Apr 30 Watch Wisconsin Recall Watched as Possible Prophesy for November After just 16 months in office, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces a June recall -- an effort born of protests last year as he pushed through a law limiting collective-bargaining rights for most public employees. Ray Suarez and Frederica Freyberg… Continue watching
Apr 30 Examining the Electoral Map, President Obama's Arguments for a Second Term By Christina Bellantoni // In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about President Obama's latest campaign video, which reminds voters he inherited a bad economy from President George W. Bush. Gwen… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Political Checklist: Electoral Map, President Obama's Video Examining the Electoral Map, President Obama's Arguments for a Second Term… Continue watching
Apr 30 This One Time at Transparency Camp, 'Hacktivists' Pushed Open Government More than 450 hackers, activists and journalists attended the Sunlight Foundation's weekend Transparency Camp. Photo by Meena Ganesan As members of the White House Correspondents' Association took a break this weekend for their annual gala, a new breed… Continue reading
Apr 30 Former President Clinton: Obama 'Deserves to Be Re-Elected' By Christina Bellantoni Former President Bill Clinton helped raise money for the Obama campaign over the weekend. 2011 photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Former President Bill Clinton summed up his arguments for the re-election of President Obama to high-dollar donors in Northern Virginia… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Student Loans: the Politics, Pitfalls and Payoffs Ignoring a veto threat by President Obama, House Republicans voted Friday to extend a 2007 provision that halves the rate on Stafford student loans, but the parties are split on how to pay for it. Jeffrey Brown, George Washington University's… Continue watching
Apr 27 When's a Campaign Not a Campaign? (See Obama, Gingrich) By Gwen Ifill Just when you thought it was safe to go back outside, it turns out the campaign lull we thought had just begun hasn't occurred at all. We were assured by the Democrats that the president's travels to three battleground states… Continue reading
Apr 27 House Speaker Boehner Enters Presidential Campaign Fray By Terence Burlij House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly press conference on Thursday. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. House Speaker John Boehner endorsed Mitt Romney just last week, and by Thursday he had turned into one of the presumptive GOP… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch For Murdoch, Concerns His Great Empire Is 'Under Serious Threat' For Murdoch, Concerns of His Great Empire 'Under Serious Threat'… Continue watching