2012 Elections

Budget Battles

  • The Great Debate

    Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections

    By Robert Speel, The Conversation

    Every presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...

  • House panel says IRS official waived rights, contempt possible

    Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury

    By Rob Garver

    Concluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...

  • GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups

    By Eric Pianin

    There have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...

  • Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    Failed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...

  • Joint Session of Congress

    Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers

    By Eric Pianin

    In another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...

  • Is True Political Discourse Dead?

    By Sam Youngman, Reuters

    It's either an amusing way to follow the 2012 presidential campaign, or the death rattle for meaningful political discourse in America. Either way, top campaign aides to Democratic President Barack...

  • 7 Things You Didn't Know About Ann Romney

    By Theweek.com, TheWeek.com

    Ann Romney, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, stepped into the national spotlight last week when she took umbrage at a Democratic strategist who said she "actually...

  • Obama v. Romney: Closer than You Think

    By John Whitesides, Reuters

    The 2012 presidential election is more than six months away, but here is what we know so far: It is going to be close, it is going to be nasty, and the outcome could turn on a series of unpredictable...

  • How Cold War Weapons Can Nuke the Economy

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    The stark contrasts between Republican presumptive nominee Mitt Romney and Barack Obama on U.S.-Russia relations will effectively postpone any discussion at next month’s Chicago NATO summit about how...

  • Romney’s Veepstakes: Seven Govs on the Short List

    By Edward Morrissey

    Rick Santorum’s withdrawal from the Republican presidential nomination sweepstakes last week leaves Mitt Romney the presumptive choice to lead the GOP ticket in the fall. Romney had a strong...