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...