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2012 election

Big Government cannot pay its bills. Again

By: Judge Andrew Napolitano 01/24/12 3:39 PM
Since Barack Obama became president on Jan. 20, 2009, the federal government has not had a budget. It did not have one for the first two years of his presidency, when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, and it did not have one for 2011, when the Democrats controlled the Senate and the Republicans controlled the House. Read More

Jobs, re-election on docket for State of the Union

By: The Associated Press 01/21/12 12:50 PM
Vilified by the Republicans who want his job, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night determined to frame the election-year debate on his terms, promising his State of the Union address will outline a lasting economic recovery that will "work for everyone, not just a wealthy few." Read More

Catnip from the progressive egotists

By: Emmett Tyrrell 01/05/12 9:05 PM
An underlying theme of our times that has gone unperceived by the high and mighty in media, government and other locales where the politically alive come to roost is the thumping failure of an increasing number of counter-productive, old progressive reforms. Read More

Tax time coming this November

By: Melissa Griffin 01/04/12 11:00 PM
San Francisco taxes
Happy New Year, dear readers! Having recovered from our election hangover, we must immediately reach for the next fix: the 2012 elections. What can we look forward to this November? Taxes, taxes and more taxes. Read More

Romney is winning the battle, but can he win the war?

By: Philip Klein 01/04/12 9:05 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa - Mitt Romney may have good reason to believe that his narrow victory in this year's Iowa caucuses will help propel him to the Republican nomination. But the deeper results should worry Republicans hoping to beat President Obama in November. Read More

Paul doesn't matter, but he's the one to watch

By: David Freddoso 01/03/12 9:05 PM
As this column hits the Internet, Iowa Republicans will start gathering at their precinct caucuses to choose someone to face off against President Obama in November. If the latest polls are accurate, they probably will not choose Ron Paul. Even if they do, he will hardly matter in 2012. Read More

It's time to make presidential primaries more representative

By: Examiner Editorial 01/01/12 9:05 PM
Once again, Americans are going through the motions of pretending that the Iowa caucuses are crucial to the presidential nomination process. Iowa is currently treated with reverence as a proving ground -- a place where candidates can demonstrate their organizational might. But this is inaccurate. Read More

Without independents, Obama has no chance at all of victory

By: Jay Cost 10/16/11 4:00 AM
Over the last 50 years, we have seen a remarkable transformation of the American electorate. The percentage of people identifying as Democrats has been cut nearly in half — from 51 percent in 1961 to 30 percent in 2011. Republicans have seen some gains from this, but the biggest jump has been in the number of people who identify with neither party, which according to the most recent Gallup poll is 46 percent. Read More

Obama at work: One president, two days and seven fundraisers

By: Charlie Spiering 10/02/11 4:00 AM
All last week, President Barack Obama continued a cross-country tour to promote his jobs bill. But as the quarterly deadline for fundraising approached, he also found plenty of time to woo the West Coast’s rich and famous in search of their campaign dollars. In fact, Obama attended seven fundraisers in the space of two days — a crash course cash-crawl that may have grossed his campaign up to $10 million. Read More

Republican presidential debates not addressing serious issues

By: Star Parker 09/25/11 4:00 AM
The Republican presidential debates are looking more and more like symptoms of the problems we’ve got than part of the process of solving them. These events are supposed to be about quality information, raising the bar and producing a thoughtful, informed electorate. But they are being produced to provide entertainment, and we are barely getting that. Read More
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