Presidential races

Obama’s lead narrows to 2 points if Romney selects Ohio Sen. Rob Portman as his running mate.

Financier George Soros is opening his checkbook for the first time of the 2012 presidential cycle.

President Obama's campaign is looking to seize on a pair of controversial comments by supporters at Mitt Romney's town-hall meeting in Cleveland Monday, calling on the presumptive Republican nominee to "stand up to the extreme voices in his party."

“Today we saw Mitt Romney’s version of leadership: standing by silently as his chief surrogate attacked the President’s family at the event and another supporter alleged that the President should be tried for treason," said Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith in a statement. "Time after time in this campaign, Mitt Romney has had the opportunity to show that he has the fortitude to stand up to hateful and over-the-line rhetoric and time after time, he has failed to do so. If this is the ‘leadership’ he has shown on the campaign trail, what can the American people expect of him as commander-in-chief?”

The statement was prompted by remarks by Ohio state auditor Dave Yost, one of the local politicians warming up the crowd for Romney before his event Monday. Yost said Obama claiming credit for the bin Laden raid was like "giving Ronald McDonald credit for the Big Mac you ate for lunch." Yost continued on to say "the guy at the griddle deserved credit."

The Obama campaign released a new ad targeted at nine swing states on Monday, touting the president’s successes while again reminding voters of the problems his administration inherited.

Obama leads Romney 47 percent to 45 in battleground states, with voter enthusiasm now favoring Democrats, the poll finds.

The ads, which will run nationwide, hit Romney as a "president for the one percent." 

Romney’s campaign on Sunday unveiled a new Web video, titled "Silence," hitting Obama on April's jobs report.

"What women want more than anything is jobs and the economy to turn around," said Bachmann.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) argued she's more qualified to sit in the Oval Office than President Obama was when he ran in 2008. 

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) accused President Obama of having lost the qualities which attracted Americans to vote for him in 2008.