Elections

Budget Battles

  • They Said What? More Gaffes, Goofs, and Gaucherie

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    A slip of the tongue can sometimes make or break an election. This year's crop of candidates may be close to breaking the record as they suffer from severe cases of foot in mouth disease--a condition...

  • Is True Political Discourse Dead?

    By Sam Youngman, Reuters

    It's either an amusing way to follow the 2012 presidential campaign, or the death rattle for meaningful political discourse in America. Either way, top campaign aides to Democratic President Barack...

  • 7 Things You Didn't Know About Ann Romney

    By Theweek.com, TheWeek.com

    Ann Romney, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, stepped into the national spotlight last week when she took umbrage at a Democratic strategist who said she "actually...

  • Obama v. Romney: Closer than You Think

    By John Whitesides, Reuters

    The 2012 presidential election is more than six months away, but here is what we know so far: It is going to be close, it is going to be nasty, and the outcome could turn on a series of unpredictable...

  • Weekly Jobless Claims Disappoint

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, according to a government report on Thursday that could dampen hopes of a pick-up in job creation in April after March's...