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There has been much speculation about whether the ads that President Barack Obama's campaign and its supporters have been running that are critical of Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital will be effective. There is also lots of critiquing of the reasons and effectiveness of first lady Michelle Obama's appearances on talk shows and reality shows ("The Biggest Loser," "Late Show With David Letterman," "The Daily Show," etc.).

Are the attacks on Mitt Romney's career in private equity at Bain Capital working? Alex Castellanos says a deep look at the polls shows they are not

Former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords made a rare appearance before a cheering crowd of supporters at a "Get out the vote" concert in downtown Tucson.

The Obama administration's nominee for the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq has run into new opposition thanks to the publication of some racy e-mails suggesting an affair with a Wall Street Journal reporter while both worked in Baghdad.

Think this current climate of political polarization is bad?

Virginia Sen. Warner talks to John King about his proposed jobs bill, blaming veteran senators for getting in the way.

Members of the House Ethics Committee escalated their increasingly public spat with Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday, flatly refusing a request from the congresswoman and dozens of other House Democrats to release a special counsel's findings relating to an investigation involving the embattled 11-term California Democrat.

President Obama says that private sector is "fine" with 4.3 million jobs created over the past two years.

The evidence doesn't really support a campaign of sabotage, writes Michael Duffy. A simpler explanation for Clinton's capering -- and one that better fits Clinton's record -- is that he is a permanent political consultant.

President Obama affirms the leak of classified information was not put out by the White House.

President Obama delivers remarks on the economy and the state of the Eurozone.

President Barack Obama said Friday that partisan gridlock has helped hobble economic growth and has brought legislative business to a crawl, and he put the blame squarely on an uncooperative Congress.

Dean Obeidallah says liberal critics of President Obama ignore the fact that he needs Congress to cooperate in making laws

Jerry Weintraub discusses his new documentary on former President George H. W. Bush.

Ruben Navarrette says it's disrespectful to lump together Latino U.S. citizens with Latino illegal immigrants

W. Kamau Bell, host of FX's "Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell," with his take on big political stories of the week.

Sen. John McCain tells CNN's Anderson Cooper why he believes the White House is behind recent major security leaks.

International envoy Kofi Annan meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday as frustrated world leaders warned that Syria is engaging in crimes against humanity and drifting closer to a civil war.

Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday assigned two U.S. attorneys to lead investigations into the possible leaking of state secrets.

One senator who has survived the vice presidential vetting process described it this way: Like having a colonoscopy without anesthesia.