Donald Lambro

LAMBRO: Obama’s double-whammy economy

It should be clear by now that President Obama is running against the U.S. economy, and as of last week, the economy was beating him.

May 8, 2012

LAMBRO: What Obama won’t say as he campaigns

President Obama officially has begun his 2012 campaign, telling special-interest groups what the government will do for them if he is elected to a second term.

April 24, 2012

LAMBRO: Running on the low road

It should be clear by now that Barack Obama will not be running for a second term based on his record over the past four years. After presiding over the weakest economic recovery since the Great Depression, with a wreckage of still-high unemployment, reduced incomes, increased poverty and continuing home foreclosures in his wake, Mr. Obama's re-election campaign won't be running "morning in America" ads this year.

April 19, 2012

LAMBRO: Restless Republicans turn to Romney

Remember all the pundits who warned that the poisonous Republican presidential primary battles threatened to divide the GOP and seriously weaken their nominee?

April 17, 2012

LAMBRO: No one’s buying Biden’s Brooklyn Bridge

Vice President Joseph R. Biden has begun attacking former Gov. Mitt Romney's credentials on the economy - the issue for which President Obama gets his worst marks in his job-disapproval polls.

March 29, 2012

LAMBRO: Punishment by any name

The Supreme Court's historic debate over the constitutionality of President Obama's unpopular health care law is all about economic freedom.

March 27, 2012

LAMBRO: Obama’s orphan issue

The government's monstrous budget deficits continue their meteoric rise under President Obama's big spending policies, further threatening America's shaky economy and future growth.

March 20, 2012

LAMBRO: Reid deals for survival

A Republican takeover of the Senate in November was about as close to a sure thing as it gets in today's politics. But now the contest could become a bit more difficult after some unsavory backroom deals cut by two Democratic leaders.

March 8, 2012

LAMBRO: High unemployment could fell Obama

President Obama may be getting great pleasure from the Republicans' lengthening battle over who can beat him in November. But he faces a much stronger opponent between now and then: a weakened U.S. economy.

March 1, 2012

LAMBRO: Blockading Canadian oil

There's a simple, one-word answer to President Obama's latest lecture that "we can't drill our way" to lower gas prices: Baloney.

February 28, 2012

LAMBRO: Santorum’s sloppy words

A presidential candidate's campaign rhetoric can reveal a lot about what he truly believes, but some of Rick Santorum's language has pushed that to the edge.

February 23, 2012

LAMBRO: Squeezing optimism from dubious statistics

In the high stakes of political combat, perceptions can matter as much or more than reality, and maybe that's why President Obama's numbers are creeping up in some polls.

February 16, 2012

LAMBRO: Obama’s proposed budgetary house of cards

Two things you need to know about President Obama's nearly $4 trillion budget for fiscal 2013: It will likely add another $1 trillion to a $15.3 trillion debt, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he will not act on any full budget plan this year.

February 14, 2012