Paul Ryan

Budget Battles

  • New Trend in Campaign Cash: Text Messaging

    By Reuters

    Small donors may find themselves in higher demand in the last few weeks of the U.S. presidential election, which has so far been marked by the pursuit of big checks, as both campaigns are now asking...

  • The Republican Jobs Plan: Trust Us to Do Better

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    At this week’s convention, Republicans had two main goals. First was to convince voters that Barack Obama’s policies have been totally ineffectual in curing the economic recession. Second, to...

  • Condi Rice Condemns Leadership 'Failure' by Obama

    By Patricia Zengerle, Reuters

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brought foreign policy clout to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, condemning what she described as a stark failure of leadership by...

  • Ryan Rallies the Troops—Now It’s Romney’s Turn

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Paul Ryan stoked the Republican faithful on Tuesday night with an attack on why the Obama presidency that began with such promise faded into disappointment, rallying a crowd at the party’s national...

  • Ron Paul's Last Stand: A Delegate Manuever

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Members of the Ron Paul delegation at the GOP Convention this week haven't exactly felt euphoric: Some of them stormed off the convention floor in a fury on Tuesday after the RNC and convention...