Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, spoke with TIME’s Rick Stengel about his new book, Back to Work, and how to fix the economy. Excerpts from that conversation follow.
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How Tea Party Indecision Is Boosting Mitt Romney
How lucky has Mitt Romney’s presidential run been so far? Even conservatives scrambling to find an alternative to the Massachusetts governor are inadvertently boosting his bid for the Republican nomination.
Why Occupy Wall Street Is More Popular than the Tea Party*
One of the juicier nuggets in TIME’s wide-ranging new poll is that voters are embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement as they sour on the Tea Party. Twice as many respondents (54%) have a favorable impression of the eclectic …
TIME Poll: Obama Leads Head-to-Head Matchups with Republican Rivals
Despite sweeping pessimism about the nation’s fortunes and his own sliding approval ratings, President Obama leads potential Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Perry in hypothetical general-election matchups, according to a …
Occupy Wall Street: A Tea Party for the Left?
The Tea Party was once a joke, an aberration, a bunch of funny people in funny hats with neither power nor a coherent message. That was back in 2009, of course, before the loosely-defined group, organized through new technology …
With Congress Back from Break, Boehner Finds Himself Negotiating at the Brink Once Again
Politically speaking, it’s been a relatively quiet August recess for members of Congress: no screaming health care town halls like the ones in 2009, no emergency sessions to approve aid to the states, which occupied time last …
A Tea Party Champion Faces Political Reality in New Hampshire
Back in January, Tea Partying businessman Jack Kimball sprang an upset in New Hampshire, toppling an establishment-backed Republican to become the chair of the Granite State’s GOP. Kimball, 64, had a paper-thin political resume headlined by a losing bid for governor. But his purist politics won him fans within the state’s burgeoning Tea …
Rick Perry’s Social Security Conversation
Rick Perry wants to have a conversation about federal entitlement programs. That conversation is, in effect, about how to end them. “I would suggest a legitimate conversation about [letting] the states keep their money and implement the programs,” he said of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to Newsweek’s Andrew Romano last …
Corporate Interests Back the Debt Deal. Do They Regret Funding the Tea Party’s Rise?
Of the few clear truths in Washington’s nearly resolved debt debate, there is this: House Republican freshmen made good on their promise to vigorously push President Obama, and Democrats, toward fiscal austerity. They were elected to Congress last November with the help of some $34 million in campaign advertising from the U.S. Chamber …
The Weak Speaker: How a Failed Debt Vote Disarmed the Nation’s Top Republican
House Speaker John Boehner failed to muster enough GOP votes to pass his plan to raise the debt limit on Thursday night, throwing into question the fate of Boehner’s proposal as well as that of his speakership. Republican leaders …
With Debt Vote Looming, House GOP Tries to Repair Its Fractured Coalition
A day before a pivotal vote that could shape the remainder of his Speakership, John Boehner issued a blunt rallying cry to his restive rank-and-file to support his plan to reduce the deficit and raise the U.S. borrowing authority …
Republican Establishment Tries to Leash the Tea Party
As John Boehner hunts for enough votes to pass his debt-limit proposal, the Washington-New York Republican establishment is coming out in vehement support for his plan. on Tuesday, the Chamber of Commerce announced its backing of the Boehner plan, calling the legislation “critical” and saying that “default is not an option.” (The …
Michele Bachmann’s Life On and Off the Campaign Trail
A look at the Minnesota Congresswoman’s career from her days as student council president (and cheerleader) to her never-boring bid for President.