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...

  • Obama Impugns Romney in a Flagrant Abuse of Power

    By Edward Morrissey

    The Buffett Rule tax increase hawked by President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress uses taxation power to target a small group of individuals for confiscation for no better purpose than to...

  • Obama Hits Romney on Tax Fairness

    By MATT HOLLAND, Reuters

    President Barack Obama's campaign blasted Mitt Romney on Tuesday for not paying his "fair share" of taxes, escalating the rhetoric against the leading Republican presidential contender to try to...

  • Santorum’s Self-Defeating Tack to the Far Right

    By Eric Pianin

    Former senator Rick Santorum abandoned his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination after it became apparent he could lose to frontrunner Mitt Romney in Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania...

  • Obama Scorns Business Again with World Bank Choice

    By Liz Peek

    President Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank has been called “inspired.” I call it revealing. That Obama tapped Kim is not so surprising; they have much in common. They both...

  • Santorum Drops Out of Presidential Race

    By Sam Youngman and Andy Sullivan and ALISTAIR BELL, Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will say he is dropping out of the White House race on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.