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 Diverts Blame on Gas Prices

    By Jeff Mason, Reuters

    As Republican presidential candidates toss barbs at Barack Obama over expensive gasoline, the U.S. president and his team are going on the offensive with a strategy to divert blame and prepare voters...

  • Romney Fights for His Life in Tonight’s Debate

    By Eric Pianin

    Mitt Romney is fighting for his political life in his home state of Michigan, and tonight’s 20th GOP presidential debate is the most important of the primary season, as Romney fights to overtake the...

  • Obama's Corporate 'AMT': Stash Cash Abroad and Pay

    By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

    President Obama took a preemptive swipe at one of his likely 2012 opponents, Mitt Romney, by releasing a plan to overhaul the U.S. corporate tax code on the same day as Romney is introducing his own...

  • Battle of the Tax Plans: Obama vs. Romney

    By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

    President Obama took a preemptive swipe at one of his likely 2012 opponents, Mitt Romney, by releasing a plan to overhaul the U.S. corporate tax code on the same day as Romney is introducing his own...

  • GOP Pummels Obama Over Spiking Gas Prices

    By Eric Pianin

    or a while, it looked as if President Obama had gotten past the worst of the economic crisis and was enjoying renewed public approval, but now he is scrambling to respond to Republican charges that...