Elections

Budget Battles

  • Ron Paul in N.H.: I’m ‘Dangerous to Status Quo’

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    In a rousing speech to his supporters after placing second to Mitt Romney in the N.H. primary on Tuesday night, Ron Paul talked about the case for freedom, free markets, and “a sensible foreign...

  • Romney Projected Winner in N.H.

    By Philip Rucker and David Nakamura, The Washington Post

    Mitt Romney was projected as the winner of New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, giving the former Massachusetts governor a sweep of the first...

  • 7 Things to Know about the New Hampshire Primary

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    he flinty-eyed denizens of the Granite State voting in today’s primary are not representative of the national Republican electorate, largely because New Hampshire’s open primary system allows...

  • Romney Poised for N.H. Win

    By Steve Holland and JASON McCLURE, Reuters

    Mitt Romney is poised to take a big step toward the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Tuesday by capturing New Hampshire, hoping to ride out last-minute attacks from his rivals and recover...

  • Santorum Plan Adds to Deficit

    By Kim Dixon, Reuters

    Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum appeals to the party's hunger for low taxes, but earns poor grades from economists across the U.S. political spectrum who say the plan will bloat the...