Posted: 6:56 PM That's according to excerpts of the speech that were released before he was to deliver it late Wednesday.

Posted: 6:52 PM President Barack Obama says the nation should consider mobilizing behind a constitutional amendment process to overturn the Supreme Court ruling that loosened restrictions on money in politics.

Posted: 8:46 PM Supreme Court will hear arguments on four proposals Thursday.

Posted: 7:12 PM Excerpts of her speech to the Republican National Convention were released before her address Tuesday night.

Posted: 7:11 PM In a roll call of states Tuesday, New Jersey put Romney over the top, giving him the prize that eluded him four years ago.

Posted: 8:28 PM George Clooney headlined a fundraiser Monday that took in more than a half-million dollars for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, the second dinner this year where the actor has turned his A-list magnetism into political gold.

Posted: 2:53 PM Republicans are being told how to stay safe as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches.

Posted: 8:11 PM A new TV ad featuring former President Bill Clinton is the latest evidence of the deliberate and potentially risky advertising strategy adopted by the Obama campaign.

Updated: 10:57 PM Appeals Court ruling expected to be appealed to Supreme Court either way.

Posted: 7:33 PM Speaking to donors Wednesday in Little Rock, Ark., Romney praised Ryan for drawing large crowds on the campaign trail, raising money and making sure people know the election is about big things.

Posted: 7:25 PM The vice president is on two days of campaign events in Michigan and Minnesota.

Updated: 10:47 PM Obama and his advisers say they will likely be outspent by November.

Posted: 7:50 PM New campaign finance reports out Monday show Obama's campaign spent about $59 million in July, much of it on advertising and paid staff.

Posted: 9:21 PM Ryan paid an effective federal tax rate of 15.9 percent in 2010 and about 20 percent in 2011.

Updated: 9:20 PM In a news release issued Friday, Hoekstra says it's "time for Senator Stabenow to answer for her record in public."

Updated: 7:39 PM The campaign flap began after Biden told supporters in Danville, Va., that the Republican ticket wanted to "unchain Wall Street." He then added: "They're going to put y'all back in chains."

Posted: 6:53 PM Instead, the Republican presidential candidate said Monday that he and his running mate are "on the same page."

Posted: 4:52 PM Romney's selection of Paul Ryan has injected some energy into Republicans as the two campaign together in battleground states this weekend.

Posted: 4:56 PM The national Democratic Party's platform committee has endorsed gay marriage for the first time.

Posted: 4:55 PM Ryan has been tapped as Republican Mitt Romney's running mate.

Posted: 4:33 PM The president is holding a series of fundraisers on Sunday related to his 51st birthday, including one at his South Side home.

Updated: 4:25 PM Says both campaigns would be better off focusing on the economy.

Posted: 7:11 PM Welfare is causing a ruckus in the presidential campaign.

Posted: 10:05 PM The Holland former lawmaker defeated Clark Durant of Grosse Pointe and former Kent County Judge Randy Hekman of Grand Rapids Tuesday in the GOP primary.

Posted: 7:11 PM Romney has accepted. The Obama campaign hasn't said publicly whether the president will attend, but the archdiocese says Obama has accepted the invitation.