On this week’s views, we will start in Egypt, a country that has seen tremendous upheaval in the last year and is about to select a new president for the first time in decades. Presidential candidate Amr Moussa sat down with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Here is what he had to say: Read more »

As President Barack Obama takes a campaign pause to play host at back-to-back high-level international summits with leaders of NATO and the G8, analysts say the eurozone crisis is becoming a factor in the U.S. election already heavily focused on economic issues. Read more »

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is diving into the general election with his first ad, “Day One,” showing a Romney presidency that will approve the Keystone Pipeline, introduce tax cuts and reforms, replace Obama’s signature healthcare legislation with “common sense healthcare reform.” Read more »

As Congress sets itself up for another partisan fight on the debt limit and spending (NYT), talk on the campaign trail remains centered around the economy and the best way to keep it moving forward. “Austerity” remains a hot topic, with analysts debating whether or not the United States should follow Europe’s lead and which candidate has the right plan. Read more »

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney disagreed with the notion that any one bank is “too big to fail,” and discussed U.S. debt and the unfolding eurozone crisis, in an interview Wednesday. Read more »

Increasingly positive economic indicators could work in favor of either candidate, depending on who gets their economic message straightened out first — it’s all about timing and messaging, analysts say. Read more »

With the mounting U.S. debt and deficits of great concern to voters, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, in an Iowa speech Tuesday, touted his proposals for austerity, including entitlement reform, “streamlining” federal bureaucracy, and limiting government spending to 20 percent of GDP, down from the current 24.3 percent. Read more »

A story from the New York Times’ David Sanger on a lack of a unified vision among presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s foreign policy advisers has opened the door for analysts to deliver their critiques of his foreign policy and national securitycamp. Read more »

President Barack Obama gave the commencement speech at Barnard College on Monday, urging the school’s all-female graduating class to “fight for a seat at the head of the table” in the midst of an election cycle that has put a spotlight on women’s issues ranging from economic equality to reproductive rights. Read more »

Analysts are taking a closer look at whether President Barack Obama or likely general election GOP challenger Mitt Romney is better for U.S.-Russia ties as new questions are raised about the strength of Obama’s “Russian reset” since Vladimir Putin took back the presidency. Read more »