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June 14, 2011

Politics and Government
The No Foreign Policy News GOP Debate

Republican presidential hopefuls (L-R) former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, …

Republican presidential hopefuls (L-R) former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain at the GOP debate in Manchester, New Hampshire on June 13, 2011. (Joel Page/courtesy Reuters)

September 27, 2012

Global
The World Next Week September 27, 2012

A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org: Obama and Romney face off in the first presidential debate; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the United States; and Georgia …

Podcast

October 4, 2012

Corporate Governance
The First Presidential Debate: Optimism and Irony

It did not take long for the verdict to be reached on the first face-to-face debate of the campaign: President Obama's performance was about as lackluster as the current state of the U.S. economy. It…

President Barack Obama answers a question as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney listens during the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate in Denver on October 3 (Rick Wilking/Courtesy Reuters).

January 14, 2012

Politics and Government
What Do Americans Know about the GOP Presidential Candidates?

In yesterday’s Friday File I flagged a CBS/Vanity Fair poll that showed that most Americans do not know that Mitt Romney’s first name is Willard—as opposed to Mitt (or Mittens or Gromit). That’s a cu…

Mitt Romney is shown on television monitors in the filing center during the Republican presidential debate at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. (Danny Moloshok/courtesy Reuters)

October 31, 2012

Elections and Voting
The Candidates and the Economy

Amid sluggish growth and high unemployment, the economy has emerged as the central issue of the 2012 presidential campaign, as the candidates debate the role of government in jumpstarting the economy…