Elections

Budget Battles

  • Chris Christie: Common Sense First, Party Second

    By Liz Peek

    What lessons can Scott Walker (and Mitt Romney and President Obama) learn from Chris Christie ? Mainly this: Collaboration is valuable, and it really is important to “reach across the aisle.” There...

  • Obama Goes Mano-a-Mano with Oil Speculators

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    President Obama on Tuesday announced a far-ranging plan to crack down on oil speculation, which he blames in part for the recent run-up in oil prices. The high prices are lightening consumer wallets...

  • Penguin Nips Newt During Gun Convention Break

    By BRUCE OLSON, Reuters

    Things have not been going all that well for Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lately, even at one of his favorite places - the zoo.

  • GSA Leader Takes the Fifth

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    A federal government training conference deteriorated over the past decade from a productive annual gathering into "a raucous, extravagant, arrogant" event, a former U.S. government administrator...

  • Romney Hints at Ending Tax Breaks

    By Sam Youngman and DONNA SMITH, Reuters

    Was it case of a politician being candid behind closed doors? Or was he merely leading a provocative discussion of tax proposals?Those were the questions surrounding U.S. Republican Mitt Romney's...