May 24, 2013  |   Changes in technology have opened up new opportunities in the entertainment industry, offering platforms for the most scrappy or eclectic of musicians, filmmakers and other creative artists. That's the argument of a new book, "The End of Big: How the...

May 24, 2013  |   House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has been saying for months it's up to the Senate to get the ball rolling on a major overhaul of the nation's immigration...

May 22, 2013  |   A man salvages things from his grandmother's tornado-devastated home on Tuesday in Moore, Oklahoma. Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images As Oklahoma residents sift through shreds of their community, mourn shocking losses and press ahead with rescue efforts, politicians back...

May 16, 2013  |   President Obama makes a statement Wednesday at the White House. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool/Getty Images. To catch you up on the last 24 hours in politics: President Barack Obama canned the man at the helm of the Internal Revenue...

May 14, 2013  |   Politics editor Christina Bellantoni and social media editor Colleen Shalby, who ran with the PBS NewsHour HatCam, pose before the start of the ACLI Capital Challenge race in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Christina Bellantoni/Twitter. Fourteen PBS NewsHour road...

May 14, 2013  |   President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House Monday night after arriving from New York City where he attended two Democratic fundraisers. Photo by Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images. "My intentions over the next three-and-a-half years are to...

May 9, 2013  |   Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission in Libya, testifies Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Photo by Jeffrey Malet. Last year's attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, have been the subject of...

May 8, 2013  |   Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford throws up his arms after casting his vote Tuesday in the special election against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch. Photo by Mary Ann Chastain/Getty Images. In the end, it wasn't even close. Four years...

May 7, 2013  |   From left, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., President Obama and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., play golf Monday. Photo by Dennis Brack/Getty Images. The White House says President Barack Obama is "willing to try anything" to work...

May 6, 2013  |   This video was shot and edited by Terence Burlij. Voters in the coastal 1st Congressional district of South Carolina will decide on Tuesday whether the state's former governor, Mark Sanford, deserves a second chance in politics....

April 30, 2013  |   Rep. Ed Markey faces Rep. Stephen Lynch in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Photo by Freddy Wheeler/WEBN-TV via Flickr. Six months ago, Massachusetts voters were in the middle of one of the fiercest Senate battles of the election season. They ousted...

April 25, 2013  |   The George W. Bush Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Photo by the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Legacies are tricky business. A new CNN poll released late Wednesday found support for former President George W. Bush on the rise....

April 24, 2013  |   Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., speaks about health care reform in 2009. Photo by the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Sometimes a retirement is more than a retirement. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced Tuesday he would...

April 19, 2013  |   The Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz discuss the #stopKony movement's effectiveness with PBS NewsHour's Christina Bellantoni. The Kony 2012 video skyrocketed to almost 100 million views on YouTube in the course of one year....

April 19, 2013  |   Police in Watertown, Mass., search for one of the suspects in Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon. Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images. With a massive manhunt in Boston underway, any semblance of politics is likely to go by the...

April 17, 2013  |   Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband Mark Kelly arrive at the Capitol Tuesday with Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. Emotional appeals. A tense week on Capitol Hill....

April 16, 2013  |   Unclaimed finish line bags remain at the scene of the blasts. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. And sometimes, politics just takes a pause. With more questions than answers in the hours since two explosions rocked the scene at the...

April 12, 2013  |   Mark Shields and David Brooks pondered political sex scandals in the Doubleheader Friday. If it's in the name of love, is it less offensive? As I filled in for Hari Sreenivasan, we started with the "sport...

April 12, 2013  |   Gary Lampert of National Armory gun store in Pompano Beach, Fla., helps Cristiana Verro choose a firearm. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Gun control advocates hailed Thursday's Senate vote allowing debate to move forward on a sweeping package of...

April 9, 2013  |   Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with President Obama upon arrival Monday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images. Political pressure is no simple thing -- especially when it...

April 8, 2013  |   Author Nicco Mele writes about technology's influence on politics in "The End of Big." He sat down with PBS NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni. I've long been fascinated with the fact that technology can make the...

April 8, 2013  |   Cherry blossoms begin to open around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Break's over, everyone. Members of Congress head back to Washington on Monday to face what is shaping up to be a busy...

March 22, 2013  |   Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., checks his phone as he takes the U.S. Capitol subway on Thursday. Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call. Here's a little primer for the day ahead in politics. On Thursday, members of the House voted...

March 20, 2013  |   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans speak to reporters Tuesday. Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images. When President Barack Obama landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he was glad to...

March 19, 2013  |   Chris and Renee Wiley pose for a wedding photo last year in Times Square. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images. A new national poll reflecting a major evolution on attitudes toward gay marriage highlights the continued cultural shifts on the...

March 18, 2013  |   Supporters of Sen. Rand Paul watch as he addresses the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Republican Party officials are openly charting a course out of the political wilderness, and...

March 15, 2013  |   Political campaign buttons and memorabilia at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call. Republicans and Democrats end a week focused on bipartisanship with signs they are far from united within...

March 14, 2013  |   Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives in the basement of the Capitol for a meeting with President Barack Obama and House Republicans Wednesday. Boehner described the 80-minute session as a "very frank and candid exchange of ideas" that he found "productive."...

March 8, 2013  |   Sen. John McCain flashes the thumb-up following a dinner with President Obama and a group of fellow Republican senators on Wednesday in Washington. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images The cherry blossoms are still a few weeks away from peak...

March 7, 2013  |   House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sounded optimistic notes about two major legislative priorities on Capitol Hill. The California Democrat joined NewsHour's Judy Woodruff for a wide-ranging interview about budget matters, politics and presidential authority....

March 5, 2013  |   President Barack Obama met with his Cabinet at the White House Monday. The president and Congress remain locked in stalled budget negotiations as the effect of the sequestration begin to impact the U.S. economy. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images With...

February 28, 2013  |   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke this week about the GOP agenda and the economic impact of sequestration as fellow Republicans Sen. John Barrasso, left, Sen. Jerry Moran, and Sen. Roy Blunt listen. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Maybe they...

February 25, 2013  |   Video courtesy of the White House YouTube channel. Updated, 10:45 p.m. Monday's Daily Download segment examined the White House's use of social media to bypass the filter of the traditional press. Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily Download...

February 25, 2013  |   President Obama spoke Tuesday from the White House with emergency responders in attendance. The president continues to pressure Congress to avert automatic budget cuts set to kick in Friday. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images A central question hangs...

February 22, 2013  |   Guns for sale. Photo by Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour. Even as a government spending crisis nears, President Obama and Vice President Biden have been working steadily on gun control measures, both in public and private. The president's newly revamped campaign...

February 21, 2013  |   A new poll shows public support of President Obama's approach on several issues. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Two polls out Thursday show record support for President Obama over congressional Republicans on the sequester battle that is consuming political...

February 20, 2013  |   Joined by emergency responders, President Obama speaks about the sequester. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Nine days, and the only thing certain is more uncertainty. With competing proposals to stave off $85 billion in automatic cuts to...

February 19, 2013  |   President Obama speaks to reporters last summer. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Is it bad for democracy when a president answers impromptu questions from the press 107 times after a photo opportunity, compared with his predecessor's 355? Or that...

February 18, 2013  |   President Obama arrives Friday in Florida, where he spent the weekend. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. What will generate more outrage on Presidents' Day: a leaked legislative blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform or a golf outing with Tiger Woods?...

February 15, 2013  |   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. "Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse." That was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., bemoaning a Republican filibuster of President Obama's nominee to...

February 14, 2013  |   For a special Valentine's Day segment, NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni talked with Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz about sites like Match.com, eHarmony and OK Cupid, and what we can learn about online dating and...

February 12, 2013  |   PBS NewsHour politics editor Christina Bellantoni hosted a Google hangout before and after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday. This is part two of the discussion containing reaction to the speech. Part one...

