
Washington: President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House. The Democratic incumbent and his re-election advisers are waxing nostalgic about the Republican senator from Arizona who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential race. They're embracing McCain as a reasonable voice on climate change and immigration, someone who took on extremism in his...

08:20 AM, Jun 04, 2012

Washington: Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals. According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 88 delegates in...

08:03 AM, May 30, 2012

New York: A week after US President Barack Obama voiced his support for same-sex marriage, American weekly news magazine Newsweek has heralded him as "the first gay president" in its cover story. The magazine's cover features Obama with a rainbow-coloured halo over his head and the headline 'The First Gay President'. The cover story is by writer Andrew Sullivan who talks about how he was moved to tears when Obama...

11:11 PM, May 14, 2012

Washington: The Indian-American community has come out in strong support of US President Barack Obama, who kicked off his re-election campaign with two rallies in Ohio and Virginia, with an overwhelming 85 per cent of them favouring a second term for him. About 85 per cent of the Indian-Americans support Obama for a second term, according to a latest survey conducted by Lake Research Partners, a DC-based political consultancy firm,...

06:51 PM, May 06, 2012

As the race to the White House heats up, US President Barack Obama decided to lighten things up with his sense of humour. ...

09:48 AM, Apr 30, 2012

Washington: US President Barack Obama's job approval rating has increased to 50 per cent, extending his lead over his top Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a latest national opinion poll said on Tuesday. While Obama's approval rating climbed to 50 per cent, his disapproval rating dropped to 44 per cent in Gallup's Daily tracking poll on Obama's support among US voters. Gallup said the 50 per cent approval mark is notable...

10:59 AM, Apr 25, 2012

Washington: Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday asked President Barack Obama to "start packing", showing confidence that he would be able to defeat the incumbent in the November presidential elections. "Well, start packing. That's what I'd like to say," 65-year-old Romney told ABC News in an interview when asked what his message to the US President was. "Obviously we have a very different view. The President, I'm sure wants...

10:34 AM, Apr 17, 2012

Fitchburg: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday predicted a victory on Saturday in Wisconsin's upcoming primary contest and said he believed it could help put him on a path to clinching the nomination. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has come from behind in the polls in Wisconsin to take the lead over chief rival Rick Santorum. The state will vote on Tuesday along with Maryland and Washington, DC. "This...

10:45 AM, Apr 01, 2012

Washington: The winner of the 2012 US presidential elections must be prepared to deal with a potential re-emerging crisis between India and Pakistan and engage with New Delhi over its ties with Iran and interests in Afghanistan, an American expert on South Asia has said. Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, at Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) a Washington-based think-tank said on Friday that the winner...

09:53 AM, Mar 31, 2012

Washington: Rick Santorum cruised to victory in the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday but still trails Mitt Romney by a wide margin in the national delegate count for the party nomination. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, was projected to finish second. Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich was third, but immediately rejected suggestions he should drop out. Texas congressman Ron Paul ran fourth. Santorum had strong support in...

10:38 AM, Mar 25, 2012

Schaumburg, Illinois: Mitt Romney easily won the Republican presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday night, padding his already-formidable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum with another victory in a key industrial state. Romney, a multimillionaire who has the backing of most of the Republican establishment but struggles with the party's more conservative wing, is leading the overall race for delegates to choose a candidate to challenge President Barack Obama in...

08:45 AM, Mar 21, 2012

Washington: Frontrunner Mitt Romney has won the Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary, taking him a step closer to bagging the party's nomination to challenge incumbent Barack Obama in the fall. Mainstream American media declared him the winner on Sunday as early results showed that he had more than 80 per cent of the votes polled. Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator, was a distant second with less than 10 per...

07:26 AM, Mar 19, 2012

Washington: The recent US actions, targeting trade practices of China, are not driven by the upcoming presidential polls, Obama administration has said. The steps against China's trade policies are not driven by the upcoming presidential elections in November, given the Republican leaders are criticising Obama's China policy, the administration said on Tuesday. "It was announced today because the time was appropriate to announce this new trade case. And this trade...

09:36 AM, Mar 14, 2012

Washington: For the first time in the run-up to the crucial 2012 presidential elections in the US, President Barack Obama's approval ratings have plunged below 50 per cent and he is trailing behind Republican hopeful Mitt Romney. If November elections were to be held today, a poll survey done by ABC News/Washington Post showed that Obama had reverted to a dead heat in public preferences against Republican White House hopeful...

06:42 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Washington: Affirming his frontrunner status, Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Washington state caucuses, his fourth straight win ahead of the 10-state 'Super Tuesday' contest for the party nomination for November Presidential polls against incumbent Barack Obama. With 60 per cent of precincts reporting in Washington, Romney was well ahead with 37 per cent, while Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, each of whom got 24 per cent, battled for...

11:50 AM, Mar 04, 2012