Politics Sep 29 Experience Counts? California attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown speaks during a debate against Republican candidate Meg Whitman on Tuesday. Photo by Jose Luis Villegas-Pool/Getty Images. The 2010 midterm election narrative for members of Congress trying to keep their jobs…
Politics Sep 24 Rubio and Meek Push Back on Crist’s New Ad Updated Sept. 27 with Video MIAMI | You could call it the one-two punch. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the former Republican running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, has taken to the airwaves to attack both his Republican and…
Politics Sep 13 The Big Tax Debate … That’s Going Nowhere? The NewsHour's Gwen Ifill and Political Editor David Chalian take a look at the stories making headlines in Washington and beyond on this week's Political Checklist, including the recent back-and-forth between House Minority Leader John Boehner and the…
Politics Aug 30 Political Checklist: Obama’s Primetime Iraq Speech, Jobs Problems In this week’s edition of the Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff discusses the week ahead in politics, including President Obama’s primetime speech on Iraq plus what the White House may have in store to address Americans’ ongoing economic and unemployment concerns.
Politics Aug 27 Dick Armey to Beck Rally Critics: ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, who has been spending most of his time trying to harness the Tea Party energy into electoral gains for conservatives, said the “Restoring Honor” rally that Fox News talk show host Glenn…
Politics Aug 20 The Morning Line: Biden to the Rescue Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine tells the New York Times that there's "gloom and doom" among his fellow Democrats who are facing the prospect of devastating losses in November's midterm elections. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to…
Politics Aug 19 The Morning Line: Misconceptions About Obama’s Faith on the Rise It's quite easy to imagine President Obama itching to get up to Martha's Vineyard with his family Thursday afternoon and kick back for 10 days. He's got a relentless unemployment rate to battle, an upcoming fall campaign season in which…
Politics Aug 16 Political Checklist: Obama’s Campaign Road Show, Mosque Remarks In a weekly segment now dubbed “The Political Checklist,” senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill tick through this week’s list by weighing in on President Obama’s three-day, five-state campaign swing and what clues his stops provide in figuring…
Politics Aug 11 Ifill and Chalian Dissect Primaries, Obamas’ Vacations, Iowa Stumping Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill spoke with me Wednesday about the bigger themes coming out of Tuesday night’s primary results in Colorado and Connecticut. Also in the NewsHour’s look at the week ahead in politics (a segment for which…
Politics Aug 06 Obama Touts Humor, History on Kagan Victory Lap One day after the Senate voted to confirm his pick for the Supreme Court, President Obama took to the East Room of the White House with the soon-to-be Justice Elena Kagan for a bit of a victory lap.