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...

  • Romney Looks to Nevada on Saturday

    By CYNTHIA JOHNSON, Reuters

    The next state in the GOP nominating contest, Nevada, is friendly turf for frontrunner Mitt Romney, who easily won there four years ago and is perhaps even stronger in the state this time around.

  • Romney Stretches Lead in Florida

    By Patricia Zengerle, Reuters

    White House hopeful Mitt Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich has stretched to 15 percentage points in Florida, according to results of a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, just a day before...

  • Five Ways Gingrich Blew a Chance of a Lifetime

    By Eric Pianin

    Former House Speaker roared into Florida on the heels of a big victory in South Carolina poised to derail Mitt Romney’s drive for the GOP presidential nomination and solidify conservative support...

  • Romney Far Ahead of Gingrich in Florida: Polls

    By Sam Youngman and Steve Holland, Reuters

    Republican Newt Gingrich struggled to halt surging rival Mitt Romney's momentum on Sunday, accusing him of launching false attacks as polls showed Romney widening his lead two days before Florida's...

  • How Florida’s ‘Five States’ Can Turn the Election

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Florida’s diverse yet battered economy provides an appropriate backdrop for the next phase of the race for the GOP nomination. From the working class and evangelical voters of the Panhandle to the...