Topic: Elections

In January, I wrote that I thought this primary would go all the way to the convention due to voter uncertainty and was my major call for U.S. politics. These GOP debates are like votes in Greece: every one appears to be crucial, but each one creates more uncertainty.    Read More

If you shake out the Obama budget in terms of bold headlines, it’s really a class-warfare, tax-the-rich budget. Layer upon layer of tax hikes are piled on successful investors, small-business owners, and corporations.    Read More

In a somewhat stunning turn of events, the House Republican leadership has decided to add $100 billion to the US deficit by passing a 10-month extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut without finding offsets to pay for it.    Read More

If you shake out the Obama budget in terms of bold headlines, it’s really a class-warfare, tax-the-rich budget. Layer upon layer of tax hikes are piled on successful investors, small-business owners, and corporations.    Read More

The 2012 presidential campaign offers Republicans the opportunity for a robust debate on the roles of free markets and state intervention in defining the opportunities the economy offers Americans.    Read More

Pundits, pollsters, and political forecasters can agree on at least one thing following this tumultuous Republican primary season. Not since 1976, when Ronald Reagan racked up victories in Southern and Midwest primaries and took his fight all the way to the Republican convention that year, has the race for the Republican nomination been so interesting.    Read More

Newt Gingrich ratcheted up his attacks against GOP rival Mitt Romney Thursday but said that doesn't mean he's against capitalism. “I am very pro free market, I am very pro capitalism,” Gingrich said.   Read More

Why the State of the Union, which has become the Wrestlemania of stump speeches, should go back to what the founding fathers intended — an annual report.   Read More

The Fed’s forecast that rates could stay low for another three years provides juice for risk assets like stocks, but signals more worries for the economy.    Read More

So far, the presidential election has not impacted stocks, but that could change if Mitt Romney fades as the likely Republican nominee.    Read More