May 10 Watch Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically? Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically?… Continue watching
May 10 Is It Compromise...or Selling Out? By Judy Woodruff Tea Party protest in Laguna Beach, Calif. File photo/Getty Images. It's hard to miss one of the main messages of this week's primary votes, and it has to do with the current gridlock in Washington. It is that many voters… Continue reading
May 10 Obama: Support for Gay Marriage 'May Hurt' Politically By Christina Bellantoni New York resident Niki Buchanan smokes outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village shorty after President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage. Photo by Timothy A. Clark/AFP/Getty Images. In Wednesday's interview with ABC News, President Obama said it would… Continue reading
May 09 Will Obama's Same-Sex Marriage Support Sway Voters? Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images What's the significance of President Obama's evolution on gay marriage? In terms of policy, probably not much. He made clear in his interview with ABC News that he still considers the issue… Continue reading
May 09 Watch Assessing the Indiana Senate Race After Lugar's Loss Indiana voters sent Richard Lugar to the U.S. Senate six times, but not again this year. He lost Tuesday to Tea Party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Gwen Ifill, Greg Fettig of Hoosiers for a Conservative Senate and political analyst Brian… Continue watching
May 09 Watch Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage: Now What? President Obama said Wednesday that he now believes "same-sex couples should be able to get married." Judy Woodruff and author Kerry Eleveld discuss the president's "evolution" on the subject, then Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and the Rev. Harry… Continue watching
May 09 Political Checklist: Indiana Gets Interesting By Christina Bellantoni // In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about election fallout following Indiana's GOP Senate primary. What does it mean for bipartisanship now that Sen. Richard Lugar was… Continue reading
May 09 Watch Political Checklist: Lugar's Downfall And Voter Divides Political Checklist: Lugar's downfall and voter divides… Continue watching
May 09 Obama: 'Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married' By News Desk President Obama; file photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool-Getty Images Updated 4:14 p.m. | President Barack Obama declared Wednesday afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. "Same sex couples should be able to get married," he said in an interview with… Continue reading
May 09 NRCC Chairman: Romney on Ticket Will Boost GOP House Candidates By Cassie Chew Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, walks with Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. Sessions leads the National Republican Congressional Committee and Walden is the NRCC deputy chairman. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images. Mitt Romney's candidacy will help the GOP pick up seats in… Continue reading