Jan 03 Tough Decisions Ahead for New Governors For many of the newly-elected governors assuming leadership this week, the traditional honeymoon period is going to be marred by a grim dose of reality. Governors in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, New York and… Continue reading
Jan 03 Political Checklist: First Week of the New Congress DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s46c8q101c', '-RDh1X-HzQM', '29'); In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff discuss the Republican agenda as the party retakes control of the House of Representatives this… Continue reading
Jan 03 Republicans Hunt For a New Party Chief Michael Steele's tenure as chairman of the Republican National Committee appears to be coming to an end. File photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Before speaker-to-be John Boehner receives the gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delivers… Continue reading
Jan 03 Governing Coalition Threatened in Pakistan, Huge Parts of Australia Flooded Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is flanked by leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Qaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) as he talks to the media after their meeting in Lahore on Monday. Pakistan's prime minister won tentative support at crisis talks… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch New Governors Confront Daunting State Budget Woes The New Year rings in the start of some new governors' terms -- and nearly all of them face budget shortfalls. Gwen Ifill discusses state budget woes with three public media reporters: John Myers of KQED Public Radio in California;… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Gerson and Dionne Define the Year in Politics Washington Post columnists E.J. Dionne and Michael Gerson look back on what happened in politics in 2010 and look ahead to the dynamics in play for the new Congress. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Exit Interview: Minnesota Rep. James Oberstar on Electoral ‘Waves’ In the final installment in a series of interviews with Democrats voted out of office, Judy Woodruff talks to veteran Minnesota lawmaker James Oberstar about lessons from serving in Congress for nearly four decades. Continue watching
Dec 30 Gwen’s Take: Predictions, Prophecies and the Perils of Prognostication One of the things that I promise reporters who appear on "Washington Week" is that they will never have to make predictions. Even on the PBS NewsHour, where many of our guests actually make their livings by peering… Continue reading
Dec 30 10 Great Political Moments of 2010 It is pretty clear that the most consequential political moment of 2010 came on Nov. 2 when Republicans picked up 63 House seats and majority status in the House for the upcoming 112th Congress. But aside from the climactic electoral… Continue reading