Standing on the convention stage with an empty chair, Clint Eastwood carried on a sometimes rambling conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama.
Mitt Romney launched his fall campaign for the White House Thursday night with a rousing, remarkably personal speech to the Republican National convention and a prime-time TV audience, proclaiming that America needs "jobs, lots of jobs" and promising to create 12 million of them in perilous economic times.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will be in Washington state for a fundraiser on Sept. 10.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, praised lovingly by his wife from their national convention stage as the "man America needs" and cheered by delegates eager to propel him into the fall campaign against President Barack Obama.
Republicans emphatically approved a toughly worded party platform at their national convention Tuesday that would ban all abortions and gay marriages, reshape Medicare into a voucher-like program and reject federal spending as an antidote for the nation's ailing job market.
Rep. Ron Paul's delegates are trying to mount a floor fight over new GOP rules designed to limit the ability of insurgent presidential candidates to amass delegates to future Republican conventions.
Photos: Republican National Convention - Day One
Republicans staged a remarkably subdued opening to Mitt Romney's national convention Monday in the midst of a turbulent election year, mindful about uncorking a glittery political celebration as Tropical Storm Isaac surged menacingly toward New Orleans and the northern Gulf Coast.
The release of more than 900 pages of internal Bain Capital investment documents by a media website Thursday offered new details on holdings owned by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's family trusts, including offshore account locations and underlying assets.
Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan found themselves dragged into a debate Wednesday over hot-button social issues and answering for differences between their personal positions on abortion, just days before a national convention aimed at showing a unified Republican party. The discussion lingered while President Barack Obama and Romney tangled from afar over issues like education and the deficit.
Denounced by his Republican rival for divisiveness, President Barack Obama on Monday defended the tone of his campaign in a combative election year and insisted it's actually Mitt Romney's ads that are "patently false." But Obama did distance himself from a particularly provocative negative ad by a political group that supports him.
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney agree there has to be a limit to how much seniors pay for Medicare, but they're worlds apart on how to make that happen.
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared Thursday he has paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the past decade, offering that new detail while still decrying a "small-minded" fascination over returns he will not release. President Barack Obama's campaign shot back in doubt: "Prove it."
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, according to a Republican with knowledge of the development.
Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama both deplored the pervasive presence of televised attack ads in the race for the White House on Thursday, though neither acknowledged being helped as well as harmed. Each blamed his foe.
Eastwood goes off-script in Romney endorsement (Photo Gallery)
Romney makes his case: 'Need jobs, lots of jobs' (Photo Gallery)
VP nominee Paul Ryan to visit Wash. next month
Romney nominated; wife Ann convention star speaker (Photo Gallery)
GOP OKs platform barring abortions, gay marriage
Another storm worry? Ron Paul delegates work to mount floor fight
Photos: Republican National Convention - Day One (Photo Gallery)
A subdued start for GOP convention as Isaac surges
Bain documents offer details on Romney holdings
Romney, Ryan pulled into abortion debate
Obama defends tenor of his campaign, slams Romney
Trying to sort out the Medicare debate? Here's a Q&A
Romney: Never paid less than 13 percent in taxes
AP source: Romney picks Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan for running mate
Romney, Obama bemoan attack ads - but both benefit