obama chronicles

Gingrich looks to Super Tuesday lift

Coming off a drubbing by Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich plans to head to home turf as part of his strategy to revitalize his presidential bid in next month’s Super Tuesday primaries.

Billionaire backer on money behind Santorum

Foster Friess, longtime supporter of Rick Santorum, talks to Erin Burnett about the campaign and the money behind it.

10 states get education waivers

President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students.

The move is a tacit…

Sracic: Catholic vote could pick the 2012 winner

Paul Sracic says the Catholic vote could be crucial in the election, and the federal mandate on birth control coverage may be a key factor.

Rubio blasts Obama, China and Russia

Sen. Marco Rubio tells CPAC that a nation like Syria could replace the U.S. as the greatest nation.

McConnell: Conservatives are more fun

Sen. Mitch McConnell said that conservatives are more fun than liberals because they are always right.

Bachmann on her “series of humiliations”

Michelle Bachmann said, “Running for president of the United States is really one series of humiliations after another.”

Contraception controversy consumes D.C., presidential campaign

A group of House Democrats urged President Obama not to abandon a pending federal rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women — one day after hints of a possible compromise emerged.