February 11, 2013  |   Updated, Feb. 12 7:33 a.m. Monday's Daily Download segment explored what it means to "like" something on Facebook, and the trend of people who choose to ditch using Facebook altogether. Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily Download joined me...

February 11, 2013  |   President Obama is set to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is prepared to exert executive authority on a host of issues, from strengthening protections for gays, to toughening...

February 6, 2013  |   President Obama makes a statement during a news conference Tuesday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama is challenging congressional Republicans to accept higher taxes in a renewed effort to stave off sequester cuts expected March 1. On Tuesday,...

January 31, 2013  |   President Obama speaks about immigration reform Tuesday in Las Vegas. Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images. President Obama wants Congress to have a busy spring. As the push for expanded gun control moves forward on Capitol Hill, Mr. Obama is...

January 29, 2013  |   With immigration reform in the spotlight this week, the NewsHour wanted to hear from people who have worked in the trenches on the issue over the last few years. We hosted an advocate who leans liberal and one who leans...

January 29, 2013  |   Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Richard Durbin, D-Ill., at a press conference on their immigration proposal. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. The dynamics of the push to pass true immigration...

January 28, 2013  |   Updated, 7:50 a.m. Monday's Daily Download segment explored how employers are being forced to rewrite social media rules. Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily Download joined me for a discussion about how the rapidly evolving digital world is affecting...

January 25, 2013  |   The U.S. Capitol Building. Photo by Mallory Benedict for PBS NewsHour. The filibuster, with almost all of its procedural warts and bumps, survives. Democratic senators failed Wednesday to end the power of their minority party colleagues to halt legislation,...

January 23, 2013  |   House Speaker John Boehner is joined by other Republican Party members at a news conference on Tuesday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. A debt ceiling vote with little tension. A sign off from the White House. Welcome to Bizarro...

January 22, 2013  |   President Obama gives his inaugural address Monday. Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama took a place in history Monday as the second commander in chief to take the oath of office four times, and paused to...

January 21, 2013  |   President Obama takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday. Pool Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Reuters. Nearly one day into the official start of his second term, President Obama Monday will stand again before the nation...

January 18, 2013  |   President Obama arrives for a news conference at the White House last week. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters. President Obama will begin the final weekend of his first term with support among Americans at its highest levels since he took...

January 17, 2013  |   After unveiling gun control proposals at the White House on Wednesday, President Obama high-fives 8-year-old Hinna Zejah, who was among many children who wrote to the president after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters. Still...

January 16, 2013  |   Brett Nielsen fires an AR-15 rifle Tuesday at the Get Some Guns & Ammo shooting range in Salt Lake City. Photo by George Frey/Getty Images. President Obama on Wednesday will lay down his blueprint for a mix of executive...

January 15, 2013  |   Demonstrators protest in front of the White House last week demanding for more gun control. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is set to receive Tuesday a list of recommendations from Vice President Biden detailing possible ways to...

January 14, 2013  |   The U.S. Army Honor Guard rehearses Sunday for the presidential inauguration. Photo by Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama's next clash with Congress over spending and the debt may be one month away, but the administration is already...

January 11, 2013  |   Karen Murry of Parker, Colo., holds signs outside the state capitol building in Denver during an anti-gun control legislation rally organized by Guns for Everyone. Photo by Mark Leffingwell/Reuters. Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that there was an...

January 10, 2013  |   President Obama speaks with Chief of Staff Jack Lew during a visit to Mexico in June 2012. Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images. As budget director, Jack Lew served as one of the Obama administration's key...

January 9, 2013  |   People wait to buy tickets for the Rocky Mountain Gun Show in Sandy, Utah, last week. Photo by George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images. This week marks a pivotal moment in the effort to curb gun violence, with Vice President...

January 8, 2013  |   President Obama and former Sen. Chuck Hagel at the White House on Monday. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Time and again Monday, President Obama praised Chuck Hagel's military service in announcing the former Republican senator from Nebraska and Vietnam...

January 7, 2013  |   President Obama walks with daughter Malia ahead of first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha at the White House on Sunday after returning from vacation in Hawaii. Photo by Dennis Brack/Getty Images. And we're back. With a battle over...

December 28, 2012  |   Mark Shields and David Brooks agreed on one thing in our year-end Doubleheader Friday: that the gaffes that defined 2012 were primarily from Republicans. I was filling in for Hari Sreenivasan, who is enjoying a break...

December 20, 2012  |   House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters. The latest chapter in the real-life drama that is the fiscal cliff will play out on the floor of the U.S. House...

December 19, 2012  |   A woman lights candles Tuesday at a memorial to the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters. President Obama is not allowing the national sense of urgency on addressing gun violence slip away...

December 17, 2012  |   President Obama attends Sunday's vigil at Newtown High School in Connecticut for families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. "We as a nation, we are left with some hard questions." President Obama...

December 14, 2012  |   House Speaker John Boehner walks past reporters at the Capitol after meeting with President Obama at the White House on Thursday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Obama avoided one fight Thursday, accepting the decision by U.S. Ambassador to...

December 13, 2012  |   House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner has yet to ink a deal with President Obama, but the Republican already faces an unruly, wary caucus. GOP lawmakers find themselves in a far...

December 12, 2012  |   House Speaker John Boehner talks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have picked up the pace of their negotiations over the fiscal cliff, but they do...

December 11, 2012  |   President Obama takes a tour Monday of the Daimler Diesel Plant in Redford, Mich. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. State lawmakers will hold a vote Tuesday to approve a pair of bills that would make Michigan the 24th right-to-work...

December 10, 2012  |   President Obama speaks after the lighting of the National Christmas Tree last week. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The negotiations are starting to get serious. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner huddled privately Sunday to outline their positions...

November 20, 2012  |   President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrive Monday in Myanmar. Clinton is cutting short her visit to Asia. Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images. President Obama's whirlwind trip to Asia has been overshadowed by events in the Middle...

November 19, 2012  |   Photo by Damon Winter/Pool via Bloomberg With President Obama abroad, Mitt Romney gone underground and a quiet holiday week in Washington, the void is filled with a look ahead at the next presidential contest. Too soon? Absolutely. But when...

November 16, 2012  |   Pew Research Center and the NewsHour have teamed up to establish the Election Report Card Quiz. Fifteen simple questions will assess your views of what happened on Nov. 6 when President Obama was re-elected to a second term. You can...

November 16, 2012  |   President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters. President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority...

November 15, 2012  |   President Obama talks to reporters Wednesday at the White House. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters. "I'm more than familiar with all the literature about presidential overreach in second terms. We are very cautious about that," President Obama told reporters Wednesday....

November 14, 2012  |   AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is surrounded by members of the media as he leaves the White House on Tuesday after a meeting with President Barack Obama. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama is scheduled to step in front...

November 13, 2012  |   Lawmakers return to work Tuesday. File photo by Tom WIlliams/CQ Roll Call. Congress officially gets back to work Tuesday with a host of big challenges ahead. Working out a solution on the expiring George W. Bush-era tax cuts and...

November 12, 2012  |   The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus caught Capitol Hill by surprise. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Reuters. The sudden resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus last Friday caught nearly all of official Washington by surprise, and that includes lawmakers on...

November 7, 2012  |   President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Biden and Jill Biden celebrate Tuesday night. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Barack Obama was elected to a second term as president Tuesday, reassembling the coalition that lifted him to a...

November 6, 2012  |   Voters cast their ballots Tuesday morning at Legend Elementary School in Newark, Ohio. Photo by Matt Sullivan/Reuters. There is early voting, and then there's early voting. As is tradition, the small New Hampshire hamlet of Dixville Notch held its...

November 5, 2012  |   President Obama arrives for a campaign rally Sunday in Concord, N.H. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. In a game that's all about numbers, President Obama and Mitt Romney are looking at 83. Those are the combined Electoral College votes...

