Watch: Romney and Obama on Small Business
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama debate how to get American small businesses back on track.
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Watch: Romney and Obama on the Role of America
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama discuss the role of America in relation to the rest of the world.
Fact-Checking the Presidential Debate
Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the campaign. A few of their detours into domestic issues were problematic too.
Watch: Obama and Romney on Syria
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney give their views on what the U.S. should be doing in Syria.
Obama: The 1980s Called, They Want Their Policy Back
President Obama chides Mitt Romney for calling Russia, and not Al Qaeda, the No. 1 threat to the United States.
Watch: Romney Congratulates Obama on Killing Bin Laden
Governor Romney congratulates President Obama on the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Can Credit Scores Predict Which Way Swing States Will Swing?
That's the question posed in a new survey of voters' financial health. The conclusion? Despite what you might be hearing on the news today, seven of the 12 so-called "swing states" could be "in play" come November.
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan: The Candidates You Don't Know
In honor of tonight's festivities, we've put together a collection of candidate trivia, a glimpse of the ways the candidates differ -- and the surprising similarities they share.
Pizza Hut Offers Free Pizza for Life for Off-Script Debate Question
Do the presidential candidates prefer pepperoni or sausage on their pizza? If one rogue attendee of the second presidential debate poses this question to Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, Pizza Hut pledges to provide him or her with free pizza for life.
Small Business Owners Get More Upbeat on Post-Election Outlook
Small business owners are getting a little more optimistic about how their companies will do after the election, according to a survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business.
Congressional Budget Office Warns of Recession in 2013
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is warning that if $607 billion in tax increases and spending cuts all hit as scheduled, the U.S. will likely go into recession in 2013. It's a "fiscal cliff" we don't have to jump off.
Perry's Flat Tax Plan: Big Savings, Bigger Costs
On Tuesday, Texas Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry finally entered the tax debate with "Cut, Balance and Grow," a startling new flat tax plan that borrows freely from Herman Cain's 9-9-9 proposal. But would it help American workers, or slash, topple and shrink the U.S. economy?
Is President Obama's Second Term in the Bag?
You might think Yale economics professor William C. Fair is a bit crazy. After all, he's predicting that President Obama will cruise to reelection in 2012. However, Fair has a good track record of predicting presidential outcomes based on his economic model.