Mitt Romney basks in Republican accolades – for now
“By the way, the endorsement of George W Bush has so far been conspicuous by its absence. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that W has gone into a witness protection programme.”
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“By the way, the endorsement of George W Bush has so far been conspicuous by its absence. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that W has gone into a witness protection programme.”
In the biggest case for more than 40 years, nine justices must decide whether the president’s sweeping healthcare reforms should be declared unconstitutional. Will the law, or politics prevail?
Mitt Romney – the comeback kid? That’s what he’s calling himself, after snatching crucial victories in Michigan and Arizona’s Republican primaries, over his chief rival Rick Santorum.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the rise of Ed Davey
In America’s election year, Iowa – the first state to choose who should become the Republican party’s nominee – is where the presidential campaign begins in earnest, writes Felicity Spector.
The 2012 US presidential campaign begins in earnest today when Republicans in the predominantly rural state of Iowa vote to decide who they want to represent them in November’s election.
The former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has suffered another blow to his Presidential hopes: he’s failed to get on the ballot for the Republican primary in his own state, writes Felicity Spector.
Every now and then America dishes up an unforeseen, unscripted spasm of moderation. This is what happened in a slate of state elections and ballot initiatives yesterday, which amounted to a collective cold shoulder to some feverish issues pushed mainly by the hard right. In Mississippi voters overwhelmingly rejected an initiative which would have redefined…
Populism, with a cause. Just as top Democrats rush to embrace the Occupy Wall Street protests, one leading Republican castigates the ‘mobs’, writes Felicity Spector.
Uncle Sam is coming off a sugar high and dealing with the inevitable sugar low.
Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron tells Channel 4 Political Editor Gary Gibbon he regrets saying his party was destined for a divorce from the Conservatives.
It’s no entente cordiale at the Liberal Democrats conference this year – as senior party figures line up to condemn their Tory coalition partners, writes Felicity Spector.
It’s lonely out there in front, as Rick Perry found out during last night’s Republican presidential debate, when he became everyone’s political target.
President Obama sends his American Jobs Act to Congress, along with plans for budget cuts to pay for it all. And he warns his Republican rivals: the only thing stopping the plan is politics.
Faisal meets Joseph Stiglitz who predicts dark times for much of the Western world and CNBC’s Jim Cramer, who, conversely, envisages light at the end of the tunnel.