Ralph Z. Hallow
Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow
Economy still key concern for 2012
A job-approval boost for President Obama is almost inevitable following the dramatic Sunday-night announcement that U.S. military forces had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Published May 2, 2011
Tea party leaves streets, hits political suites
The tea party protests and parades were much more modest this Tax Day, reflecting the grass-roots movement's metamorphosis from the mass fist-waving demonstrations of the past two years to something much more precise and targeted — a political "smart" bomb that, for now, shows no signs of becoming a third-party movement. Published April 20, 2011
American Conservative Union reaches out to tea party
Turning the tradition of seniority in politics on its head, the 20-month-old tea party movement suddenly finds itself courted by the 47-year-old American Conservative Union. Published April 17, 2011
Budget cuts too small for many conservatives
They don't want to undermine the work of their congressional allies, but leading conservatives and Republican presidential hopefuls are already voicing their displeasure with the spending-cut and budget deals taking shape on Capitol Hill. Published April 14, 2011
Tea party activists irked by budget deal
The $38 billion in budget cuts Republicans got Democrats to accept over the weekend amount to a non-dent in the $14.3 trillion federal debt and leaves tea party activists feeling let down by Republicans in Congress, despite the movement's apparently crucial role in pressuring GOP leaders to push as hard as they did on the budget. Published April 10, 2011
NAACP, right urge alternative to prison for nonviolent felons
Leaders of the nation's best-known civil rights organization are teaming up with some of conservatism's top names to call for radical change in the costly way many states deal with convicted felons. Published April 6, 2011
GOP seeks more nomination control
Key GOP activists have come out in support of proposal by the Republican National Committee to wrest what has been exclusive control of the presidential nomination debate process from what they see as the liberal-leaning television networks and national press. Published April 4, 2011
Libya action has GOP rethinking nation-building
In the first sign of possible change in Republican orthodoxy, potential 2012 presidential hopeful Haley Barbour is speaking out against nation-building - a central focus of U.S. foreign policy for nearly two decades and of President George W. Bush's administration. Published March 27, 2011
Pump prices may put Obama in peril
Consumers' pain at the gas pump will likely be shared by President Obama at the polls in 2012 and could cost him a second term unless energy prices take a drastic turn for the better in the next 18 months. Published March 20, 2011
Eyeing 2012, Barbour rips Obama on the economy
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday offered a comprehensive-sounding prescription for reversing what he said was the downward slide of the economy — and of America's global standing. Published March 14, 2011
Priebus plots RNC’s long climb out of financial hole
Reince Priebus, just over a month into his term as Republican National Committee chairman, is cutting costs and cultivating the party's donor base in an aggressive bid to fix the national party's tattered balance sheet. Published March 10, 2011
Gingrich to ‘explore’ run in 2012
Newt Gingrich, regarded as the Republicans' best strategist when he was in Congress and still seen as one of its best planners, announced in Atlanta on Thursday that he has created a website asking people to donate to "Newt Explore 2012." Published March 3, 2011
2008 contenders lead wide-open GOP field
Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are tied for first place among likely 2012 GOP primary voters, according to a sampling of recent polls, but the betting in the political community is that Mr. Romney almost surely will run and Mr. Huckabee will not. Published February 23, 2011
Christie’s confrontations awe conservatives
Every time Gov. Chris Christie plays another round of smash-mouth politics with New Jersey's public-sector unions, conservative voters across the country lead the cheers. Published February 21, 2011
At CPAC, resurgent right looks to 2012
The political right is a stronger, more enthusiastic and more formidable force than ever, judging from remarks heard in the record-setting audience of 11,000 at the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, which ended Saturday. Published February 13, 2011
Texas Rep. Ron Paul captures TWT/CPAC presidential preference straw poll
Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, won the 2011 Washington Times/CPAC Straw Poll of 3,742 activists, the chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, the huge annual gathering of conservatives, announced Saturday. Published February 12, 2011
CPAC: Conservative activists feeling more optimistic about 2012
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday gave more than 2,000 cheering conservative activists a helping of Texas-style wit and political red meat, making fun of liberalism’s excesses while still pronouncing America’s future bright. Published February 11, 2011
In CPAC speech, Trump hints of White House bid
Donald Trump sent more than 2,000 conservative activists into a frenzy of approval when he told them that, unlike Ron Paul, he could win the Republican presidential nomination next year. Published February 10, 2011
In CPAC speech, Trump hints of White House bid
Donald Trump sent more than 2,000 conservative activists into a frenzy of approval when he told them that, unlike Ron Paul, he could win the Republican presidential nomination next year. Published February 10, 2011
Florida freshman West to close CPAC
Tea-party-backed Florida Rep. Allen West, regarded as among the most outspoken members of the giant freshman GOP congressional class, has been given the coveted closing address assignment Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Published February 9, 2011
