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...

  • 15 Events That Could Determine the Election Outcome

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    With a mere 58 days to go before the Nov. 6 election, the political calendar is destiny, and a handful of key dates and events will likely profoundly impact the outcome of a rough-and-tumble and...

  • Romney on the Attack Over Grim Jobs Numbers

    By Jeff Mason and Sam Youngman, Reuters

    President Barack Obama charged back onto the campaign trail on Friday and faced a withering attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over disappointing new U.S. jobs numbers as the candidates sought...

  • Latest Jobs Numbers--Worse than You Think

    By Mortimer B Zuckerman, US News and World Report

    Don't be fooled by the headline unemployment number of 8.1 percent announced on Friday. The reason the number dropped to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July was not because more jobs were created,...

  • Obama's Lead Over Romney Widens Despite Jobs Data

    By Reuters

    President Barack Obama, picking up support following the Democratic National Convention, widened his narrow lead over Republican U.S. presidential challenger Mitt Romney in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll...

  • A Glimmer of Hope for Obama in Jobs Report?

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    The unemployment rate dipped to 8.1 percent in August for the worst possible reason: 368,000 Americans dropped out of the workforce last month and another 213,000 never even bothered to join it, a...