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The differences between the House and Senate are not huge, says Rep. Eric Cantor, (R-VA). "The Republicans in the House are standing for the working people," he adds.
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Americans need to feel richer if they are going to vote for President Barack Obama, says Jon Hilsenrath, WSJ. CNBC's Steve Liesman weighs in on the easing possibilities for the Fed in 2012.
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According to a survey of VCs and CEOs, it could be an uneasy start to the new year in the venture capital world as capital remains tight. But for President Obama, life could be good: they predict he'll win the 2012 election.
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As we seek your votes on this year's candidates, you’ll note that we have few repeats from 2010 and only one person who also made our inaugural list of 2009.
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Insight on the political push for energy efficiency, with John Podesta, Center for American Progress.
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CNBC's John Harwood has the details from the NBC/WSJ national poll, which shows Newt Gingrich has a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has surged to a wide lead over Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican nomination, but either leading candidates would face a daunting path in the general election against President Obama, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Dodd-Frank and other costly regulations are punishing businesses, keeping them from expanding and creating more jobs, hedge fund investor Ken Langone told CNBC Tuesday.
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Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital is being searched by his critics for ammunition in the presidential campaign, and by others for clues as to how he would perform as president, the New York Times reports.
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Russian stocks and the rouble held above their two-week lows, but analysts said that, at least until Dec. 24, investors would be better off staying away from Russia.
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Newt Gingrich may be leading the pack of GOP presidential candidates right now, but voters will eventually come back to Mitt Romney, says former Vice President Dan Quayle.
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CNBC's Larry Kudlow discusses tomorrow's Iowa Republican debate, and looks at Mitt Romney's attack ads targeting Newt Gingrich, with Robert Costa, National Review; Tony Fratto, Hamilton Place Strategies; John McLaughlin, Republican pollster; and Dan Gerstein, Gotham Ghostwriters.
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The United States is a debtor nation and will never "become a great country again until we become a rich country," Donald Trump told CNBC Thursday.
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Discussing his upcoming role as a moderator for the next GOP debate, with Donald Trump, Trump Organization chairman/president, who weighs in on the issues like outsourcing jobs overseas, saying the U.S. cannot be a great country again unless it becomes a rich country.
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There's a clear new front-runner in the GOP race for president. The latest in national Gallop poll shows former House Speaker Newt Gingrich soaring to a 15 point lead over Mitt Romney, 37-to-22.
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GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took aim at President Obama, denied ever doing any lobbying and called out House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in a wide-ranging interview with Larry Kudlow Tuesday.
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GOP Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman dismissed Donald Trump and the debate the real estate mogul and reality TV star will be moderating, telling Larry Kudlow he’s the only consistent conservative in the race.
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Vowing, `I will not be silenced and I'm not going away,' Herman Cain announced in Atlanta today he is suspending his presidential campaign.
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The real estate mogul and reality TV star tells Larry Kudlow what he’s looking to accomplish at the Iowa debate he’s moderating, and whether he’ll decide to jump into the race.
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Real estate mogul Donald Trump will moderate a Republican presidential debate in Iowa a week before the state holds the first in the nation caucuses. Last spring, he announced he would not seek the Republican nomination himself after toying with a bid.