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...

  • Pataki Edges Closer to Running for President

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Former New York Governor George Pataki increasingly sounds like a candidate for the GOP Presidential nomination. In a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with The Fiscal Times, Pataki made his...

  • Romney, Huntsman Race for Mormon Cash

    By Philip Rucker and NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, The Washington Post

    The first showdown between the two Mormons running for president will take place this week in Utah, where Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr. will hold competing fundraisers only a couple of hours and a...

  • Monday Morning Catch-up: News You May Have Missed

    The Fiscal Times round-Up of the Sunday morning talk show news. This week we cover the 2012 Election, the Job Crisis, and U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Libya.

  • Democratic Push for More Stimulus Hits GOP Wall

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Democrats and Republicans agree the stumbling economy is the paramount issue but they couldn’t be further apart on solutions, as the Democrats are pushing once more for stimulus spending while...

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