Politics Aug 30 Contrasting Views on Presidential Race from McConnell, Durbin Two party leaders in the U.S. Senate gave sharply contrasting views of the race and Romney's speech in separate interviews with the PBS NewsHour election team of Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, Mark Shields and David Brooks Thursday night. Senate Minority…
Politics Aug 30 Former Speechwriter Assesses Rice, Ryan, Christie and Ann Romney's Speeches. What Do You Think? // Former presidential speechwriter and now Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson scrutinizes some of the keynote addresses delivered thus far at the Republican National Convention. Gerson had high praise for former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who spoke Wednesday night.
Politics Aug 30 On the Floor at the RNC: Delegates Respond to Ryan's Speech // Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, pledging to take on tough issues, take responsibility and stick to the party's "founding principles." The NewsHour spoke with several delegates after Ryan's speech for their reactions…
Politics Aug 30 Paul Ryan's Night in the Spotlight Wednesday night's speaker lineup at the Republican National Convention included former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno, Arizona Sen. John McCain, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez…
Politics Aug 29 Shields, Brooks on Chris Christie's RNC Speech, Negative Advertising The Doubleheader with Mark Shields and David Brooks was live and direct from the Google Hangout studios at the Republican National Convention once again. As we always do, we tackled the politics of sport and the sport of politics. In…
Politics Aug 29 Ohio Gov. John Kasich Pledges Support for Nominee Romney // Jeffrey Brown spoke with Ohio Gov. John Kasich on the convention floor Tuesday night just minutes after Kasich announced that all 66 of the Republican delegates in that swing state were awarding their votes to Mitt Romney.
Politics Aug 29 Ann Romney Takes the Floor The first night of the Republican National Convention included two highlights: a speech by Ann Romney about her husband Mitt and the keynote address by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Here are some of the sights from the floor of…
Politics Aug 28 Delegates Standing Apart From the Crowd Roughly 2,300 delegates are attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., this week. While they might have come together with one voice to nominate their candidate for president -- Mitt Romney -- many of them stand out from the…
Politics Aug 28 Ann Romney Prepares to Take Center Stage at RNC Ann Romney is scheduled to address the Republican National Convention Tuesday night in Tampa Bay. The NewsHour was there on the convention floor as she prepped for her speech. Watch it here: // Here Ann Romney, dressed in all white,…
Politics Aug 28 Al Cardenas: 'Without Florida, Mitt Can't Win' Tea party activists, social activists, Super Pac independent groups. The Republican party encompasses all these communities, said Al Cardenas of the American Conservative Union in this interview with NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown. Republicans agree mostly on a set…