Mitt Romney

BOSTON -- In his first public comments since his Election Day defeat, Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama for "berating Republicans" instead of leading.

Mitt Romney’s political career is over, but it didn’t take long for the Romney family to be a part of the political dialogue again.

BOSTON  -- When Massachusetts adopted its landmark health care law in 2006 under then Gov. Mitt Romney, the goals were ambitious and the potential solutions complex.

More than 90 percent of its residents already had health insurance, but the state hoped to cover nearly everyone by plugging as many holes as possible in its system, short of a so-called single payer option.

WASHINGTON - Senior Republican campaign operatives who gathered over beer last week in Alexandria, Va. for a post-election briefing were taken aback by what they were told. A nonpartisan research firm presented data showing that President Barack Obama had far outperformed Mitt Romney in managing the largest single expenditure of the campaign: television advertising.

SAN DIEGO - The man who planned to be president wakes up each morning now without a plan.

Mitt Romney looks out the windows of his beach house here in La Jolla, a moneyed and pristine enclave of San Diego, at noisy construction workers fixing up his next-door neighbor’s home, sending regular updates on the renovation. He devours news from 2,600 miles away in Washington about the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, shaking his head and wondering what if.

WASHINGTON — Bitter campaign foes just weeks ago, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met for lunch at the White House on Thursday, discussing America’s leadership in the world and pledging to stay in touch after a bitter presidential contest.