Politics Jun 13 Political Checklist: Debate Offers Insight into GOP Field Judy Woodruff and Hari Sreenivasan preview Monday's Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, the first of the election cycle. They also look at President Obama's effort to promote his jobs agenda in North Carolina.
Politics Jun 10 The Doubleheader: Bad Economic News, Anthony Weiner and the NBA Finals New York Times columnist David Brooks, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Political Editor David Chalian discuss President Obama's ability or inability to handle the economy and the ongoing Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal.
Politics Jun 07 Political Checklist: Job #1 for Obama Still Economy David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff look at the political implications of a Washington Post/ABC poll released Tuesday showing that six in 10 Americans are unhappy with President Obama's handling of the economy.
Politics May 02 Political Checklist: Bin Laden Death Yields Political Capital for Obama // A day after the dramatic announcement that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, the world's most-wanted terrorist, David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff assess how the news could impact President Obama's political standing. The team agrees…
Politics Feb 25 The Doubleheader: Walker’s Prank Call, Government Shutdown Prospects and Basketball’s Carmelo Anthony [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRSN7io1hs] The Doubleheader is back this week, and Mark Shields and David Brooks tackle Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's phone call with a blogger who pretended to be billionaire and conservative financier David Koch. Mark and David were at…
Politics Jan 31 Political Checklist: Egypt Crisis Changes the Agenda at the White House DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s47aeq101c', 'YrkW_QIcFSo', '29'); In this edition of the Political Checklist, Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff discuss how a foreign affairs crisis like the popular revolt in Egypt forces a White House to change its…
Politics Jan 26 Pence, Gillibrand, Brown and Gingrey React to the State of the Union Speech PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill producer Linda J. Scott spoke with lawmakers from both parties at the U.S. Capitol immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address for reactions to the speech. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said it started a…
Politics Jan 12 Politicians Targeted by Assassins Law enforcement is calling the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of six others in Tucson, Ariz.., an assassination attempt. We take a look at some of the failed and successful assassinations of American presidents and members of…
Politics Dec 02 House Schedules Vote on Middle-Class Tax Cuts House Democrats scheduled a vote Thursday on permanently extending the tax breaks for middle-income Americans as a bipartisan group of lawmakers and two top Obama administration officials negotiated a compromise behind closed doors. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday…
Politics Sep 23 Pew Poll: Republicans Have 13-Point Edge Among Independents In the early days of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, estimates varied wildly on the amount of oil gushing from the blown-out well. As spring turned to summer and the oil kept flowing, the government revised its calculations.