Paul Ryan

Budget Battles

  • Romney Even or Ahead of Obama in 3 New Polls

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Republican Mitt Romney, just weeks ago considered on the verge of irrelevance, swung back into contention after the first presidential debate last week with three new polls showing the former...

  • Veep Sweeps: 5 Ways Ryan Can Beat Biden

    By Liz Peek

    Paul Ryan’s job on Thursday night when he squares off against Vice President Joe Biden is to convince voters that he is not a loon. Biden’s challenge is to sell himself as a responsible manager of...

  • Will the Veep Debate Help Ryan Get His Mojo Back?

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    By drafting House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney was supposedly adding a franchise player to the GOP ticket, but the Wisconsin congressman thus far has tarnished...

  • Mitt the Moderate Reemerges—Too Little, Too Late?

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    By all accounts, Mitt Romney handily won Wednesday night’s debate with Barack Obama, giving his campaign a badly needed boost going into the presidential campaign’s final weeks. But Romney still has...

  • Complete Transcript of the First Presidential Debate

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Here is a complete transcript of President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney’s remarks at the first presidential debate in Denver on Oct. 3, 2012.