President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%.

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Obama: ‘I deserve a second term’

“No candidate in American history has ever run more negative ads than Barack Obama.” — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), speaking on CNN , Jan. 31, 2012.   Read full article > >

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Did Obama run the most negative ads in U.S. history?

President Barack Obama returns Monday to a chilly Washington, going from a family holiday in Hawaii to a decidedly different climate rife with political battles, overseas crises and continued economic uncertainty

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Obama back from Hawaii vacation

US Republicans bidding to challenge Barack Obama for the White House prepare for the Iowa caucuses, the first official test of the 2012 campaign season.

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Republicans ready for Iowa test

“Anybody but Mitt” has become a familiar mantra throughout the Republican primary campaign. It is also weird and self-defeating. Republicans apparently want to nominate anyone except the one person who can defeat Barack Obama. And for all the strangest reasons: One: He’s changed his mind. True. He changed his mind, thus becoming more conservative. Read full article > >

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The GOP’s death wish

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption, including trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat.

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Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years

Investigators examining the 2008 push by Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to take Barack Obama’s Senate seat found “probable cause” that the Illinois Democrat directed one of his supporters to raise money in exchange for an appointment to the Senate, an investigative report shows.

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The Caucus: Ethics Office Releases Report on Jackson’s Push for Senate Seat

When Barack Obama swept to the presidency in 2008, he was whatever you wanted him to be. Democrats saw him as the next great liberal hero. Independents regarded him as the man who could bring comity back to Washington. And many Republicans saw him a historical figure of major proportions. Obama’s twin slogans of “hope” and “change” allowed partisans of varying stripes to convince themselves that he was the person they — and the country — had long been waiting for. Read full article > >

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Barack Obama, the blurry president

President Barack Obama begins a nine-day trip through the Asia-Pacific region Saturday with a stop in Hawaii for a weekend economic conference where he will press for progress on a trans-Pacific free trade agreement.

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Obama begins Asia-Pacific trip

President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law got a boost on Tuesday when an appeals court agreed with a lower court that dismissed a challenge and found the law’s minimum coverage requirement was constitutional.

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Appeals Court Backs Health Care Law

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — Three years ago, Democrats in Virginia couldn’t get enough of Barack Obama — a popular, transformational figure running for his first term as president. But as Obama arrives in Virginia Tuesday for a two-day swing to promote parts of his jobs plan, some Democrats are distancing themselves from him — even in supposedly blue Northern Virginia. Read full article > >

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In tight Virginia races, Democrats cutting ties to Obama

President Barack Obama’s campaign says he raised more than $70 million combined for his re-election and the Democratic party during the summer.

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Obama Raises More Than $70 Million

President Barack Obama concludes his West Coast trip Tuesday with a visit to a Denver High School.

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Obama pushes jobs plan in Colorado

Three years after arsonists destroyed a predominantly African-American church on the night of Barack Obama’s election, a new, 20,000-square-foot church stands on top of the old crime scene.

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This Land: Church Rebuilds After 2008 Election Night Arson

In a 2008 debate , Charlie Gibson asked Barack Obama about his support for raising capital gains taxes, given the historical record of government losing net revenue as a result. Obama persevered: “Well, Charlie, what I’ve said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.” Read full article > >

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Return of the real Obama