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US election: Oct 15 as it happened
Live coverage as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for their second presidential debate in New York.
15 Oct 2012
| CommentsObama breaths new life into campaign
Barack Obama's given much-needed boost after a series of polls showed he leads Mitt Romney in Ohio.
14 Oct 2012
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Why Mitt Romney is all talk and no substance on foreign affairs
When it comes the world outside America, Republican challenger Mitt Romney offers lots of criticisms but few solutions
13 Oct 2012
| CommentsJoe Biden 'doubling down on denial' with Libya, says Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney accused Joe Biden, the vice president, of "doubling down on denial" and contradicting the testimony of the State Department on Libya.
13 Oct 2012
| CommentsSlugger Joe helps put the punch back into Obama campaign
Joe Biden appeared to have stemmed the bleeding from Barack Obama's re-election campaign, after attacking Mitt Romney as an enemy of the middle class.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsDebate analysis: Joe Biden revives Democrat spirits
Vice presidential debate: Biden narrowly succeeds in waking up the Democrats, writes Peter Foster.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsVice-presidential debate - reaction
Live coverage of the reaction following Joe Biden and Paul Ryan's face off in the only vice-presidential debate of the election.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsUS vice-presidential debate: what the pundits said
Did Joe Biden's Cheshire-cat smile and relentless retorts inspire awe or disdain? Here is what US commentators had to say about the two candidates' performances.
12 Oct 2012
Vice-presidential debate highlights
Vice president Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan go head-to-head on foreign and domestic policy in a crucial debate in Danville Kentucky.
12 Oct 2012
US election: Vice-presidential debate - as it happened
Live coverage of the reaction following Joe Biden and Paul Ryan's face off in the only vice-presidential debate of the election.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsBiden raises Democrat hopes with strong debate performance against Paul Ryan
US vice presidential debate: Joe Biden moves to stem bleeding from Barack Obama's campaign, attacking Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan as enemies of the middle class.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsUS vice-presidential debate: as it played on Twitter
As Joe Biden and Paul Ryan took to the stage the political world took to Twitter. Here's how it played.
12 Oct 2012
Key moments of vice-presidential debate
Watch the key moments from Joe Biden and Paul Ryan's vice-presidential debate.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsUS vice-presidential debate: one minute summary
Joe Biden went all in and narrowly edged out Paul Ryan in the vice-presidential debate.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsMitt Romney asks Rev Billy Graham to pray for him
US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney met with Reverend Billy Graham on Thursday and asked the world-renowned evangelist to pray for him in the final weeks of the campaign.
12 Oct 2012
| CommentsObama’s election strategy has collapsed, says Romney camp as their man begins to believe
It is a freezing cold autumn night in Ohio, but as an expectant crowd gathers under one of the Buckeye state's famous big skies it is suddenly evident that Mitt Romney's new-found bounce isn't confined to the opinion polls.
11 Oct 2012
| CommentsFive vice-presidential debate moments
The vice-presidential match ups rarely make a big difference in the election but have provided some of the most memorable moments in debate history.
11 Oct 2012
Paul Ryan profile
Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, has the fire and the passion but he needs to avoid scaring voters with his conservative zealotry.
11 Oct 2012
| CommentsClinton has still got the magic
The Big Dog keeps knocking it out of the park and is a major asset to Team Obama, says Paul Begala.
11 Oct 2012
Family of dead US Navy SEAL rebuffs Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney has agreed to stop sharing the emotional campaign trail story of a former US serviceman killed last month in Benghazi, Libya, after the man's mother complained.
11 Oct 2012
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