Sep 23 Watch Fla. Events Reveal Dividing Lines Between Perry, Romney Supporters A series of GOP events in Florida have further sharpened the divisions between the GOP 2012 hopefuls and their supports. Jim Lehrer and Judy Woodruff discuss the highlights of the GOP debate and other events. Continue watching
Sep 23 The Doubleheader: What's Obama's Real Goal for His Jobs Plan? By Quinn Bowman Mark Shields and David Brooks join this week's Doubleheader guest host, NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian, to discuss the politics behind President Obama's ongoing campaign to get his jobs plan passed. Chalian asks why, if the plan has little chance… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch The Doubleheader: What's Obama's Real Goal for his Jobs Plan? Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss President Obama's ill-fated jobs plan. Continue watching
Sep 23 Debate Night: When the Questions Count as Much as the Answers By Gwen Ifill If you are a political junkie like me, there can never be too many candidates' debates. FOX? CNN? MSNBC? Have at it. The more they talk, the more we learn. But as someone who has gotten the chance to moderate… Continue reading
Sep 23 Perry Delivers an Unsteady Performance at Republican Debate By David Chalian A large monitor shows Texas Gov. Rick Perry at Thursday night's GOP Debate. Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack/Pool/Getty Images. Here are your three Friday morning truisms about the race for the Republican nomination: 1) Debate performances will not determine who… Continue reading
Sep 22 GOP Hopefuls Get Warmed Up for Florida Showdown By Terence Burlij GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry speaks to reporters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images ORLANDO, FLA. | Seven of the nine Republican presidential contenders who will take to the debate stage in Orlando Thursday night… Continue reading
Sep 22 A Clarification on Medicare and Medicaid From Our Last Inequality Report By Lee Koromvokis Many viewers took us to task today for failing to acknowledge in our report on inequality Wednesday night that custodial nursing home care is usually paid for by Medicaid, rather than Medicare. // They are correct: Medicare generally does… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Disaster Aid at Center of Funding Battle in House The latest battle over U.S. federal funding is a tug-of-war over disaster aid. Judy Woodruff discusses the battle, and fears that it could lead to a government shutdown, with The Wall Street Journal's Naftali Bendavid. Continue watching
Sep 22 A Clarification of Medicare and Medicaid From Our Last Inequality Report Editor's Note: Many viewers took us to task for failing to acknowledge in our report on Wednesday's program that custodial nursing home care is usually paid for by Medicaid, rather than Medicare. They are correct: Medicare… Continue reading
Sep 22 Readers Respond on the Question of Poverty in the U.S. My blog post last week raised questions about whether most journalists understand what life is like for the tens of millions of Americans who are living in poverty. It provoked quite a few comments. I had started thinking… Continue reading