November 2, 2012  |   Mark Shields and David Brooks met up Friday in the NewsHour newsroom for a final pre-election Doubleheader. I filled in for Hari Sreenivasan, who is hosting the PBS election special, "What's at Stake," which airs at...

November 1, 2012  |   Volunteers for President Obama in Glendale, Wis., prepare for weekend canvassing efforts. Photo by Darren Hauck/Reuters. President Obama, Mitt Romney and a team of boosters are fanning out across the country Thursday, with the campaign getting back to real...

October 31, 2012  |   Volunteers in Columbus, Ohio, make phone calls for Mitt Romney on Tuesday. Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters. It's a scary proposition for both campaigns -- a tied race, with both President Obama and Mitt Romney within the margin of error...

October 30, 2012  |   The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness Monday night after a preventive power outage. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters. Cars on 14th Street and Avenue C under water. The largest public transportation system in the world shuttered. 5,700 flights...

October 29, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, political editor Christina Bellantoni talked with correspondent Hari Sreenivasan about his two-part Frontline piece airing on the NewsHour Monday and Tuesday. The program looks at how the campaigns are learning about...

October 29, 2012  |   President Obama listens to a briefing on Hurricane Sandy at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Photo by Dennis Brack/Pool via Getty Images. All politics is local. Especially when swing states are in the path of Hurricane Sandy....

October 26, 2012  |   Mitt Romney holds a campaign rally Thursday at Defiance High School in Ohio. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images. With 11 days to go until Election Day, there is no rest for the weary. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigns...

October 24, 2012  |   President Obama speaks at a campaign event Tuesday in Delray Beach, Fla. Photo by Larry Marano/WireImage. In 13 days, Americans will decide whether President Obama will stay in the White House or if Mitt Romney becomes the 45th president....

October 23, 2012  |   President Obama and Mitt Romney participate in their third debate Monday night. Photo by Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach Post. The 2012 debate season is officially in the books following Monday night's faceoff between President Obama and Mitt Romney. The...

October 22, 2012  |   Workers prepare the stage for Monday's presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Body language analysts may not have much to talk about Monday night. President Obama and Mitt Romney will sit...

October 19, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with Ray Suarez about his piece on the NewsHour Friday about how the presidential campaigns are reaching out to Latino voters. From the more traditional Spanish-language television and radio...

October 19, 2012  |   Oakmont Bakery in Pennsylvania prepares cookies of President Obama and Mitt Romney for the oven on Wednesday. Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images. The presidential campaigns are grinding it out over the final 18 days in virtually the same battleground...

October 18, 2012  |   Supporters of President Obama applaud at a campaign event in Las Vegas last month. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama and Mitt Romney intensified their focus on women voters Wednesday, following Tuesday's debate that saw issues such as...

October 17, 2012  |   Mitt Romney and President Obama go on the offensive during Tuesday night's debate at Hofstra University. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. President Obama and Mitt Romney tangled early and often at their second debate Tuesday night, a feisty faceoff...

October 16, 2012  |   Preparations are underway for Tuesday night's presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Tune in to the campaign Tuesday, and you might just think you've been transported by time portal to 1992. Yes,...

October 15, 2012  |   President Obama delivers pizzas to a campaign office in Williamsburg, Va., in a visit Sunday with workers. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. With just over three weeks to go, it would be tough for this presidential race to get...

October 12, 2012  |   Vice President Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan shakes hands as debate moderator Martha Raddatz looks on. Photo by Michael Reynolds/Pool-Getty Images. Joe was indeed Joe. The vice presidential faceoff Thursday night delivered what many were expecting -- a feisty...

October 11, 2012  |   Join us [online Thursday afternoon] for a robust livestream and live blog, for the 6 p.m. NewsHour and on air at 9 p.m. for the PBS debate special with co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff and analysis from Mark Shields and David Brooks.

October 10, 2012  |   President Obama speaks at a campaign event Tuesday at Ohio State University. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. With each passing day since last week's presidential debate in Denver, there are growing signs that the race between President Obama and...

October 4, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at Wednesday's presidential debate in Denver. Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post. It's early, but Mitt Romney's October is starting to look much better than his September. The Republican presidential nominee went on the offensive against...

October 3, 2012  |   Students at the University of Denver participate in a rehearsal Tuesday for the first presidential debate. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. The. Big. Night. Wednesday's presidential debate offers President Obama and his rival Mitt Romney a fresh chance to...

October 2, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, political editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Jeff Brown about his piece on the NewsHour Tuesday, looking at North Carolina. Jeff went to the Tar Heel State to gauge enthusiasm...

October 2, 2012  |   A woman holds a sign at an Obama campaign event last week in Boca Raton, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. On the eve of the first presidential debate, a pair of new national polls find President Obama and...

October 1, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns last week in Wayne, Pa. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Heading into Wednesday night's debate, President Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney nationally and a more sizeable advantage in the...

September 28, 2012  |   President Obama campaigns Thursday in Virginia Beach. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Friday may be a new day, but for the most part it's the same old story when it comes to the latest batch of battleground state polls....

September 26, 2012  |   What drives young voters to the polls? And how is each presidential candidate looking to harness their energy? I asked Judy Woodruff that question in this week's Political Checklist. Judy has a piece on the NewsHour...

September 26, 2012  |   Supporters of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan greet the Republican nominees at Ohio's Dayton International Airport on Tuesday. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio, but it appears increasingly likely that...

September 25, 2012  |   President Obama arrives in New York on Monday to attend the U.N. General Assembly. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama will seize the bully pulpit Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York with a focus...

September 24, 2012  |   Mitt Romney and his wife Ann speak campaign fundraiser Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. "It doesn't need a turnaround. We've got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president to the United States."...

September 21, 2012  |   Mark Shields and David Brooks were reunited in the NewsHour newsroom for the Doubleheader Friday, chatting in the informal setting for the first time since the conventions. I was filling in for Hari Sreenivasan, who will...

September 21, 2012  |   President Obama arrives in Miami on Wednesday to participate in a forum for Univision. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama entered the final stretch of the campaign season with $88.8 million in the bank, while his Republican rival...

September 20, 2012  |   Mitt Romney is shown in the media room Wednesday at Univision studios in Miami. Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images. When Mitt Romney first agreed weeks ago to participate in a candidate forum hosted by Univision,...

September 19, 2012  |   Moderator Jim Lehrer plans to spend half of the Oct. 3 Presidential debate on the economy. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Wednesday that moderator Jim Lehrer has selected the topics for the first meeting between President...

September 19, 2012  |   President Obama talks with David Letterman during a taped appearance that aired Tuesday night. Photo by John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty Images. Whether you take the national view or go state-by-state, the polls all seem to show the same...

September 14, 2012  |   Watch NewsHour correspondent Margaret Warner host a conversation with retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter starting at 6 p.m. The sold-out event is being held at the Capitol Center for the Arts to kickoff a new project called...

September 14, 2012  |   President Obama shakes hands after speaking at a campaign event Thursday in Golden, Colo. Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images. President Obama has mocked Mitt Romney's tax plan as "bad math" on the campaign trail. Those same words could also...

September 13, 2012  |   Mitt Romney holds a press conference in the wake of the attacks in Benghazi and Cairo at his campaign office on Wednesday in Jacksonville. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images Four years ago this week the...

September 12, 2012  |   Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney Wednesday morning addressed the attack on the consulate in Libya and took questions from the press about his campaign's response to what happened. Romney late Tuesday denounced a statement made by...

September 12, 2012  |   It's not yet clear how much the campaigns will use the Libyan attack on the trail, but with less than two months until voters decide which man should be president for the next four years, every event takes on outsized political importance.

