(The Root) — The first presidential debate is finally here, and the once-nervous chatter of many inside the GOP has turned to outright groans about the state of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

(The Root) — After months of running one of the most gaffe-plagued and widely mocked presidential campaigns in modern history, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivered a debate performance that ...

Mitt Romney easily won the first presidential debate, and that comes as no surprise to anyone paying attention to the last four years. When conservatives debate liberals, with no biased mainstream ...

Before Monday's final presidential debate, we outlined five things that President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney needed to accomplish at the Lynn University event. Here's ...

The Republican presidential candidates debated the merits of capitalism Monday at a free-wheeling debate marked by sharp exchanges between front-runner Mitt Romney and challengers who accused him of ...

The remaining Republican candidates piled on Mitt Romney in the first South Carolina debate ahead of the state's Saturday primary. Rick Perry received a roar of applause when he told the former ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Mitt Romney's debate performance pushed him into a national lead over President Obama among likely voters, Pew Research Center reports in its latest poll numbers. Romney is leading Obama 49 percent to ...

HANOVER, N.H. - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney took some less staunchly conservative stands than his rivals in their debate Tuesday night, declaring he can work with "good" Democrats and ...