Campaign Buzz May 8, 2012: Primary Night Results: Mitt Romney Wins 3 Primaries — GOP Sen. Richard Lugar Loses Indiana Primary to Tea Party Candidate Richard Mourdock — Wisconsin Democrats Choose Tom Barrett to Run Against Scott Walker for Governor in Recall Race — North Carolina Voters Pass Same-Sex Marriage Ban

CAMPAIGN 2012 By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Campaign Buzz January 21, 2012: Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Republican Primary — Sweeps the State – Romney Places Distant Second Place

CAMPAIGN 2012 By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Campaign Recap September 19, 2011: GOP Candidates Gang-up on Rick Perry Attack Social Security Position at the CNN / Tea Party GOP Republican Presidential Debate

CAMPAIGN 2012 By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Campaign Buzz September 12, 2011: Rick Perry Vs. Republican Candidates at CNN / Tea Party Express GOP Republican Presidential Debate — Perry Attacked, on the Offense, Defense & Toned Down on Social Security

CAMPAIGN 2012 CAMPAIGN BUZZ 2012 THE HEADLINES: GOP CNN/TEA PARTY EXPRESS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA Full Text Campaign Buzz September 12, 2011: CNN / Tea Party GOP Republican Presidential Debate — Candidates Gang Up on Rick Perry — Target Social Security (Complete Transcript) — CNN, 9-12-11 Live blog of CNN’s first-ever Tea [...]

Full Text Campaign Buzz September 12, 2011: CNN / Tea Party GOP Republican Presidential Debate — Candidates Gang Up on Rick Perry — Target Social Security (Complete Transcript)

CAMPAIGN 2012 CAMPAIGN BUZZ 2012 Chip Litherland for The New York Times Republican presidential candidates before their debate in Tampa, Fla. More Photos » Perry Is Target as Republican Candidates Take Aim: The presidential candidates aggressively confronted Gov. Rick Perry and pressed him to expound upon his views on Social Security and a vaccination program [...]

Political Buzz September 8, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress Unveiling $450 Billion Jobs Plan with Payroll Tax Cuts — Obama Sarcastically Challenges Congress to Pass American Jobs Act — Michele Bachmann Responds

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers an [...]

Full Text September 8, 2011: Rep. & Republican Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann’s Response to President Barack Obama’s Joint Address to Congress Unveiling $450 Billion Jobs Plan (Speech Transcript)

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Rep. Bachmann’s Response to President Obama’s Speech to a Joint Session of Congress Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-6) hosted a press conference and responded tonight to President Obama’s Jobs Speech. Below are her remarks as delivered: Unfortunately, it seems, every time the [...]

Full Text US Economy in Crisis August 8, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Remarks to the Nation on S&P’s (Standard & Poor’s) Downgrade of the US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+ & Repercussions on the Economy

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: Common Sense and Compromise White House Photo, Samantha Appleton, 8/8/11 QUOTES Remarks by the President State Dining Room 1:52 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  On Friday, we learned that the United States received a downgrade by one of the credit rating agencies — [...]

Political Buzz Debt Ceiling Showdown August 6, 2011: Washington Post Analysis — The Reasoning Behind the Republican Showdown in the Debt Crisis — “Origins of the Debt Showdown”

POLITICAL BUZZ OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: FEATURES: For the GOP, the debt showdown was a ‘leverage moment’: Source: WaPo, 8-7-11 Origins of the debt showdown The frantic showdown over the debt ceiling that played out in Washington, bringing the nation to the brink of default, looked like the haphazard escalation of a typical [...]

Full Text US Economy in Crisis August 6, 2011: Republican GOP Candidates React to S&P’s Downgrade of US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: QUOTES GOP candidates react to credit rating downgrade Source: USA Today, 8-6-11 JON HUNTSMAN “Out-of-control spending and a lack of leadership in Washington have resulted in President Obama presiding over the first downgrade of the United States credit rating in our history. “For far too [...]

Political Buzz US Economy in Crisis, August 6, 2011: S&P (Standard & Poor’s) Downgrades United States Credit Rating from Coveted AAA to AA+ Friday After Debt Bill & Repeated Warnings — US has Maintained AAA Rating since 1917

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: These 15 countries (and the [...]

Full Text Debt Ceiling Showdown July 29, 2011: Budget Control Act of 2011 — Republican Debt Ceiling Bill Passed in the House 218-210

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS   THE HEADLINES: DEBT CEILING SHOWDOWN: OBAMA VS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS S.627 Latest Title: Faster FOIA Act of 2011 Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 3/17/2011)      Cosponsors (3) Related Bills: H.RES.375, H.RES.383, H.R.1564 Latest Major Action: 7/29/2011 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 218 – 210 (Roll no. [...]

Political Buzz Debt Ceiling Showdown, July 27, 2011: Speaker John Boehner & Republican Congressional & Senate Leadership Try to Rally Rebellious Conservative Republicans into Supporting House Debt Plan

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. THE HEADLINES: DEBT CEILING SHOWDOWN: OBAMA VS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS Philip Scott [...]

Joe Walsh: Freshmen Republican ex-history professor holds key role in debt talks

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Canada.com, 7-22-11 ‘These are people who are, deep down, anti- government’: professor Before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections, Joe Walsh was a two-time political loser who almost no one – excluding maybe his family and close friends – thought would win a seat in Congress. Now the 49-year-old former [...]

Full Text Debt Ceiling Showdown, July 22, 2011: President Obama Discusses Debt Crisis at University of Maryland Town Hall

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS DEBT CEILING SHOWDOWN: OBAMA VS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS Remarks by the President at University of Maryland Town Hall Source: WH, 7-22-11 Ritchie Coliseum University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 11:04 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Maryland!  (Applause.)  Hello!  Nice to see you.  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Everybody, please have a seat.  [...]