September 11, 2012  |   First came the CNN/ORC International survey, giving the Democratic incumbent a four-point bounce from a post-Tampa/pre-Charlotte convention poll. But the latest Washington Post/ABC News survey showed the race remained virtually unchanged from before the conventions

September 10, 2012  |   White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was pressed Monday about the Chicago teachers strike, the AIG bailout and Iran. During his regular briefing, Carney noted he's been doing more chats with reporters on Air Force One...

September 10, 2012  |   President Obama calls a supporter during a visit Sunday to a campaign field office in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. With 56 days to go until Election Day and crucial debates ahead, the presidential campaigns...

September 7, 2012  |   Updated at 2 p.m. with photo: President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden arrive at Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire on Friday. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. CHARLOTTE, N.C. | Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, get ready....

September 6, 2012  |   President Obama made a brief appearance with former President Clinton at the convention hall in Charlotte on Wednesday evening. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. CHARLOTTE, N.C. | President Obama has given plenty of high-stakes speeches. They have been moments...

September 5, 2012  |   The NewsHour partnered with Pew Research Center for a quiz to determine where voters fall on the political spectrum. At the Democratic National Convention we've been asking people to take the quiz on camera. Outgoing Rep....

September 5, 2012  |   Former President Bill Clinton at the International AIDS conference in Washington, D.C., in July. Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images. CHARLOTTE, N.C. | President Obama's re-election prospects will get a boost Wednesday night from Bill Clinton, who 16 years ago...

September 3, 2012  |   A volunteer sorts T-shirts Sunday before the start of the Alabama Gospel Brunch held at Grace on Brevard in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Jared Soares for PBS NewsHour. CHARLOTTE, N.C. | Four years ago President Obama turned this state...

September 2, 2012  |   CHARLOTTE || After a wild week in Tampa, Team NewsHour headed north to prepare for the Democratic National Convention here. It will be another 3-day affair, sort of. On Labor Day, the Democrats have planned a major music festival...

August 31, 2012  |   Photo of Mitt Romney by Mallory Benedict/ PBS NewsHour. TAMPA, Fla. | The delegates in the convention hall here seemed plenty pleased as thousands of balloons descended from the ceiling. But Mitt Romney wasn't really talking to them. At...

August 30, 2012  |   Mitt Romney watches the convention on TV with his grandchildren from a suite in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday. Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images. TAMPA, Fla. | Mitt Romney has given plenty of speeches, stretching from...

August 29, 2012  |   Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks to supporters on Saturday in Columbus Grove, Ohio. Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images. All convention coverage available on our 24-hour livestream: TAMPA, Fla. | Wednesday's Republican National Convention will be all about Rep. Paul...

August 28, 2012  |   Mitt and Ann Romney at a campaign stop in Michigan last week. Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images. You can watch all of the NewsHour's convention coverage in our 24-hour livestream: TAMPA, Fla. | The show...

August 27, 2012  |   Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff talk with analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks during a rehearsal at the convention. Photo by Tom Kennedy. TAMPA, Fla. | The Republican National Convention gets underway Monday but the session will be over...

August 25, 2012  |   Clouds begin to move in as Hurricane Isaac approaches in Tampa. Travis Daub/PBS NewsHour TAMPA || Republican officials Saturday night announced that Mitt Romney's nomination festivities will be truncated from four days to three due to Tropical Storm Isaac....

August 24, 2012  |   Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weighed in this week on Mitt Romney's sense of humor and what to expect from Rep. Paul Ryan at the Republican National Convention. I filled...

August 24, 2012  |   Pew Research Center and the NewsHour have teamed up to establish the Political Party ID Quiz. CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ Twelve simple questions will calculate your partisan status, and you can see how you compare with others based...

August 24, 2012  |   The stage is prepared at Tampa Bay Times Forum ahead of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images. In just a few days, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will drop the "presumptive" and get on with...

August 23, 2012  |   President Obama waves to supporters at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday. Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images President Obama's re-election team sounded a confident note Thursday, but acknowledged a few days before the Republican National Convention that they are...

August 23, 2012  |   Former president Bill Clinton appears in a new ad supporting the Obama campaign. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. If you're an incumbent president facing a stiff economic headwind, it's only a matter of time before you turn to the...

August 22, 2012  |   Are you excited yet? We are! In a special edition of this week's Political Checklist, I talked with senior correspondent Gwen Ifill and UStream Vice President Craig Mullaney about our partnership for the Republican National Convention beginning Monday. Thanks...

August 21, 2012  |   Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., is facing pressure to drop out of the race from his own party. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/CQ/Getty Images. Rep. Todd Akin was a little-known conservative Republican on his way to joining Sen. Roy Blunt...

August 20, 2012  |   Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., drew criticism for comments made about rape and abortion. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. It's been a long week for the Republican Party, and it's only Monday. The first of two weekend firestorms started...

August 17, 2012  |   Supporters of Mitt Romney hold signs during a campaign rally Tuesday in Chillicothe, Ohio. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Dear High School Rival, I really, really want you to do that thing I've been asking you to do all...

August 16, 2012  |   Supporters of Mitt Romney reach out to shake his hand during a campaign rally Tuesday in Zanesville, Ohio. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. If you're a woman living in one of a dozen or so states, chances are you're...

August 14, 2012  |   GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan campaigns Monday at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images. Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan campaigned solo Monday for the first time since joining the GOP ticket, but it...

August 13, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. Gwen made the all-important point that voters ultimately don't...

August 11, 2012  |   Rep. Paul Ryan introducing his budget blueprint on April 5, 2011. Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call On Monday night, the NewsHour will be exploring in depth Mitt Romney's decision to put Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on the ticket. To begin...

August 11, 2012  |   Updated, 2:30 p.m. Mitt Romney on Saturday morning formally announced he has chosen Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., as his vice presidential running mate. Calling themselves "America's Comeback Team," the duo promised voters in the battleground...

August 10, 2012  |   Mitt Romney boards his campaign plane in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Mitt Romney's favorability ratings were on the upswing ever since he locked down the Republican nomination in April, but there are growing...

August 7, 2012  |   President Obama greets the Presidential Logistics Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday before departing for campaign events in Connecticut. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. First, Mitt Romney used Hillary Clinton in an ad attacking President Obama. Now,...

August 6, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at campaign event with Republican governors last week in Basalt, Colo. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. This post was updated at 10:25 a.m. ET to include the July fundraising numbers for President Obama and the Democratic...

August 3, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks to an overflow crowd during a campaign event in Golden, Colo., on Thursday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. For all the numbers swirling in recent days about personal income tax rates, the July jobs report brings...

August 3, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with senior correspondent Margaret Warner about the politics of defense cuts as the campaigns and both parties on Capitol Hill are sparring over automatic slashes set for next year....

August 2, 2012  |   President Obama delivers a speech Wednesday at a campaign event in Akron, Ohio. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. For the second consecutive day President Obama's campaign is blasting Mitt Romney's tax reform plan as unfair to middle-class Americans, this...

July 30, 2012  |   Mitt Romney delivers a speech Sunday outside the Old City in Jerusalem. Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images. During his visit Sunday in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney endorsed the use of "any and all measures" by the United States and Israel...

July 27, 2012  |   It's been way too long since we last sat in the NewsHour newsroom for the Doubleheader. But the good news is, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks were reunited this week....

July 27, 2012  |   The Olympics! Quite the biannual celebration of international camaraderie. But the two-week event, played in the shadows of Parliament and Big Ben this year, won't escape American politics.

July 26, 2012  |   Mitt Romney arrives on Downing Street Thursday to meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images. It wasn't the first time an unnamed adviser's comment to the media sparked a political spat, and it's highly...

July 25, 2012  |   Campaign buttons are for sale as President Obama speaks at an event in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. One thing we know for certain: Polls taken in July don't tell us what will happen on...

July 24, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with Ray Suarez about the voter ID battle in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State has imposed strict photo identification requirements ahead of the November elections, a new measure that is...

July 24, 2012  |   Mitt Romney is set to visit England, Israel and Poland. Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Here's a multiple choice question to start the day. When voters sit down to make their decision for the Nov....

