Election 2012

As Benzinga reported earlier today, the economy is showing signs of life and may be headed toward a turnaround. Like almost all things economic, this development has a potential political angle as well. Much of the pre-election planning for Republicans and Democrats (as well as other parties and...

For a former history professor, Newt Gingrich is awfully ignorant of history, life, and reality. His latest foray into idiocy involves Gingrich advocating child labor for America's youth. Yes, child labor — the kind outlawed 100 years ago when we, as a country, realized that the worst thing you...

If the Republicans could put forth a reasonable candidate, he or she would have better than even odds of defeating the incumbent, President Barack Obama, in the 2012 election. The economy — an excellent predictor of election results — is in bad shape. People are scared and they want change....

It's been three glorious years since George "Mission Accomplished" Bush took his presidential sideshow circus back to Texas. When he left, Bush was one of the most controversial political figures in modern American history. He had seen, in his tenure, a budget surplus turn into a massive deficit;...