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More bad polling news for President Obama: He is now in a dead heat with Republican candidate Mitt Romney, according to a new survey.

Americans tell CBS News they're unimpressed with how Obama and Democrats are handling talks, but GOP fares worst.

Republican Mitt Romney easily leads rival Michele Bachmann in a head-to-head matchup of the two top declared candidates for the party's 2012 presidential nomination, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann led a closely watched presidential poll of Iowa Republicans, the state that holds the first contest in the nomination battle.

Republicans are starting to pay more attention to the candidates who hope to take on President Obama next year, and so far that's been a good thing for Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty.

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll is the latest to show that the boost President Obama received following the death of Osama bin Laden was short-lived, and that both Democrats and Republicans have reason to be anxious about the 2012 campaign.

A new poll shows Mitt Romney catapulting over a large Republican presidential field in which few candidates earn enthusiastic support from tepid voters.

Anna Wisniewska may not like Rep. Anthony Weiner's raunchy online behavior, but she thinks he should keep his job....

The Washington Post-ABC poll suggests that widespread concerns about the state of the economy continue to make President Obama vulnerable, despite questions about the quality of the GOP field. The survey shows that Romney, who formally launched his economy-focused campaign last week, is starting off strong. The poll showed Obama leading five other potential rivals but in a dead heat with Romney, each with 47 percent among all Americans. But among registered voters only, the poll put Romney ahead, 49 percent to 46 percent.

Portugal will elect a new government on Sunday which will lead the country through a period of deep austerity and recession after it received a 78-billion-euro ($114 billion) bailout from the European Union and IMF.