July 23, 2012  |   President Obama embraces Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as Sen. Mark Udall, left, and Sen. Michael Bennet look on at the University of Colorado Hospital. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. "[T]he reason stories like this have such an impact on...

July 19, 2012  |   President Obama returns to the White House Wednesday night after campaigning in Texas. Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images Can President Obama's re-election team define Mitt Romney before the economy defines the Democrat's presidency? That has become the race within...

July 18, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally Tuesday in Irwin, Pa. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. With President Obama's campaign posing questions about what might be in Mitt Romney's tax returns, the GOP candidate's campaign is firing back with...

July 17, 2012  |   President Obama campaigns in Cincinnati on Monday. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. The Obama campaign is welcoming Mitt Romney to Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a new television ad that keeps up the drumbeat over the presumptive GOP nominee's taxes....

July 16, 2012  |   Mitt Romney. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. CHICAGO | In a campaign getting nastier by the minute, you could see it coming that Mitt Romney's singing would eventually be used against him. On the trail this year, the presumptive...

July 13, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns Tuesday in Grand Junction, Colo. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney and his Republican allies have signaled a new strategy in an attempt to undermine something that was a strength for President Obama in 2008:...

July 12, 2012  |   In a bit of a political experiment, that's exactly the question we set out to answer. The NewsHour happened to see 30 minutes of late afternoon television programming on the NBC affiliate in Richmond, Virginia a...

July 11, 2012  |   Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks after Tuesday's House Republican Conference meeting. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. Some things aren't hard to predict. The Republican-led House of Representatives will render judgment on President Obama's signature health care law for...

July 10, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns last week in Wolfeboro, N.H. Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images. Less than four months until Election Day, President Obama and Mitt Romney have almost no room for error, as the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll has...

July 9, 2012  |   Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and I talked Monday about the other thing heating up Washington this week: tax cuts. It might sound wonkish but it's actually all about politics, noted Woodruff in our chat....

July 9, 2012  |   Updated 12:30 p.m. ET | President Obama on Monday asked Congress to extend the tax cut for the 98 percent of American families who make less than $250,000 a year and to debate taxing the wealthy later. Mr. Obama said...

July 9, 2012  |   Supporters of President Obama listen to him speak at a campaign event last week in Pittsburgh. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Three days after a third consecutive disappointing jobs report, President Obama intends to shift his attention Monday to...

July 6, 2012  |   Supporters listen to President Obama speak at a campaign event Thursday in Maumee, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Mitt Romney, the $100 million dollar man. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee and the Republican National Committee are expected to...

July 3, 2012  |   House Speaker John Boehner answers questions with fellow Republicans after the Supreme Court's health care ruling. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. In its ruling in favor of President Obama's health care law, the Supreme Court handed Republicans a political...

July 2, 2012  |   Susan Clark of Venice, Calif., argues with another demonstrator outside the Supreme Court last week. Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images. Reports that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote to uphold President Obama's health care law aside, what remains...

June 29, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. "It should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it was good politics," President Obama...

June 28, 2012  |   People start arriving at the Supreme Court in anticipation of the health care decision. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images News Here. We. Go. The Supreme Court Thursday is expected to issue arguably the most anticipated decision since 2000's Bush...

June 26, 2012  |   Jane Pauk of Phoenix demonstrates at the Supreme Court after the justices ruled on Arizona''s immigration law. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. With a big decision on the health care reform law still to come, the Supreme Court on...

June 25, 2012  |   Members of the media camp outside the Supreme Court. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. Monumental. Crucial. Consequential. Pick whatever word you want, but there is no denying that what happens this week at the Supreme Court will have far-reaching...

June 22, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally Tuesday in Holland, Mich. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Attacks on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital have faded over the last few weeks, as the presidential contest sharpened with a focus...

June 21, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in Frankenmuth, Michigan Tuesday. Photo by: Joe Raedle/Getty Images For Mitt Romney, the improving jobs picture in some battleground states led by Republican governors has made it a bit tougher to label President Obama's economic record...

June 20, 2012  |   Mitt Romney said Tuesday that his campaign is "thoroughly vetting" Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, above, as a potential running mate. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Let's get something straight. You aren't going to learn about Mitt Romney's choice to...

June 19, 2012  |   President Obama hosts a reception at the White House last week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Poll after poll has consistently shown President Obama with an overwhelming advantage over Mitt Romney among Hispanic voters. And while Friday's move to...

June 18, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about the Buckeye State -- the battleground that just won't quit. That's one reason presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney took his...

June 18, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in Ohio. Photo by Gwen Ifill/PBS NewsHour. President Obama's move to loosen deportation rules for nearly 1 million young, undocumented immigrants has brought immigration back to the political stage, as both sides continue to battle for...

June 15, 2012  |   Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney reacted to President Obama's decision to ease deportation policy for some young people living in the country illegally. "The action that the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-term...

June 15, 2012  |   President Obama announced a sweeping change to deportation policy Friday, a move that would allow some 800,000 undocumented young people to remain in the United States if they go to school and stay out of trouble....

June 15, 2012  |   Mitt Romney is hitting the road to visit five states over the next few days. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Mitt Romney is hitting the road in his first real battleground barnstorm. The presumptive Republican nominee's bus tour began...

June 14, 2012  |   Both men on the Nov. 6 ballot will appeal to Ohio voters Thursday with events aimed at showcasing how each would be a better steward of the economy.

June 13, 2012  |   Yes, redistricting can be interesting. The NewsHour takes a look at how the overall battle for control of the House is shaped by the decennial redrawing of Congressional boundaries.

June 13, 2012  |   Ron Barber, left, talks with Trident Grill owner Nelson Miller while campaigning in Tucson last month. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. Democrats have a new hero in Congressman-elect Ron Barber. The onetime aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords...

June 13, 2012  |   Updated, 6:40 p.m. In author Michael Lewis' speech at a Princeton University Baccalaureate ceremony earlier this month, he said, "You owe a debt, not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky." Lewis' writing career and fame...

June 12, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, I chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about how President Obama's remarks about the economy Friday continue to be fodder on the campaign trail. Gwen noted that some...

June 12, 2012  |   Ron Barber, center, the Democratic candidate in Arizona's special election, campaigns in Tucson last month. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. Voters in Arizona's 8th Congressional District will select a successor to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a special...

June 8, 2012  |   In this week's Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks agree on one thing: Former Sen. Rick Santorum will not be on a short list (or long list) to join Mitt...

June 8, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets supporters during a campaign event in St. Louis. Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images. "As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney had the best jobs record in a decade," a narrator tells potential voters in a new TV...

June 7, 2012  |   President Obama jogs from Air Force One to greet supporters at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. UPDATED 11:25 a.m. ET President Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee raked in more than...

June 6, 2012  |   Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker greets supporters at an election-night rally Tuesday in Waukesha. Photo by: Scott Olson/Getty Images Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker scored a decisive victory Tuesday, becoming the first governor in U.S. history to successfully turn back a...

June 5, 2012  |   Neighbors in Beloit, Wis., display opposing signs for Tuesday's recall election. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Tuesday marks an exciting Election Day as voters in six states head to the polls to decide, among other things, whether Wisconsin should...

June 4, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Gwen Ifill and special guest Jeff Brown about the historic recall election in Wisconsin. Jeff outlined the energy he saw coming from people on both sides of the election, and Gwen noted the contest is being influenced by outside donations.

June 4, 2012  |   Mitt Romney has told voters on the campaign trail that he would create jobs and revive the struggling economy if elected. A new ad from President Obama's team attempts to undermine the Republican's accomplishments.

June 1, 2012  |   Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackle LeBron James and John Edwards in the weekly Doubleheader.

June 1, 2012  |   Summing up Thursday in politics: A guy who desperately wanted to be president upstaged another guy who wants the job, two former commanders in chief and the one currently living in the White House.

