2012 Elections
  • 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

    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

    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

    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...

  • Will Voters Give Rise to A Third Party in 2012?

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    In the race for the GOP presidential nomination, Republicans appear unhappy with all of their choices . There is constant clamoring for new candidates to enter the race. But as soon as a new savior...

  • Michelle Obama’s Race to Raise Campaign Cash

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    More than a year out from Election Day, Michelle Obama is hauling in millions in campaign cash and sketching a portrait of her husband that is drawn with an intimacy that no one else could duplicate.

  • On Campaign Trail, Gingrich Bolsters His Brand

    By SANDHYA SOMASHEKKAR, The Washington Post

    DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — For Newt Gingrich, persistence has its rewards. Four months after his early missteps nearly doomed his presidential aspirations, he has defied expectations, crept up in the polls...

  • Christie Sidesteps Presidential Speculation

    By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post

    The Republican Party’s long search for a standard-bearer is placing extraordinary pressure on the tough-talking governor of New Jersey to suddenly leap into a presidential race that he has long...

  • Is Chris Christie Running? He Ducks the Question

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Chris Christie, the GOP Governor of New Jersey, in a closely watched speech about leadership tonight at the Reagan Library, discusses “American exceptionalism.”