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Extend the Bush Tax Cuts Now

By Larry Kudlow (May 18, 2012)

House Speaker John Boehner is playing a heroic role right now. In his efforts to prevent the Bush tax cuts from expiring, Boehner is aggressively taking on President Obama's... more

Investor-Class Dead Heat

By Larry Kudlow (May 09, 2012)

While President Obama is out on the campaign trail talking about how bad things were four years ago, and how we have to go “forward” to his second term to see just how great... more

Why Businesses Aren't Investing in the U.S.

By Larry Kudlow (May 06, 2012)

Businesses aren’t investing in the United States because of a lack of consumer demand, International Paper CEO John Faraci said Friday. “I think this was all about... more

Shiller Backs Away From 'Late Great Depression' Remark

By Larry Kudlow (May 03, 2012)

After declaring that the world was in a state of “late Great Depression” on Tuesday, renowned Yale economist Robert Shiller hedged his words. “Did I say that? Well, I think... more

Geithner Goes Over the Edge

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 27, 2012)

Is Tim Geithner the most politically partisan treasury secretary in history? Certainly sounds like it these days. As the government’s chief financial officer, he’s spending... more

GE's Jack Welch Blasts Obama's Leadership

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 20, 2012)

President Obama’s “divide-and-conquer” approach isn’t what great leaders do, Jack Welch said Thursday on “The Kudlow Report”.The renowned former General Electric CEO chided... more

Mitt: It's Free Enterprise vs. Taxmageddon

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 18, 2012)

In my latest interview with former Governor Mitt Romney, he emphatically defends his own business success against Obama’s class warfare/Buffett Rule/Romney Rule... more

Obama's Misleading Reagan Reference

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 13, 2012)

In President Obama’s latest class-war, tax-the-rich gambit, he has stooped to a new low with misleading and out-of-context quotes from Ronald Reagan. Apparently, the... more

The Economy Is Not Collapsing, Nor Will Stocks

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 09, 2012)

Despite the disappointing jobs report for March, it’s very difficult to make a realistic case that the economy is falling off a cliff, or that some kind of double-dip... more

A King Dollar Tax Cut

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 08, 2012)

You wouldn’t know it from falling stocks, but the Fed’s apparent decision to hold off on future bond buying, or QE3, in response to an improving economy may turn out to be a... more

Romney's in a Sweet Spot if . . .

By Larry Kudlow (Apr 08, 2012)

If the Supreme Court overthrows the individual mandate, doesn’t Mitt Romney say “I told you so” and emerge as the big political winner?All along he’s been arguing that only... more

There Obama Goes Again

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 30, 2012)

As Ronald Reagan famously said, “There you go again.”   Of course, Reagan was blaming Jimmy Carter for launching false attacks during a debate. And that line was so... more

Ryan's Supply-Side 2012 Budget

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 25, 2012)

There are a lot of really good things in Paul Ryan’s new budget, which is a stark contrast to the Obama budget. Ryan cuts spending by over $5 trillion, lowers the deficit by... more

The Reagan in Romney

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 23, 2012)

The late William F. Buckley Jr. naturally put it best when he said, “The wisest choice would be the one who could win. No sense running Mona Lisa in a beauty contest. I’d be... more

King Dollar Will Cut Oil Prices

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 16, 2012)

No matter how much President Obama protests, the simple fact is that he continues to oppose and mock and disparage oil and gas drilling. He is a prisoner of the environmental... more

One-on-One with Mitt Romney- Part 2

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 10, 2012)

In my interview with Mitt Romney this week he stayed on message for growth, jobs, less debt, and smaller government. He reaffirmed that “he won’t set his hair on... more

Fed Hooey

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 08, 2012)

I didn’t want to let the latest cockamamie Fed idea for “sterilized” bond buying pass without a comment. A Wall Street Journal story explained that somehow the Fed will buy... more

One-on-One with Mitt Romney- Part I

By Larry Kudlow (Mar 08, 2012)