May 31, 2012  |   President Obama in Des Moines, Iowa May 24. Photo by: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages Deadlocked: past participle, past tense of dead·lock Cause (a situation or opposing parties) to come to a point where no progress can be made because of...

May 30, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in Las Vegas Tuesday. Photo by: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images With little fanfare, Willard Mitt Romney crossed an important threshold Tuesday. The 65-year-old former governor of Massachusetts clinched enough primary delegates to earn the Republican Party's nomination...

May 29, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns on Memorial Day in San Diego. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Texas, home to the last two Republican presidents, will be the state that pushes Mitt Romney across the 1,144 delegate threshold Tuesday. The presumptive Republican...

May 28, 2012  |   A man visits the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., on May 28. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. On this Memorial Day, the presidential campaign is taking a bit of a pause as both men on the ballot honor...

May 25, 2012  |   Supporters of President Obama listen to him speak during a campaign event Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As the nation prepares to spend a long weekend honoring the armed forces and gathering in backyards...

May 24, 2012  |   Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. Mitt Romney continues to frame his campaign as the answer to a simple question: What would his presidency be like on Day One....

May 23, 2012  |   President Obama arrives at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday en route to Colorado Springs to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. For the second day in a row, a...

May 22, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about Bain Capital and President Obama's declaration that the election would be "about" Mitt Romney's record at the...

May 22, 2012  |   President Obama boards Air Force One on Monday after hosting the NATO summit in Chicago. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Will President Obama's re-election fate mirror what happened to Presidents George W. Bush or George H.W. Bush? A Washington...

May 21, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in St. Petersburg, Fla., last week. Photo by Edward Linsmier/Getty Images. Bain Capital has taken over dozens of companies in its 28-year history. Any of its actions that resulted in laid off workers -- especially in...

May 18, 2012  |   In this week's Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the end of two campaigns....

May 18, 2012  |   Floridians listen to Mitt Romney speak during a campaign stop Wednesday in St. Petersburg. Photo by Edward Linsmier/Getty Images. So, what would a Mitt Romney presidency be like? His campaign is giving voters a preview of what the Republican...

May 17, 2012  |   GOP strategists are working with billionaire Joe Ricketts, above, on a proposal to mount a "provocative" campaign against President Obama, the New York Times reports. Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images. Update, 2:25 p.m. A few hours after the New...

May 16, 2012  |   President Obama holds a jersey presented to him during a White House event Tuesday to honor the MLS champion LA Galaxy. From left, front row: Head Coach Bruce Arena, captain Landon Donovan and David Beckham. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty...

May 15, 2012  |   President Obama arrives at Barnard College's graduation ceremony on Monday to deliver the commencement address. Photo by Timothy A. Clark/AFP/Getty Images. Watch the video here. If polls are just a snapshot in time, then the picture at the moment...

May 14, 2012  |   Mitt Romney delivers the keynote address Saturday at Liberty University's commencement in Lynchburg, Va. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is out Monday with a harsh new attack on presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a multi-platform push that...

May 11, 2012  |   President Obama greets supporters upon arriving in Seattle on Thursday. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's change of heart on same-sex marriage is helping him raise some serious coin. Since his announcement Wednesday, the president's re-election campaign has...

May 10, 2012  |   New York resident Niki Buchanan smokes outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village shorty after President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage. Photo by Timothy A. Clark/AFP/Getty Images. In Wednesday's interview with ABC News, President Obama said it...

May 9, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about election fallout following Indiana's GOP Senate primary. What does it mean for bipartisanship now that Sen. Richard...

May 9, 2012  |   Richard Lugar of Indiana has been in the Senate for more than 35 years. Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. As longtime senators, the media's chattering class and political consultants ponder the meaning of Sen. Richard Lugar's overwhelming loss...

May 8, 2012  |   Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney debate in February in Mesa, Arizona. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum finally endorsed presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, but he made clear he wants to have a say...

May 4, 2012  |   Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell campaign with Mitt Romney in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. With a mixed jobs report out Friday, Mitt Romney is keeping up his attacks on President...

May 3, 2012  |   President Obama speaks at Ohio State University earlier this year. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a dead heat in two states that will likely play a deciding role in November's election:...

May 2, 2012  |   President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign a strategic partnership agreement Tuesday. Afghan Presidential Palace photo via Getty Images. Mitt Romney got a stark reminder Tuesday of just how difficult it is to run against an incumbent president...

May 1, 2012  |   President Obama speaks at the Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images. This May Day marks President Obama's first television attack ad aimed squarely at Mitt Romney. The ad...

April 30, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about President Obama's latest campaign video, which reminds voters he inherited a bad economy from President George W....

April 30, 2012  |   Former President Bill Clinton helped raise money for the Obama campaign over the weekend. 2011 photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Former President Bill Clinton summed up his arguments for the re-election of President Obama to high-dollar donors in Northern...

April 20, 2012  |   In a quick political debrief, congressional correspondent Kwame Holman spoke with me about his trip to rural Virginia to cover the annual "shad planking" event. Kwame noted in his blog post this week that it's a...

April 20, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images. It's a big day for Mitt Romney, who will be embraced by GOP establishment figures during the Republican National Committee's meeting of state...

April 19, 2012  |   From left, David Palmer, Bronson Hardwood and Duane Sutton meet with President Obama during a round table discussion Wednesday at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama marked his 20th trip to...

April 18, 2012  |   President Obama and his rivals launched major initiatives Wednesday to reach out to Hispanic voters. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. The next stage in identity politics has arrived, with both President Obama's campaign and the Republican Party making a...

April 17, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Gwen Ifill about a red state that's likely slipped out of President Obama's grasp. Last week, Gwen traveled to Indiana for her piece...

April 17, 2012  |   Mitt Romney is behind President Obama in two of three new polls. Photo by Terence Burlij/PBS NewsHour. Rick Santorum's exit from the GOP race last week teed up the general election, and three polls Monday took their first crack...

April 16, 2012  |   Photo by Jon Boyes/Getty Images. Tuesday is Tax Day, the deadline for sending your financial self-portrait to the Internal Revenue Service to determine if a refund is headed your way or if you owe Uncle Sam money. For those...

April 16, 2012  |   President Obama's fundraising total in March beat January and February. Photo by Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $53 million in March, a figure they announced Monday morning via a peppy web...

April 13, 2012  |   Ann Romney was criticized by a Democratic consultant on Wednesday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Remember when the "lipstick on a pig" comment completely changed the direction of the presidential race? Yeah, didn't think so. An inartful and offensive...

April 12, 2012  |   Sen. Scott Brown, who won a special election in 2010 to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, will face off against democrat Elizabeth Warren this fall. The contest is expected to be one of the tightest and most-watched in...

April 12, 2012  |   Women watch Mitt Romney campaign Wednesday in Hartford, Conn. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. If the voting women of America were feeling neglected, those days are over. A newly emboldened Mitt Romney, bolstered by his now-inevitable claiming of the...

April 12, 2012  |   Virginia's State Capitol in Richmond. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user absentmindedprof. Updated Friday, April 13 6:30 p.m. ET Republican Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley have two different visions for the role of government....

April 11, 2012  |   In this week's Political Checklist, political editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Judy Woodruff about the challenges facing Mitt Romney and President Obama as they look at the general election. With Rick Santorum bowing out,...

April 11, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns Tuesday at R.C. Fabricators in Wilmington, Del. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Rick Santorum's exit from the presidential primary race made the next 140 days a whole lot easier for Mitt Romney. All signs pointed to...

April 10, 2012  |   Updated, 3:46 p.m. Rick Santorum is suspending his presidential campaign, the former Pennsylvania senator announced at a news conference in Gettysburg, Pa. "Miracle after miracle this race was as improbable as any race you have...

