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 Leads Romney Overall, but Ties on the Economy

    By Dan Balz and JON COHEN, The Washington Post

    President Obama holds clear advantages over Mitt Romney on personal attributes and a number of key issues, but remains vulnerable to discontent with the pace of the economic recovery, according to a...

  • Obama Claims the Buffett Tax Will Create Jobs

    By Merrill Goozner and Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

    he Obama administration is shifting gears slightly in its effort to promote the so-called Buffett tax, which could slap a minimum 30 percent tax rate on anyone who makes $1 million or more a year.

  • Gingrich Concedes Race to Romney

    By CHRISTOPHER WILSON, Reuters

    Republican candidate Newt Gingrich conceded on Sunday that front-runner Mitt Romney is most likely to win their party's presidential nomination, but said he will remain in the race, partly to help...

  • Stimulus Fraud and Weak Jobs Pose Threat to Obama

    By Eric Pianin

    Almost from the time it was enacted, the Obama administration’s $825 billion economic stimulus program has been under siege by critics who claim it wastes federal funds without creating meaningful or...

  • High Gas Prices? Blame Goldman Sachs

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    In a move that could impact public perceptions about the cause of rising oil prices, consumer groups and some industrial are pushing the Obama administration to limit commodity speculation centered...