Mitt Romney

On Election Day 2012, President Obama made a surprise stop at a Chicago field office, congratulated Mitt Romney, and phone-banked volunteers himself.

After the first 2012 presidential debate in Denver, even CNN's Van Jones conceded: 'Romney was able to out-Obama Obama' — the night Mitt Romney won.

On the eve of her 2012 RNC speech, Ann Romney recalled Mitt curling up beside her through depression and MS — the campaign's humanizing mission.

For the first time in 2012, Mitt Romney crossed 40% with 18–29-year-olds in a JZ Analytics poll — a warning sign for Obama’s youth-vote machine.

Paul Ryan became Mitt Romney’s VP pick in August 2012 — and instantly a political sex symbol, as P90X fame and shirtless photos broke the internet.

Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as his 2012 running mate — energizing the GOP base while handing Democrats the potent attack line of the Ryan Budget.

The Romney campaign launched the 'Mitt's VP' app on July 31, 2012, letting supporters be the first to learn his vice presidential pick via push notification.

In July 2012, John McCain insisted his 2008 choice of Sarah Palin over Mitt Romney had nothing to do with Romney's tax returns — which McCain had seen 23

Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign promised to run government like a business. What would McKinsey-style management consulting actually mean for the federal

In July 2012, Vanity Fair detailed Mitt Romney's offshore holdings — Swiss and Cayman accounts — and the $100-million question of his enormous IRA.

June 2012: Wisconsin's recall defeat, anemic jobs numbers, Clinton freelancing, a looming Supreme Court verdict — Democrats woke to the possibility that

The 2012 speculation that Obama might swap Biden for Hillary Clinton as his running mate — the electoral logic, the arguments against, and why it never

April 2012 polls briefly showed Mitt Romney closing the gender gap with women voters. The movement, the spin, and what November actually delivered.

The Washington Post's May 2012 report on Mitt Romney's Cranbrook hair-cutting incident raised questions about memory, cruelty, and what adolescence tells us

Mitt Romney struggled to connect with voters. His wife Ann — warm, candid about MS and cancer — was the asset the Obama campaign couldn't coach against.

After Super Tuesday 2012, Mitt Romney was the GOP frontrunner. What his managerial, crisis-room style said about the candidate — and the country choosing him.