April 10, 2012  |   President Obama helps out during the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. A Washington Post-ABC poll out Tuesday finds that President Obama leads Mitt Romney in a general election matchup, 51 percent to...

April 9, 2012  |   President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk with their daughters Sasha, second right, and Malia from the White House to St. John's Church for Easter Service. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. With the day mostly quiet on the...

April 6, 2012  |   President Obama speaks at the American Society of Newspaper Editors Convention earlier this week. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. The disclosure wars began in earnest on Thursday, with President Obama's campaign lighting up the outcry machine over a Washington...

April 5, 2012  |   A new survey shows Mitt Romney, above, leading Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Mitt Romney has Pennsylvania to himself on Thursday. And he might just have it to himself on April 24. While the front-runner...

April 4, 2012  |   Supporters of Mitt Romney celebrate at a primary night rally in Milwaukee. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. There are a lot of numbers that matter in politics. Here are the ones that matter most on Wednesday: 655 That's how...

April 3, 2012  |   Romney greets supporters during a town hall style meeting at Moore Oil on April 2 in Milwaukee, Wisc. during his final push through the state. Photo by Getty Images. Updated: 10:02 p.m. ET | Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney...

April 3, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns Monday in Milwaukee. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. In two states and one city, it's so much more than Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day. As voters in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin head to the...

March 30, 2012  |   President Obama waves to guests after speaking about gas prices and oil company tax breaks at the White House on Thursday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. While no presidential primary contests were held this week, two key events from...

March 29, 2012  |   Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi participate in a news conference earlier this week. Rubio endorsed Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday. Sure, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich spent their days vowing to soldier...

March 28, 2012  |   Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. He may be running a distant third in the delegate race and struggling financially, but Newt Gingrich is not yet ready to throw in the...

March 27, 2012  |   People gather outside the Supreme Court Tuesday as justices hear arguments on the health care reform law. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The nation's high court will be the center of the political universe Tuesday, with the key provision...

March 26, 2012  |   Rick Santorum poses for a photo with a supporter in Fond du Lac, Wis. Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images. As the delegate math got even tougher for Rick Santorum, the GOP presidential contender appeared to pick a fight Sunday...

March 23, 2012  |   Supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul hold up signs as Mitt Romney campaigns in Illinois last week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. "No way." That was the reaction from 31 percent of a pool of potential voters when asked...

March 22, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns Wednesday at the American Legion Post 109 in Arbutus, Md. Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images. Rick Santorum couldn't have drawn it up any better. The morning after Mitt Romney's double-digit victory in Illinois and on the...

March 21, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets supporters during a victory party Tuesday in Schaumburg, Ill. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. UPDATED | 12:09 p.m. A nearly 12-point rout, check. Amassing a bigger delegate lead, check. Aggressively targeting President Obama in his victory...

March 20, 2012  |   The state budget showdowns unfolding in Virginia and Maryland are reminiscent of the national debate over the role of government as the economy recovers. Should government spend to create jobs? Or focus on fiscal restraint? Which...

March 20, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns Monday at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Voting is underway in the Land of Lincoln, where Mitt Romney is looking for a decisive victory in President Obama's home state to cement...

March 19, 2012  |   Monday's NewsHour Political Checklist was all about how it's starting to feel like a two-man race. Political editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Judy Woodruff about Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum's battle for Illinois. There's...

March 19, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets a crowd outside the Machine Shed Restaurant in Rockford, Ill., on Sunday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Mitt Romney pulled further ahead in the race for the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the Republican Party nomination...

March 16, 2012  |   President Obama speaks at a rally in Largo, Md., on Thursday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. After months of dipping their toes in the re-election waters, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have jumped full-on into the general...

March 15, 2012  |   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Prime Minister David Cameron laugh as Vice President Joe Biden gives a toast at the State Department on Wednesday. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. Updated 2:30 p.m. ET: Vice President Biden hit...

March 14, 2012  |   Rick Santorum addresses supporters in Lafayette, La., after winning Tuesday's Alabama and Mississippi primaries. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images. In the battle for the hearts and minds of Republican voters, it appears that the hearts won out on Tuesday....

March 13, 2012  |   GOP hopeful Rick Santorum greets patrons at Dreamland Bar-B-Que on Monday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Updated 12:28 a.m. ET Wednesday | Rick Santorum on Tuesday night scored a pair of victories in Alabama's and Mississippi's...

March 13, 2012  |   President Obama speaks about U.S. energy policy last week at the Daimler trucks plant in Mt. Holly, N.C. Photo by John W. Adkisson/Getty Images. The Republican presidential candidates are duking it out Tuesday in the South, which is also...

March 12, 2012  |   Rick Santorum greets supporters during a rally Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images. In the fight for delegates, the weekend resulted in a split decision for Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Santorum captured 33 of the...

March 9, 2012  |   In this week's Doubleheader with with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, we have both a guest host (filling in for Hari Sreenivasan) and a disagreement over The New York Mets....

March 9, 2012  |   Supporters of Mitt Romney in Boston celebrate on Super Tuesday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. When the news cycle is dominated by questions of when -- not if -- your rivals should exit the race, it's probably been a...

March 8, 2012  |   Mitt Romney and his wife Ann talk to reporters aboard his campaign plane Tuesday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. As the Republican presidential primary plods on, it's becoming a contest of which candidate can call for which candidate to...

March 7, 2012  |   GOP presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a Super Tuesday night gathering in Boston. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. "I'm going to get this nomination," Mitt Romney told elated supporters in Massachusetts Tuesday night....

March 6, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets supporters at a town hall event in Dayton, Ohio. Photo by Terence Burlij/PBS NewsHour. Super Tuesday is finally here. Up for grabs are 424 delegates in 11 states: Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,...

March 5, 2012  |   The NewsHour Political Checklist wouldn't be complete this Super Tuesday eve without a mention of buckeyes. Political Editor Christina Bellantoni speaks with senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about the delicious Ohio confection, and the...

March 5, 2012  |   A truck displaying signs supporting Mitt Romney drives toward downtown Cleveland on Friday. Photo by Terence Burlij/PBS NewsHour. Mitt Romney is on a roll. And things are looking even brighter for Super Tuesday. On Saturday, Romney won Washington's caucuses...

March 2, 2012  |   Mitt Romney walks off of his campaign plane at Idaho Falls Regional Airport on March 1. Romney is campaigning in North Dakota, Idaho and Washington ahead of Super Tuesday. Photo by Getty Images. With just a few days until...

March 1, 2012  |   Photo of Mitt Romney by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Team Romney says the candidate learned a valuable lesson in January -- don't let up, even when you're sure you've nailed it. That's why the campaign, and the supportive super PAC,...

February 29, 2012  |   Mitt Romney, with his wife Ann and son Tagg, celebrates Tuesday in Novi, Mich. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. It's a good bet Mitt Romney slept a whole lot easier Tuesday night. "We didn't win by a lot but...

February 28, 2012  |   Ted Atkins casts his primary day ballot in Southfield, Mich. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Republican voters in Michigan and Arizona will have their say Tuesday, with a grand total of 59 delegates at stake, not to mention needed...

February 27, 2012  |   The NewsHour Political Checklist returns as senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill talk with political editor Christina Bellantoni about what to watch during Tuesday's primaries. Gwen and Judy agreed the elections in Arizona and Michigan demonstrate that Mitt Romney...

February 27, 2012  |   Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum remain locked in a dead heat for Tuesday's Michigan primary, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released Sunday. The PPP poll put Romney...

February 24, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets guests after speaking at a Tea Party event on February 23 in Milford, Michigan. Photo by Getty Images. As Mitt Romney works on getting his groove back, he's sticking with the Washington insider attack on Rick...

February 23, 2012  |   Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich participate in a debate Thursday night sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The 20th -- and potentially final -- debate of the...

