Politics Oct 02 Polls Show Voters Split Along Gender Lines 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 Mitt…
Politics Oct 01 New Poll Reveals Stakes for Wednesday’s Debate 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 battleground…
Politics Sep 28 Three More Battleground Polls Give Obama the Edge 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. President…
Politics Sep 26 Political Checklist: What’s Driving Young Voters? // 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 Wednesday night…
Politics Sep 26 Romney Fights to Keep Ohio Competitive 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 Mitt…
Politics Sep 25 Obama Will Urge U.N. to Confront Iran, Violence in Middle East 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 on…
Politics Sep 24 President Obama, Romney Make Their Case on ’60 Minutes’ 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." Republican…
Politics Sep 21 Shields and Brooks on Romney’s Clean Bill of Health and MLB Playoffs 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 return…
Politics Sep 21 Final Stretch Marks Shift in Money Race 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 Mitt…
Politics Sep 19 First Debate To Feature Three Sections on Economy 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…