Presidential Campaigns

Mitt Romney's campaign is denying a report that his early first choice for running mate was the New Jersey governor.

The Republican presidential candidate attributes the decrease to discouraged workers who have stopped looking for jobs.

The television ad features a woman who backs the GOP nominee after voting for President Obama in 2008.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said it's "painfully clear" the president does not have the plan to cure the economy's ills.

In Virginia, the Republican candidates pounce on the vice president's comments on Bush-era tax cuts.

Campaign pollster contends GOP running mate has given Mitt Romney no "measurable bump" in polls. 

Romney charged that Obama and the Democrats get millions from union bosses and "that’s where they pay their obedience.”

The former Bush adviser took aim at Cain, saying his "misstatements" sent the message he was unprepared to run.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said he continues to be impressed with Mitt Romney’s debate performances, but stopped short of an official endorsement of the Republican candidate.
 
“He’s cool, calm, collected. He’s quick, he’s agile. I think he could do well going up against Obama in the fall if he gets the nomination,” Bush told Piers Morgan on his CNN program in an episode that will air tonight.
 
“He’s very consistent and very disciplined, and all of the things you would want in a candidate,” said Bush.
 
But when asked if he was prepared to follow New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) with an official endorsement of Romney, Bush declined, for now.
 
“I don’t have as much weight behind me as Chris Christie, but I’m getting up there,” he said. “I don’t know. I’m going to wait. There’s no urgency to this. I want a nominee that will win with purpose, that will win dealing with the long-term structural challenges that we face and with ideas to be able to deal with those things. And also someone who can be effective against the incumbent president.”

The GOP presidential contender called the emerging debate over fellow candidate Mitt Romney's faith "inconsequential" to the race.