Elections

Budget Battles

  • Romney: Gingrich Should Return Freddie Mac Money

    By Kasie Hunt And Philip Elliott Associated Press

    Mitt Romney on Monday aggressively criticized rival Newt Gingrich and called on him to return the estimated $1.6 million he received for providing strategic advice to Freddie Mac, the quasi-...

  • Is Ron Paul the ‘King Maker’ in 2012 Election?

    By Eric Pianin

    For much of the year, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was all but ignored in the GOP presidential sweepstakes. But in the wake of his solid polling in Iowa, some are wondering if the grizzled libertarian...

  • Newt Gingrich: 15 Things You Don’t Know About Him

    By Maureen Mackey and Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

    Newt Gingrich’s policy statements, campaign speeches, press appearances, course teachings, op-eds, and published books are a matter of public record – so there’s no mystery about where Gingrich...

  • Democrats Encouraged About Obama in 2012

    By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press

    After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama's political prospects in 2012. They cite...

  • For Gingrich, No Bombast or Apologies

    By CHARLES BABINGTON

    Newt Gingrich is trying to preserve his rapid rise in the GOP presidential race by defending his most controversial stands without appearing to be the thin-skinned hothead his critics often describe...