Elections

Budget Battles

  • Herman Cain: The Dangers of Living in a CEO Bubble

    By Ciro Scotti

    It’s hard to know what to make of a presidential candidate who speaks of himself in the third person and is introduced at a national press conference by a hardnosed Southern lawyer who gives what...

  • 7 Defining Moments in Presidential Debates

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    As a prelude to the real presidential debate--challenger vs. incumbent--Republicans have been practicing on almost a weekly basis, taking on one another to see who will win the challenge. Jim Lehrer...

  • Election Night Roundup

    By CHRIS SUNDHEIM, Associated Press

    Kentucky's Democratic governor was re-elected Tuesday, and voters picked a new governor in Mississippi — decisions that could foreshadow the public's political mood just two months ahead of the first...

  • Ohio Collective Bargaining Law Repealed

    By RACHEL WEINER, The Washington Post

    Ohioans voted Tuesday night to repeal a Republican-backed law that restricted collective bargaining for public workers, a victory for Democrats and labor organizers both nationally and in the state...

  • Cain Says He Won't Drop out of GOP Race

    By AMANDA MYERS and SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

    A defiant Herman Cain declared Tuesday he would not drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the face of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. "Ain't gonna happen," Cain...