2012 Elections

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...
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...
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...

Huckabee Must Have Missed the Memo About The Sexes

By Eric Pianin

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee must have missed the memo. Last month, national Republican officials and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) began offering lawmakers sensitivity training and...
Analysts Dubious About Christie’s Presidential Hopes

By Rob Garver

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie left the door open to a presidential run t hius inauguration Tuesday, but emerging scandals may leave him hamstrung before the race even begins.
Dems’ Prospects of Winning the House Get Dimmer

By Eric Pianin

The Democrats’ prospects for winning back control of the House this fall never were good to begin with, but the sudden rash of announced retirements of veteran Democrats will make that effort even...
Two Politicians Who Beat Scandal – And One Who Didn’t

By David Francis

Christie Can Use These Pols ‘Comeback Playbooks’
Christie Scandal Opens Door to Far Right GOP Hopefuls

By Eric Pianin and Rob Garver

In the space of a single day, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie went from prospective front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 to damaged goods. His rivals just got a big...

The Fed Won’t Fire Until the Enemy is at the Door

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

The uncertain winds blowing from Europe and Capitol Hill clearly weighed on monetary policymakers’ minds Tuesday and Wednesday as they contemplated further action to deal with an economy that slowed...
10 ‘Kicked Cans’ That Can Send the U.S. Over the Cliff

By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

Amid all the mania about the government driving off the fiscal cliff early next year, there is the usual complaint about Washington putting off the kinds of reforms that would stop the federal budget...
Why the Fed Is Powerless to Clean Up Housing Mess

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

Federal Reserve Board policymakers, meeting today in Washington, face a terrible dilemma. They can’t do what needs to be done to stimulate a near moribund economy. And what they can do won’t help...
As Candidates Babble On, Voters Dig Into the Issues

By Liz Peek

Unlike the Public Editor of The New York Times , I am quite certain that Americans will learn all they need to know about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama by November. Arthur Brisbane, The Times’...
Congress Cuts a Deal to Avert a Government Shutdown

By David Lawder and Richard Cowan, Reuters

Democrats and Republicans in Congress reached a deal on Tuesday to fund federal government activities through next March and eliminate any threat of agency shutdowns that could upset voters ahead of...

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