Donald Lambro
Articles by Donald Lambro
LAMBRO: Obama slammed left, right and center
Gas prices have soared to a national average of $3.82 a gallon, hitting a high of $4.35 per gallon in some parts of the country. Published March 15, 2012
LAMBRO: Unemployment threatens White House
The precipitous rise in President Obama's job disapproval polls stunned the West Wing on Monday and shook Democratic leaders. The president is getting failing scores on all of the politically pivotal issues - from a weak economy, high unemployment, skyrocketing gas prices to trillion-dollar budget deficits. Published March 13, 2012
LAMBRO: It’s the economy, Santorum
At a time when Americans consider the lack- luster Obama econ- omy to be the No. 1 issue facing the country, Rick Santorum this week was suggesting that other issues deserve equal treatment. Published March 6, 2012
LAMBRO: Defusing Obama tax bomb
An election-minded Congress defused the Social Security payroll-tax cut issue last week, but a much more politically lethal time bomb is set to go off at the end of the year. Published February 21, 2012
LAMBRO: Beauty contest wins don’t put Santorum on top
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is the GOP's latest presidential flavor of the month, propelled in large part by his party's large bloc of evangelical and socially conservative voters. Published February 9, 2012
LAMBRO: Obama’s recipe for poverty
The Congressional Budget Office gave us a forecast Tuesday of a frightening fiscal catastrophe that threatens to engulf the government in a sea of debt. Published February 2, 2012
LAMBRO: Low scores for Obama economy
The Republicans' presidential primary slugfest has all of our attention right now, but the general election race is really the more interesting story. Published January 31, 2012
LAMBRO: Obama’s tax-rate demagoguery
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney estimates the federal tax rate he pays on most of his income is about 15 percent because it comes from his past investments. Published January 19, 2012
LAMBRO: Reorganizing deck chairs on U.S. Titanic
President Obama's puny election-year plan to consolidate a handful of government agencies and programs is about three years and $4 trillion too late. With America's jobless rate stuck at a few tenths below 9 percent and his dismal job approval polls in the mid-40s - the equivalent of a failing grade - Mr. Obama is attempting to impersonate a budget cutter. He's fooling no one. Published January 17, 2012
LAMBRO: Finally voters start to get a say
Voters go to the polls next month to begin choosing a candidate who can put America back to work, and that means preventing Barack Obama from winning a second term. Published December 29, 2011
LAMBRO: Donnybrook over underwater mortgage giant
Newt Gingrich's sharp counterattack against Mitt Romney for "laying off employees" during his years as a venture capital investor was taken right out of former Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's liberal campaign playbook. Published December 14, 2011
LAMBRO: Earmarks - by a different name
When Congress announced a ban on budget earmarks earlier this year, many believed that the wasteful spending practice had been killed once and for all. Published December 13, 2011
LAMBRO: Two at the top of the heap
Two things are now likely in the two-man race for the Republican presidential nomination: This will be a marathon, not a sprint, that will run through the GOP primaries, and it may well be decided at the party's 2012 convention. Published December 8, 2011
LAMBRO: Obama’s statistical slump
Mark Twain, who took a dim view of elected officials, once said that in the world of politics and government there were lies, damned lies and statistics. That scathing remark certainly applies to the Obama administration's response to last week's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, which said the nationwide unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent in November. The White House joyfully lept on the news, saying it showed the economy was "moving in the right direction." Published December 6, 2011
LAMBRO: Social Security teeters over tax cut plan
Congress is working on extending the employee Social Security payroll tax cut for one more year and possibly cut it for employers, too. But no one's talking about how much revenue this will drain from a fund that's already turned "cash negative." Published December 1, 2011
LAMBRO: Bent out of shape over Bush tax cuts
Ten years after President George W. Bush cut income-tax rates, his decision remains at the epicenter of debate about future economic policy. President Obama, who came charging into office vowing to repeal the Bush tax cuts, has been blocked at every turn by Republicans but also by some members of own party who thought it was insane to raise taxes in the midst of a recession when businesses were struggling and so many Americans were out of work. Published November 29, 2011
LAMBRO: Self-destructing on mission impossible
The supercommittee was doomed from the start, a victim of pie-in-the-sky thinking that a small, secretive legislative cabal could fix the debt crisis. Published November 22, 2011
LAMBRO: Supreme Court’s health care hand grenade
The Supreme Court will decide in the midst of the 2012 presidential election campaign if the government for the first time in U.S. history can force Americans under penalty of law to buy a product they may not want, need or be able to afford. Published November 15, 2011
LAMBRO: Republican hopefuls struggle to pull away
The best thing Democrats have going for them in the 2012 election cycle is the deep division among Republicans over who should be their presidential nominee. Less than 60 days before the Iowa caucuses, the GOP is no closer to coalescing around a front-runner to take on President Obama than it was a year ago. A party that can't agree on who stands the best chance of winning back the White House looks weak, indecisive and rife with internal ideological divisions that can deplete its energy, turnout and fundraising. Published November 10, 2011
LAMBRO: Bill lectures Barack on growth
Bill Clinton's new book doesn't mince words about the dismal state of the Obama economy. The former president flatly declares, "We're in a mess now." Published November 8, 2011
