May 02 For Romney, a Campaign Blueprint From 2004 By Dante Chinni Mitt Romney speaks in Wisconsin in April. Photo via Getty Images With six months to go until Election Day, the 2012 presidential contest is only now beginning to take shape. In the coming days the campaigns of President Obama and… Continue reading
May 02 Obama's Trip to Afghanistan Eclipses Bin Laden Debate By Christina Bellantoni President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign a strategic partnership agreement Tuesday. Afghan Presidential Palace photo via Getty Images. Mitt Romney got a stark reminder Tuesday of just how difficult it is to run against an incumbent president who… Continue reading
May 01 Watch Obama's Afghanistan Address: 'This Was Not a Mission Accomplished Speech' Obama's Afghanistan Address: 'This Was Not a Mission Accomplished Speech'… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Obama in Afghanistan: 'Our Goal Is to Destroy al-Qaida' During a surprise visit Tuesday to Afghanistan, where he signed an agreement outlining the U.S. role there after most NATO forces leave in 2014, President Barack Obama said he knew many Americans are tired of the war, but underscored a… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Should U.S. Pressure China More on Human Rights? Since the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, American presidents of both parties have struggled to balance criticism of Chinese abuses with other interests. Judy Woodruff discusses the Obama administration's dealings with China with the Brookings Institution's Kenneth Lieberthal and Human… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Obama's Afghanistan Pact: What it Does, What it Doesn't Do President Obama made a surprise visit Tuesday to Afghanistan to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Gwen Ifill gets an update from the AP's Patrick Quinn in Kabul plus analysis of the agreement the president… Continue watching
May 01 Transparency or Bust: Riding a Hacker Bus to Change Brazil By Alex Bruns Photo of the Onibus Hacker by Bruno Fernandes. There's a buzz in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Actually, it's more of a rumbling sound coming from the turbocharged Mercedes diesel engine on the Onibus Hacker, a coach-turned-activist… Continue reading
May 01 Obama Ad Knocks Romney for Outsourcing Jobs, Swiss Bank Account By Christina Bellantoni President Obama speaks at the Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images. This May Day marks President Obama's first television attack ad aimed squarely at Mitt Romney. The ad first… Continue reading
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