Politics Mar 15 Biden Kicks Off Re-election Campaign Touting Auto Rescue 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 the…
Politics Mar 14 Santorum Sweeps Alabama, Mississippi; Romney Takes Third 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. "The…
Politics Mar 13 Santorum Wins Alabama, Mississippi; Gingrich Takes Second 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 presidential…
Politics Mar 12 Romney, Santorum Split Weekend Results 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 40…
Politics Mar 09 Shields and Brooks on Hawaii Caucuses, March Madness, Obama the Sports Fan // 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. David wrote…
Politics Mar 09 For Romney, Race Is a Numbers Game 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 good…
Politics Mar 08 Rivals Refuse Romney’s Call to Step Aside 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 end…
Politics Mar 07 Romney Narrowly Wins Ohio, Fails to Deliver Knockout Blow 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. Mathematically,…
Politics Mar 06 Super Tuesday Stakes: 424 Delegates in 11 States 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, Tennessee,…
Politics Mar 05 Political Checklist: It’s ‘Down to the Wire’ in Ohio for Super Tuesday // 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 politics team…