February 22, 2012  |   Rick Santorum, left, and Mitt Romney are running a close race in Arizona. Photo by Charles Dharapa/Pool-Getty Images. The four remaining Republican presidential hopefuls will meet in Mesa, Ariz., Wednesday night for the 20th and potentially final debate of...

February 21, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in Michigan, which holds its primary Feb. 28. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The next seven days might feel like an eternity for the man hoping to reclaim the spot atop the presidential pack. Mitt Romney...

February 20, 2012  |   Rick Santorum speaks at Tea Party rally Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. Photo by Jay LaPrete/Getty Images. Welcome to life as the presidential nomination front-runner, Rick Santorum. Cash and fawning crowds aren't the only things that accompany a surge in...

February 17, 2012  |   President Obama greets supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco. Photo by C. Flanigan/FilmMagic. President Obama's poll numbers have been looking up, and Friday morning brought a fresh reminder of his campaign's financial strength. The Obama re-election team,...

February 16, 2012  |   Rick Santorum is doing very well in the polls in Michigan, which holds its primary Feb 28. Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images. So much for Mitt Romney's home-field advantage in Michigan. A Detroit News poll released Thursday found Rick...

February 15, 2012  |   President Obama's overall approval rating has climbed to 50 percent, according to a new poll. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. With the economy showing signs of life, so too are President Obama's re-election hopes, according to a poll released...

February 14, 2012  |   Campaign signs for Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney line a road in New Hampshire. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Rick Santorum is riding high in the polls these days. A new New York Times/CBS News survey found the former...

February 13, 2012  |   Mitt Romney addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney's rivals are looking to take the luster off of his pair of weekend victories by casting doubts on the outcomes in hopes of preventing...

February 10, 2012  |   Mitt Romney's book is for sale at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call. We are coming to you live from the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C., where Day...

February 9, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in Colorado Springs last week. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Mitt Romney is taking a break from the campaign trail, no doubt preparing for his big moment Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington....

February 8, 2012  |   Rick Santorum, with his daughter Elizabeth, left, and wife Karen, celebrates with supporters in St. Charles, Mo. Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images. This time Rick Santorum did not have to wait 17 days to find out the good news....

February 7, 2012  |   President Obama greets the audience after delivering remarks on the economy last week in Falls Church, Va. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama's campaign is getting into the super PAC business. The president's re-election team announced Monday night...

February 6, 2012  |   Mitt Romney talks with his staff aboard his plane en route to Las Vegas for Saturday's Nevada caucuses. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The weekend's drama was reserved for Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium, not the Las Vegas strip. Mitt...

February 3, 2012  |   Mitt Romney campaigns in Reno, Nev., where he holds a commanding lead in the polls. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney admitted Thursday that he "misspoke" when he said he was "not concerned about the very poor," a...

February 2, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally Wednesday in Las Vegas. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. It's Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter. Could that forecast apply to both the weather and Mitt...

February 1, 2012  |   Mitt Romney celebrates his win in the Florida primary. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. With his decisive victory in the Florida primary Tuesday night, Mitt Romney regained command of the Republican nomination battle, rebounding from a disappointing second-place finish...

January 31, 2012  |   Ray Roy sets up a polling station in Tampa as Floridians prepare to vote in Tuesday's GOP primary. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Polls are open in Florida, which becomes the fourth state to weigh in on the GOP...

January 30, 2012  |   Ocean Drive, St. Lucie County, Fla. Photo by Christina Bellantoni/PBS NewsHour. Your Morning Line comes to you this Monday from economically distressed St. Lucie County, Fla., where shops have been shuttered and high-end beach resorts left abandoned. As many...

January 27, 2012  |   Newt Gingrich, left, and Mitt Romney spar during Thursday night's debate in Florida. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed early and often during Thursday night's debate in Jacksonville, a reflection of Florida's importance...

January 26, 2012  |   Lynn Coffin, creator of Bozo Party, shows off hand puppets of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney boxing during a campaign event this week in Sarasota, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. The race for Florida is on. A new...

January 25, 2012  |   President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday night -- a preview of the general election argument to...

January 24, 2012  |   President Obama delivers his 2011 State of the Union address; file photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images President Obama will stress fairness as a way to strengthen the economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, according to...

January 24, 2012  |   Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at Monday's GOP debate on NBC. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney told Brian Williams of NBC News during the debate Monday night that there would be "no surprises" when he released his...

January 23, 2012  |   Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista celebrate the former House speaker's victory in South Carolina. Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images. As Jay-Z says, on to the next one. In a 40 percent to 28 percent rout, Newt Gingrich won...

January 21, 2012  |   "This race is getting to be even more interesting," Mitt Romney just told his cheering, but disappointed, fans in South Carolina. I couldn't have said it better myself. The former Massachusetts governor lost South Carolina's primary to Newt Gingrich, his...

January 20, 2012  |   From left, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul at Thursday's GOP debate in South Carolina. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images. Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C., may have lasted two hours, but it...

January 19, 2012  |   Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images. UPDATE 11:30 a.m. ET Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced at a press conference at 11 a.m. ET that he is suspending his campaign for president. He endorsed former House speaker...

January 18, 2012  |   Mitt Romney speaks at a press conference after a campaign rally Tuesday in Florence, S.C. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. For Mitt Romney, more money might really mean more problems. The former Massachusetts governor and investment firm executive admitted...

January 17, 2012  |   Rick Santorum, left, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at Monday's GOP debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Photo by Charles Dharapa/Getty Images. The five Republican presidential candidates met in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Monday night for what became a feisty forum...

January 16, 2012  |   Jon Huntsman visits a restaurant to greet voters Sunday in South Carolina. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Updated 12:30 p.m. ET | As expected, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman said Monday he is dropping out of the presidential race....

January 15, 2012  |   Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman; Alex Wong/Getty Images Updated 11:01 p.m. | Jon Huntsman will end his presidential bid and endorse Mitt Romney's candidacy, a top aide told the NewsHour late Sunday. The former Utah governor did not compete...

January 13, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally Thursday at the West Palm Beach, Fla., Convention Center. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Mitt Romney is not going to let one of his old jobs stand in the way of...

January 12, 2012  |   President Obama greets supporters at a fundraising rally Wednesday in Chicago. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Now that Mitt Romney has won two nominating contests, President Obama is starting to step it up. The White House said the president...

January 11, 2012  |   Mitt Romney celebrates his New Hampshire primary victory with supporters in Manchester. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Mitt Romney made history. The former Massachusetts governor is the first non-incumbent Republican in modern times to win nominating contests in both...

January 10, 2012  |   People wait outside a polling station in Concord, N.H., before its doors opened Tuesday for primary voting. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Voting here in the Granite State has already begun, and as has been the case since 1960,...

January 9, 2012  |   A young fan of Mitt Romney reaches out to shake his hand during a rally at Exeter High School on Sunday. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Voters here in the Granite State are a day away from becoming the...

January 6, 2012  |   GOP candidate Rick Santorum leaves an event at a Rotary Club breakfast in Manchester, N.H. Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images. Good morning, dear readers, and hello again from New Hampshire, where it appears there is some movement taking place...

January 5, 2012  |   Jon Huntsman talks to reporters Wednesday at a campaign event in Pittsfield, N.H. Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images. Greetings from New Hampshire, where half of your Morning Line dynamic duo is stationed for the week, outfitted with the warmest...

January 4, 2012  |   Mitt Romney won the Iowa caucuses by just eight votes Tuesday night. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Mitt Romney's foes made clear they have no plans to cede the presidential contest to him after Iowa's caucuses delivered a split...

January 3, 2012  |   Iowa Republicans will choose their presidential nominee Tuesday. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. Here we go! After 13 nationally televised debates, some 900 campaign events, candidates rising and falling in the polls and months of speculation about the shape...

January 2, 2012  |   GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. It's the final full day of campaigning for Republicans hoping to win the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night. The candidates are...