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Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow

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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

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.

May 2, 2011
Michele Bachmann speaks Monday during a tea party rally at the State House in Columbia, S.C. Bachmann spoke at the rally after Gov. Nikki Haley told the crowd of about 300 people that they need to keep pressure on legislators, and tell them to wrap up work on a bill requiring voters to show photo identification when they head to the polls. Bachmann met with Haley before the rally. (Associated Press/The State)

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.

April 20, 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.

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.

April 10, 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.

April 4, 2011
Haley Barbour

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

March 3, 2011
Romney

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.

February 23, 2011
STRAIGHT-TALKER: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is being touted as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2012 largely because of his no-nonsense style. (Associated Press)

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.

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.

February 13, 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.

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.

February 10, 2011
Rep. Allen B. West, Florida Republican

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.

February 9, 2011