May 11 Shields, Brooks on Lugar, NBA vs. NHL By Hari Sreenivasan The Doubleheader is ready for your weekend viewing pleasure. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the surprise results in the Senate race in Indiana this week and the consequences. In our… Continue reading
May 11 Watch Shields, Brooks on Obama, Romney Split on Gay Marriage, Austerity Backlash Shields, Brooks on Obama, Romney Split on Gay Marriage, Austerity Backlash… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Romney, Obama Shift Campaign Focus Back to Economy After days of campaign rhetoric over same-sex marriage, President Obama and Mitt Romney shifted back to the economy Friday. In North Carolina, Romney took aim at President Obama's "liberal policies" while the president alluded to Republican ideas having caused the… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Shields, Brooks On Lugar And NBA Vs. NHL Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the politics of sports and sport of politics. Continue watching
May 11 The Big Straddle: Why Compromise Can Be Hazardous to One's Political Health "There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos." Jim Hightower, a committed liberal and former Texas agriculture commissioner, liked to say this so much that he finally used it as a title for a… Continue reading
May 11 Donations Flood Obama Campaign After Gay Marriage Announcement By Christina Bellantoni President Obama greets supporters upon arriving in Seattle on Thursday. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's change of heart on same-sex marriage is helping him raise some serious coin. Since his announcement Wednesday, the president's re-election campaign has experienced… Continue reading
May 11 Members of Congress Press DHS, DOJ Over Inquiry Into Immigrant's Death After our colleagues at "Need to Know" aired this report last month on the violent death of a man on the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago, 16 members of Congress said Thursday that the footage… Continue reading
May 10 DCCC Chair Says Independents Are Key to Democrats Retaking the House By Alex Bruns Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel of New York told reporters Thursday he was ready for another big swing this November. Despite the… Continue reading
May 10 Watch LBJ's 'Passage of Power': The Transformation of a 'Legislative Genius' LBJ's 'Passage of Power': The Transformation of a 'Legislative Genius'… Continue watching
May 10 Biographer Caro: LBJ Used 'Full Potential' of Presidential Power LBJ portrait by Yousuf Karsh Historian Robert Caro has spent nearly four decades telling the story of a one man: former President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The hefty fourth volume in his series of biographies is "The… Continue reading