May 23 Pawlenty Officially Launches Campaign Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to announce his bid for the White House in Iowa. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, gets his moment in the spotlight Monday when he… Continue reading
May 23 Watch Divided Supreme Court Orders California to Ease Prison Overcrowding The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that the living conditions in overcrowded California prisons threatened inmates' health and violated constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment. Ray Suarez discusses the outcome with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, who was… Continue watching
May 20 Shields and Brooks on Goodwin Liu, Brooks the Meme and the Macho Man By Hari Sreenivasan New York Times columnist David Brooks just flew back to D.C. from across the pond (London) in time to make his appearance on the Newshour and of course for a Doubleheader segment with syndicated columnist Mark Shields. In… Continue reading
May 20 Watch The Doubleheader: Goodwin Liu, David Brooks Meme and the Macho Man Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the filibuster of one of Obama's judicial nominees… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Gingrich Campaign Suffers Setbacks as GOP's 2012 Field Sees Topsy-Turvy Week In a week that was supposed to be about bolstering his presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich outraged many Republicans when he dismissed Rep. Paul Ryan's proposal to reform Medicare in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Ray Suarez reports on… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Shields and Brooks on Gingrich's Chances, Obama 'Spanking' Israel, Arab Leaders Shields, Brooks on Obama's Mideast Address, GOP 2012 Field… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Harman: Netanyahu Could 'Be the Peacemaker Israel Has Been Seeking' President Obama met Friday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after delivering a U.S. policy speech calling for a return to pre-1967 borders. Judy Woodruff discusses what comes next in the peace process with former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley… Continue watching
May 20 Dog Whistle Politics: You Talking to Me? The past several days have handed me a cluster of excuses to return to one of my favorite topics: what happens when politicians speak in code. Known in some circles as dog-whistle politics - saying one thing intended to be… Continue reading
May 20 Huntsman Gives Debut Interview as Likely Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman is a former U.S. ambassador to China and governor of Utah. Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images. Here's guessing Newt Gingrich wishes he had a rollout TV interview more along the lines of what Jon Huntsman conducted Friday… Continue reading
May 19 Watch After Obama Speech, What's Next for Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Relations? In a speech Thursday, President Obama called for support of democratic reforms in the Arab world and steps toward peace in the Middle East. Jeffrey Brown discusses the president's address and U.S. policy with reporter Mona Eltahawy, former U.S. Ambassador… Continue watching