Organizing for America

Once, it was Rick Perry. Then, it was Herman Cain. Now, Newt Gingrich is leading the GOP presidential field, with commanding margins in polls in Iowa, Florida and South Carolina, and nationwide. Mitt Romney may be leading in Nevada, but since the Iowa straw poll, he has led the national Republican presidential field for less than three weeks total. Yet Romney has been the focus of President Barack Obama's re-election rhetoric. Perry releases a flat-tax plan. An Obama campaign spokesman hits Romney for being "guided by the same principle ... shift a greater share of taxes away from large corporations and the wealthiest onto the backs of the middle class." Cain was embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal before he suspended his campaign Saturday. Obama's campaign slams Romney for being a flip-flopper.

Office reaching out to prior volunteers. The conventional wisdom is that the biggest hurdle to President Barack Obama's re-election is a dispirited and disappointed base.

President Barack Obama's Republican foes muscled a symbolic bill calling for the repeal of his historic overhaul of US health care to passage in the divided House of Representatives on Thursday.

US President Barack Obama told supporters as he began his Christmas vacation in Hawaii Thursday that they had helped him forge "real and meaningful" change in the lives of Americans.

Blending laughs and activism, Stewart-Colbert DC rally draws huge crowd as elections loom. In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a "sanity" rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers.

Young Latino Democrats, upset about big government, may help vote out Texas US Rep. Rodriguez. Young Democrats in this sweeping West Texas district are upset about U.S. Congressman Ciro Rodriguez's vote for President Barack Obama's health care reform. And even though it could cost him his job, the Democrat makes no apologies.

For all the passion it stokes, can the tea party actually turn out voters on Election Day. Come Tuesday, can the tea party deliver the votes to turn a campaign of fiery enthusiasm into actual members of Congress?

In election's homestretch, Obama campaigning quietly from White House. Girding for the campaign's homestretch, President Barack Obama is quietly using the powers of his office to fire up a reeling Democratic Party.

Hip-hop artist Common to perform at Obama's Chicago rally for Illinois Democratic candidates. Hip-hop artist Common will be joining Barack Obama at a weekend rally for Democratic candidates in the president's home state of Illinois.

The message behind a short-lived, but highly publicized ad was clear: Latinos, stay home. Voter suppression isn't usually marketed as voter empowerment. But in the ad by Latinos for Reform, an independent campaigning group led by career conservative Robert de Posada, the paradox was presented as plain sense - because the Democrats haven't delivered on immigration, exercise your right to vote by not doing so. It's advice that, if followed in Nevada, would all but assuredly play to the benefit of the GOP, which has seen Hispanics move away from the Republican Party as they grow in the state electorate. But the fever-pitch backlash to this advertisement suggests the message could bring about just the opposite effect - by energizing a Hispanic voting bloc that may have been somewhat lethargic with a new and

On the trail: Candidates and supporters rally, canvass, question and cajole - all to get voters to polls. A few Democrats gathered in the parking lot of a Reno shopping center Saturday morning to organize their attack on the crucial first day of early voting. The candidates outnumbered the volunteers recruited to walk neighborhoods in search of supporters.

TWINSBURG, Ohio (Reuters) - While his suburban neighbors relax in the evening after work, Steve Shucard hunches over a laptop computer at his kitchen table, dialing for votes.

First lady's pep talk to Dems: Staying home from polls 'worst possible thing to do'. Michelle Obama has a simple message for Democrats as the midterm elections grow near: Don't stay home.

Early bird gets the vote? In 33 states, politicians try to bank ballots ahead of Election Day. Candidates of all political stripes are latching on to the tantalizing reality that a huge ? and growing ? chunk of voters casts ballots well ahead of Election Day.

Early bird gets the vote? In 33 states, politicians try to bank ballots ahead of Election Day. Candidates of all political stripes are latching on to the tantalizing reality that a huge ? and growing ? chunk of voters casts ballots well ahead of Election Day.

Republican Sharron Angle courts wary Hispanics in tight Senate race in Nevada. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle's conservative views on illegal immigration and her limited outreach to Hispanics have done little to endear her to Nevada's largest minority group.

With voter rolls shrinking, Democrats and Republicans alike are seeking to bolster registration by going after groups with historically low participation.. The great Las Vegas exodus that has left houses vacant, stores empty and construction projects half built has also decimated voter rolls.As thousands of residents left to seek jobs and better opportunities elsewhere, the state experienced a major drop in voter registration. Today, the Las Vegas Valley has 13 percent fewer registered voters than it did two years ago.

Lady Gaga surpasses Spears as top Twitter draw, thanks fans for starting reign as 'queen'. Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter ? for now.

Lady Gaga surpasses Spears as top Twitter draw, thanks fans for starting reign as 'queen'. Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter - for now.

Lady Gaga surpasses Spears as top Twitter draw, thanks fans for starting reign as 'queen'. Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter ? for now.