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Libertarian Republican Congressman Ron Paul won a presidential straw poll of conservatives on Saturday in a result that showed Republicans have far to go to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in 2012.

Like the people who end up running for president, this anonymous novel about Barack Obama's reelection campaign isn't as good as you hoped or as bad as you feared. Maybe the American people get the roman a clef they deserve. Because regardless of how closely "O" anticipates next year's campaign, it's an uncanny response to this month's call for a more civil political discourse.

Seeking to quell renewed speculation about any presidential aspirations, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg once again ruled out running for the White House.

Major Democratic strategists, still reeling from a barrage of midterm spending by conservative groups, are planning a similarly well-funded campaign by liberal organizations aimed at reelecting President Obama in 2012.

Property tycoon Donald Trump says he is considering running for US president as a Republican in 2012, in an interview with ABC News.

His party got its clock cleaned in Tuesday's midterm elections, but President Barack Obama still remains competitive in some hypothetical 2012 presidential election matchups, especially against Sarah Palin ...

That's been the Romney way this fall. Head down, low profile, tending to the business of deepening relationships in a Republican Party that turned aside his bid for the presidential nomination in 2008. While other potential GOP presidential candidates have sought or drawn attention this fall, Romney seemingly has done the opposite.

On CNN’s John King, USA last night at 7 pm, award-winning reporter Bob Woodward said that advisers to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expect that an Obama/Clinton ticket in 2012 is “a real possibility.” Moreover, he believes that in that scenario, Clinton and current Vice President Joe Biden would switch roles, making Biden Secretary of State.

He's not exactly throwing his hat in the ring yet, but real estate mogul Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that he's giving his first serious consideration to running for president in 2012. Trump, who said that America has lost global respect ...

If John McCain hadn't made it clear before, he's leaving no doubt that the presidency is a dream gone by.