Politics Sep 19 New Wave of Polls Gives Obama the Advantage 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 thing:…
Politics Sep 14 Watch Margaret Warner Talk With Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter 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 Constitutionally…
Politics Sep 14 Obama Leads Romney in New Polls of Battleground States 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 be…
Politics Sep 13 Candidates Spar Over Foreign Policy Following Attacks in Libya, Egypt 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 collapse…
Politics Sep 12 Killings at American Consulate in Libya Might Shift Campaigns’ Focus 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…
Politics Sep 11 Post Convention Polls Show Obama Leads Romney 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…
Politics Sep 10 Obama Edges Romney in August Fundraising Race 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 are…
Politics Sep 07 Obama and Biden Hit the Road After President’s Big Night 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. Fresh…
Politics Sep 06 Stage Smaller, Stakes Just as High as President Prepares for His Moment 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 to…
Politics Sep 05 Dennis Kucinich Takes the Test: How Liberal Is He? (Hint: Very.) // 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.