to present a coherent message. Now key insiders in Mitt Romney’s campaign are searching for someone to blame.
There’s fear, there’s loathing, and there’s electoral politics. Top Republicans say President Obama’s foreign policy triggered the attacks on US diplomatic staff – calling it “disgraceful”.
A pizza shop owner in Florida got so excited when Barack Obama stopped by, that he lifted the president up in a giant bear-hug. But is Obama embracing a new, more laid-back image?
This was not a time for soaring rhetoric: not for a country in the grip of an economic downturn. President Obama’s speech was carefully modulated – but did it leave voters wishing for more?
In a bravura performance from the ultimate comeback kid, Bill Clinton embraces Barack Obama on stage at the Democratic convention after urging voters to give the president four more years in the job.
Matt Frei
Beyond differences of name, race and speech, Obama and Romney are remarkably similar, blogs Matt Frei. Which is why he needs to give his audience a clear and bold idea of what he has in mind.