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...

  • 7 Defining Moments in Presidential Debates

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    As a prelude to the real presidential debate--challenger vs. incumbent--Republicans have been practicing on almost a weekly basis, taking on one another to see who will win the challenge. Jim Lehrer...

  • Cain Says He Won't Drop out of GOP Race

    By AMANDA MYERS and SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

    A defiant Herman Cain declared Tuesday he would not drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the face of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. "Ain't gonna happen," Cain...

  • Herman Cain: Meet the Hermanator Terminator

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Sharon L. Bialek, a former employee of an educational foundation connected to the National Restaurant Association, on Monday charged Herman Cain, one of two GOP frontrunner for president, , with...

  • Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and the Laugh Factor

    By Ciro Scotti

    Monday Catch-up Are Cain and Perry Becoming Laughingstocks? If the worst thing that can happen to a politician is to be ridiculed, then the GOP presidential campaigns of Herman Cain and Rick Perry...

  • Obama Reaches Out to Jobless Vets

    By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press

    President Barack Obama is promoting new ways to help veterans find jobs in a tough economy while pressing Congress to approve tax credits for businesses to hire former members of the military. Just...