Aug 24 Stage Nearly Set for GOP's Big Show By Christina Bellantoni The stage is prepared at Tampa Bay Times Forum ahead of the Republican National Convention. Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images. In just a few days, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will drop the "presumptive" and get on with the… Continue reading
Aug 24 "Then and Now" at the RNC By PBS News Hour The NewsHour takes you behind the curtain with a then-and-now slide show crafted by creative director Travis Daub (@tcd004). Continue reading
Aug 24 Gwen's Take: Five Things to Watch For in Tampa By Gwen Ifill Workers put the finishing touches on the inside of the Tampa Bay Times Forum in preparation for the Republican National Convention Monday in Tampa, Florida. Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images Tampa | Florida politics has always been its own special… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Have Democrats Lost Sight of Their Founding Principle? In his book "Spoiled Rotten" Jay Cost lays out historical context for why he says the Democratic Party has strayed from its founding principle: that all people were created equal, and the government's job is to ensure that equality. Cost… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch How Media Coverage of the Political Conventions Has Shifted to Cable, Online How Media Coverage of the Political Conventions Has Shifted to Cable, Online… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch U.S. and U.K. Entangled in Legal Battle to Release Former IRA Militants' Stories U.S. and U.K. Entangled in Legal Battle to Release Former IRA Militants' Stories… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Presidential Candidates' Medicare Platforms Could Affect Undecided Voters Presidential Candidates' Medicare Platforms Could Affect Undecided Voters… Continue watching
Aug 23 Potshots from Left and Right Target Romney's Foreign Policy Team By Margaret Warner Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets Jim Thone of Bakersfield, Cal., during the VFW convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nev., on July 24. Photo by Jose Luis Villegas/ Sacramento Bee/ MCT via Getty Images. When Mitt Romney's… Continue reading
Aug 23 Live From Tampa, Gwen Ifill Answers Your Questions By News Desk Live from Tampa, Fla., ahead of the Republican National Convention, Gwen Ifill answers your questions. Join her for a live chat with PBS' Washington Week at 2 p.m. ET… Continue reading
Aug 23 Team Obama Outlines Grass-Roots Operation as Key to Race By Christina Bellantoni President Obama waves to supporters at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday. Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images President Obama's re-election team sounded a confident note Thursday, but acknowledged a few days before the Republican National Convention that they are counting… Continue reading