Barack Obama, Congressional Elections | featured news

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.

President Obama asserted Friday that the punishment his party took in midterm elections has not damaged his ability to advance U.S. interests overseas, saying his Asia trip has shown that many countries still want to work with the United States.

President Obama's inability to secure a free-trade agreement with South Korea reveals in sharp relief the limits of his leverage overseas after a devastating midterm election.

President Barack Obama is acknowleding in the wake of this week's election rout that he hasn't been able to successfully promote his economic-rescue message to anxious Americans.

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he invited Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to the White House on November 18 to discuss issues that could be tackled in what remains of this year's congressional term.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday's elections, in which Republicans won control of the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate, signaled that Americans were frustrated with the pace of economic recovery.

The president calls stations in L.A., Las Vegas and Chicago and tells listeners, 'I need folks to vote today.' Even with voting already under way, President Obama furiously worked the phones calling urban-format radio stations Tuesday, hoping to stave off a Republican tide at the polls.

The coalition's efforts were part of a larger get-out-the vote campaign by Latino organizations across the country. Some Latino activists have warned that they planned to sit out the election because of frustration over a lack of progress on comprehensive immigration reform by the Obama administration.

President Barack Obama will hold a postelection news conference on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama warned Saturday that Republicans could roll back his agenda if they prevail in Tuesday's congressional elections as he sought to rally Democrats in a final campaign push.