Elections

Budget Battles

  • California Pension Reform Barely Moves the Needle

    By Mary Slosson, Reuters

    California's legislature easily passed a pension reform measure on Friday that cuts some of the most generous public employee retirement benefits in the United States, but even many supporters of the...

  • The Obama Presidency: Why Partisanship Prevails

    By Dan Balz, The Washington Post

    There is polarization in Washington as deep as it has been in modern times. Instead of cooperation, there is confrontation. Instead of civility, there is rudeness. The political system seems frozen...

  • New Trend in Campaign Cash: Text Messaging

    By Reuters

    Small donors may find themselves in higher demand in the last few weeks of the U.S. presidential election, which has so far been marked by the pursuit of big checks, as both campaigns are now asking...

  • Romney Speech—No Homerun, but Still in the Game

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Mitt Romney strode to the podium on Thursday night at a distinct disadvantage, as the past two nights at the Republican National Convention had largely failed to generate the usual kind of jolt that...

  • The Republican Jobs Plan: Trust Us to Do Better

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    At this week’s convention, Republicans had two main goals. First was to convince voters that Barack Obama’s policies have been totally ineffectual in curing the economic recession. Second, to...