Politics Oct 18 Obama, Romney Step Up Pursuit of Women Voters 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 pay…
Politics Oct 17 Obama, Romney Get Testy in Second Debate 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 that…
Politics Oct 16 Clinton Backs Obama, Perot Endorses Romney as Candidates Set to Debate 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, that's…
Politics Oct 15 Latest Polls Show Presidential Race Closer Than Ever 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 any…
Politics Oct 12 Vice Presidential Debate Is a Thriller 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 exchange…
Politics Oct 11 Fight of the Night: Happy Warrior vs. Likable Wonk Join us [online Thursday afternoon](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/) 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…
Politics Oct 10 Fresh Batch of Polls Show Race Tightening in Battleground States 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 Mitt…
Politics Oct 04 Romney Looking for Boost After Strong Debate Performance 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 President…
Politics Oct 03 In Denver, Stakes for First Debate Are a Mile High 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 appeal…
Politics Oct 02 Political Checklist: Tracking Enthusiasm in the Tar Heel State // 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 among President…