Jan 02 Watch As Iowa Winnows the Republican Field, Who Will Survive for N.H. Primary Fight? In the final 24 hours of campaigning before Iowa's Caucuses, the pressure is on GOP presidential candidates to convince many undecided voters to caucus for them on Tuesday night. Gwen Ifill discusses what to expect coming out of the Caucuses… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Hours Before Caucuses, Many Iowan Voters Still Undecided Over GOP Contenders With just hours to go until Tuesday night's Iowa Caucuses, and with a new poll confirming four in 10 caucus-goers are either undecided or could change their minds, the pressure on Republican presidential candidates to close the deal with Hawkeye… Continue watching
Jan 02 Scenes From Iowa’s Campaign Trail By Teresa Gorman (Judy Woodruff talks briefly with Ron Paul days before the 2012 Iowa caucuses. Photo by Quinn Bowman) The PBS NewsHour's politics team is on the trail covering the 2012 campaign. Check out some of the scenes they've captured in recent… Continue reading
Jan 02 Candidates Enter Iowa Homestretch By Christina Bellantoni GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. It's the final full day of campaigning for Republicans hoping to win the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night. The candidates are putting… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on Ron Paul’s ‘Authenticity,’ Romney’s Message, Iowa’s Role Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the state of the GOP presidential race, what Iowans are considering ahead of Tuesday's Caucuses and how Iowa will shape the rest… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch ‘Need to Know’ Explores Evangelical Voters’ Sway Over GOP Candidates in Iowa Four years ago, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee beat Mitt Romney and the other GOP candidates in the Iowa Caucuses with strong conservative evangelical support led by a man named Bob Vander Plaats. "Need to Know" correspondent Rick Karr reports on… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch How Will Undecided Iowa Caucus-Goers Decide? A new NBC-Marist poll showed Mitt Romney and Ron Paul leading the GOP field in Iowa Friday, but many likely caucus-goers said they're still trying to decide which candidate they'll ultimately support on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff spoke with five still-undecided… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Ahead of Tuesday’s Vote, Another Poll Shows Romney, Ron Paul Ahead in Iowa Heading into the final stretch before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation Caucuses, the GOP contenders chatted up Iowan voters in cold and windy weather Friday. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' last-minute campaigning. Continue watching
Dec 30 Peeling the Onion (Or, Why Iowa and New Hampshire Really Matter) By Gwen Ifill We have by now spent so many weeks consumed with the ups and downs of Republican presidential politics that we are in danger of misgauging its real impact, especially in these early days. It can be easy to dismiss the… Continue reading
Dec 30 Iowa’s Emptying Nest Counties Could Spoil Romney’s, Gingrich’s Caucuses Weather-beaten farm buildings stand along Highway 6 in Marengo, Iowa. Marengo is located in one of Iowa's many "Emptying Nest" counties, where Republican presidential candidates are seeking support in next week's all-important Iowa Caucuses; photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images… Continue reading