In my interview with Mitt Romney this week he stayed on message for growth, jobs, less debt, and smaller government. He reaffirmed that “he won’t set his hair on... more

Santorum and Romney: The Economic Plans

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 25, 2012)

Kudlow on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"   Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the... more

Barack ‘All of the Above’ Obama

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 23, 2012)

President Obama fought back against rising oil and retail gas prices in a speech in Florida on Thursday. But it was a curious speech. He started out by mocking Republicans,... more

Dave Camp Spanks Tim Geithner

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 17, 2012)

Michigan Republican Dave Camp, the chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, gave Treasury man Timothy Geithner a tough spanking yesterday. In a... more

Obama’s Class-Warfare, Tax-the-Rich Budget

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 14, 2012)

If you shake out the Obama budget in terms of bold headlines, it’s really a class-warfare, tax-the-rich budget. Layer upon layer of tax hikes are piled on successful... more

A King Dollar GOP?

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 11, 2012)

Out on the campaign trail, Fed head Ben Bernanke is an unpopular guy. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have both said they would replace Bernanke, not reappoint him.... more

Message to Mitt

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 04, 2012)

Message to Mitt: A rising tide lifts all boats. That great phrase was coined by the late Jack Kemp, who believed that growth and opportunity for all is the answer to... more

One-on-One with Senator Marco Rubio

By Larry Kudlow (Feb 02, 2012)

Rising Republican star, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, was right on message concerning pro-growth tax reform, spending cuts, deficits and debt.  He told me on “The... more

Obama's Tax Hike 'Designed to Come at Me': Romney

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 31, 2012)

President Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the rich is "designed to come at me," GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney told me in an exclusive interview yesterday.In... more

Gingrich: Romney Doesn't Understand Real World- Part 2

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 30, 2012)

Newt Gingrich and I go a long way back to the beginning of the Reagan supply-side revival of free market capitalism.  I thought we shared that philosophy.  But his... more

Gingrich: Romney Doesn't Understand Real World

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 29, 2012)

Gingrich: Romney Doesn't Understand the 'Real' World Thu 26 Jan 12 | 07:00 PM ET ... more

Obama's Low-Ball Vision

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 28, 2012)

You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after... more

Blame Obama for Washington Gridlock: Senator Mitch McConnell

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 26, 2012)

When President Obama outlined his goals for 2012 during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, he shouldn’t have expected a lot of cooperation from Republicans, senate... more

One on One with Ron Paul

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 24, 2012)

After Congressman Ron Paul's strong second-place finish in New Hampshire, he's winning plaudits everywhere. Can the GOP find a home for the principles with the free market... more

Mitt’s Attack on Crony Capitalism

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 21, 2012)

Let me build on Charles Krauthammer’s great Friday column, “The GOP’s Suicide March.” Krauthammer argues that just as President Obama’s... more

Isn’t a Bainful Turnaround What America Needs?

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 16, 2012)

There’s a very troubled company out there called U.S. Government, Inc. It’s teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. And it badly needs to be taken over and turned around. It... more

Jon Huntsman: Romney Making Himself 'Completely Unelectable'

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 13, 2012)

Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman took aim at front-runner Mitt Romney on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, and told Larry Kudlow he’s the best candidate to... more

Mitt's Big Next Step on Tax Reform

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 11, 2012)

While so much attention has been turned to Newt Gingrich’s catastrophically mistaken attack on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital, free-market capitalism, investment, and profits, a... more

News From The Tax Foundation

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 10, 2012)

News From The Tax Foundation A new video from Scott Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation, shows how our current "worldwide" tax system of taxing foreign... more

Ron Paul: Santorum Typical Big Government Republican

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 08, 2012)

A day after coming in third in the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) set his sights on New Hampshire and took aim at Rick Santorum. He also... more

The GOP Needs a Bolder Growth Message

By Larry Kudlow (Jan 07, 2012)

Message to my fellow conservatives: Please don’t blame the mainstream media for the improvement in jobs, unemployment, and economic growth. Reporters are not making this up.... more