2012 Elections

Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections

By Robert Speel, The Conversation

Every presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...
Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury

By Rob Garver

Concluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...
GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups

By Eric Pianin

There have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...
Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill

By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

Failed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...
Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers

By Eric Pianin

In another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...

Huckabee Must Have Missed the Memo About The Sexes

By Eric Pianin

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee must have missed the memo. Last month, national Republican officials and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) began offering lawmakers sensitivity training and...
Analysts Dubious About Christie’s Presidential Hopes

By Rob Garver

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie left the door open to a presidential run t hius inauguration Tuesday, but emerging scandals may leave him hamstrung before the race even begins.
Dems’ Prospects of Winning the House Get Dimmer

By Eric Pianin

The Democrats’ prospects for winning back control of the House this fall never were good to begin with, but the sudden rash of announced retirements of veteran Democrats will make that effort even...
Two Politicians Who Beat Scandal – And One Who Didn’t

By David Francis

Christie Can Use These Pols ‘Comeback Playbooks’
Christie Scandal Opens Door to Far Right GOP Hopefuls

By Eric Pianin and Rob Garver

In the space of a single day, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie went from prospective front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 to damaged goods. His rivals just got a big...

Romney’s 14 Steps to the GOP Presidential Nomination

By Brianna Ehley and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney capped a six-year quest for the GOP presidential nomination today in a roll-call vote of the Republican National Convention, which began its first full day...
Why Christie Won't Mention N.J.'s Unemployment Rate

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

There’s one number New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie probably won’t mention in his keynote speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention: 9.8 percent, his state’s current unemployment rate...
A Convention Bump? Maybe Not on Wall Street

By Yuval Rosenberg

Brokers and bankers may be backing Mitt Romney in his race against President Obama, but as Republicans start their Tampa nominating convention in earnest, will three days of pro-Romney tributes put...
Republicans: We Won’t Build That

By Mark Thoma

Once the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida ends, all eyes will turn to this year’s Federal Reserve conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. At the 2010 conference, Chairman Ben...
Wall Street Gives Up on Obama and Roots for Romney

By Yuval Rosenberg

After supporting Obama in 2008, financial firms and the people who work at them have lined up squarely behind Romney, the man from Bain Capital, this year. But if progress on policy choices matters...

Search form