By Robert Romano — One issue certain to come up at the Oct. 11 vice-presidential debate between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden will be the sorry state of the nation’s finances, with a national debt of $16.161 trillion and rising. For Ryan, this presents a unique opportunity […]

By Rick Manning — The Obama campaign launched an Internet hit campaign using Big Bird to attack Mitt Romney as a result of Romney’s debate claim that he would eliminate funding for the Public Broadcasting System if elected president. Romney unequivocally declared that the U.S. government was […]

By Robert Romano — “The average middle-class family with children would pay about $2,000 more. Now, that’s not my analysis; that’s the analysis of economists who have looked at this.” That was how Barack Obama described Mitt Romney’s tax plan to millions of potential voters at the […]

By Rebekah Rast — In September 2008, before Barack Obama was elected president and Steven Chu appointed Department of Energy Secretary, Chu stated, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Thanks in large part […]

By Kevin Mooney — Both Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have expressed support for green energy initiatives throughout the campaign. But in their debate last Wednesday, Romney quickly pivoted away from the concept when he was asked to discuss tax policy. Obama has […]

By Rick Manning — Believe it or not, somehow the unemployment rate number dipped below Obama’s self-defined 8 percent threshold needed for re-election.  The timing of this .3 percent drop in the jobless rate with just five short weeks before the election caused many, including Americans for […]

“You look out for yourselves.  I release you of your duties.”—Captain Edward Smith of the Titanic, to his crew, April 15, 1912 By David Bozeman — What will conservatives and libertarians do once persuasion has proven futile and the electoral process has been exhausted?  What if […]

Here are the results of the lie detector test conducted by Voice Analysis Technologies, LLC . Any questions on these results can be directed to them at (608) 241-1337. Obama Lie Detector Results Romney Voice Analysis

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The 2012 fiscal year ended this past weekend with a whimper, as our nation suffered approximately $1.2 trillion of new debt this year, bringing the total to $5.3 trillion since Barack Obama became president. […]

By Rick Manning — Reactions to the debate are flying all around the D.C. Beltway in the aftermath of Romney-Obama 1, O’s Denver Debate Debacle. Analysts will argue various points in the debate with fact checkers and spinners on both sides furiously working to either maximize the […]