2012 presidential election

Five things to watch for when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney meet in their first presidential debate Wednesday night:

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Vice President Joe Biden says the middle class has been "buried" during the past four years, and Republicans immediately seized on the comment as an unwitting indictment of the Obama administration.

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Democrats have a court victory in Pennsylvania, after a judge blocked the state's voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day.

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The countdown is on. Tomorrow night President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney square off in the first general election debate.

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More than 30 states currently have laws in place that require voters to present identification at the polls before they cast their ballots this November. In some states, a voter ID law has been on the books for decades. New Jersey does not carry such a law.

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 The presidential candidates are leaving the heavy lifting of campaigning to their running mates Tuesday as they spend one more day preparing for their first debate, scheduled for Wednesday night.

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As the two presidential candidates focus on preparing for Wednesday night's debate in Denver, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is keeping up the GOP attacks on President Barack Obama's foreign policy.

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Governor Chris Christie is beating the drum for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in advance of Wednesday night's debate.

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Republican Mitt Romney is arguing America needs new foreign policy leadership, using President Barack Obama's handling of the Middle East as an opening to criticize the incumbent before Wednesday's first presidential debate.

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President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are hunkering down for intense preparations ahead of Wednesday's presidential debate, where the GOP nominee hopes to change the trajectory of the White House race.

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