Health Mar 02 Politico Reporter: President Will Say ‘I Want My Vote’ on Health Care Reform President Obama is expected to announce his preferred way forward on health care reform Wednesday. Politico assistant managing editor for enterprise Jeanne Cummings stopped by the Rundown to speak to us about the president’s likely message and the challenges…
Nation Mar 01 Pew Study: News Becoming More Personalized, Participatory, Portable As you read this blog and watch this video online, you're digesting your news on the third-most-popular news platform: the Internet, a new study shows. For news consumers, the Internet ranks ahead of national print newspapers, local print newspapers and…
Health Feb 26 Reporter: Deep Divisions Remain After Health Reform Summit In the wake of President Obama’s marathon health care reform summit on Thursday, we spoke with Kaiser Health News reporter Mary Agnes Carey about what comes next in the overhaul push. Carey said the lawmakers in the room appeared…
Nation Feb 23 Reporter Gets Look ‘Behind Taliban Lines’ Last summer, Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi got an unprecedented look at the Taliban’s attack tactics in Baghlan province in the northern part of the country, living with the insurgents and documenting their moves. We spoke with Quraishi and producer Jamie…
Politics Feb 23 Politico Reporter: Obama, GOP Set to ‘Out-Reasonable’ Each Other Ahead of this Thursday's bipartisan health care reform summit convened by President Obama, we spoke with Politico reporter Craig Gordon about the president's new health reform proposals, how Democrats will try to sell his plan and whether…
Health Feb 22 Dissecting President Obama’s Health Care Reform Wish List After President Obama rolled out his health care reform plan on Monday, health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser stopped by The Rundown to talk about what specific changes he’s seeking in the lead-up to Thursday’s bipartisan health reform summit.
Politics Feb 19 Shields: Bayh’s Retirement Timing a ‘Recklessly Self-Centered’ Move After snow and traffic prevented him from joining us on The Rundown last week, we managed to check in with columnist Mark Shields this week to get his take on the annual CPAC summit of conservatives and how…
Economy Feb 17 Cillizza: Proving Stimulus Effects a Tough Task for White House Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza, author of The Fix blog, joined us again Wednesday to share his reporting and political news analysis. It’s the first anniversary of President Obama’s economic stimulus bill, the American Reinvestment and Recovery…
Politics Feb 17 Patchwork Nation: Looking at Winners, Losers in Federal Government Spending Is your member of Congress bringing home the bacon? A breakdown by Patchwork Nation community types looked at where the government distributes money across U.S. counties. The money flow, project director Dante Chinni told The Rundown, has little to do…
Politics Feb 16 Politico’s Allen: Democrats Worried by Senate Retirements, Possible Defectors Mike Allen, chief White House correspondent for Politico, spoke with us Tuesday afternoon about the political uncertainty caused by the latest Democratic Senate retirement announcement - Indiana's Evan Bayh. Allen said that as anger toward Washington grows, both Democrats and…