Oct 27 California's Fiorina Asserts Accountability to Voters, Not GOP Quick: Which Republican running for the U.S. Senate is telling anyone who'll listen: "I don't owe the Republican Party a thing ... I will be accountable to the voters ... because they are the ones that will send me to… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch History Lessons: Midterms as Political Referendum Jim Lehrer gets historical perspective on the 2010 midterms from Professor Beverly Gage of Yale University and Richard Norton Smith, a scholar-in-residence at George Mason University. Continue watching
Oct 27 Ad Buys Show Mainly Republicans, Not Democrats, are Running on Reform With less than a week left to go before Election Day, a new round of ads is hitting TV screens targeting health care reform and the politicians who voted for it. The ads are the latest salvo in… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Colorado, Illinois Senate Races May Prove Critical In Colorado and Illinois, Senate candidates are in a dead heat. Gwen Ifill talks with political watchers Floyd Ciruli and Carol Marin. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Candidates Ramp Up Campaigns in Final Stretch Six days before the midterm elections, candidates are making their arguments to voters in final debates and airing a slew of new campaign ads. Continue watching
Oct 27 Pensions Pose Major Challenge for Governments Worldwide From France to San Francisco, pension reform is hot. What once was an arcane, wonky topic has become a political and social flashpoint in elections and - as in France - in the streets. Across the nation,… Continue reading
Oct 27 Your Mortgage Questions Answered: Consumer Lawyer Max Gardner Editor's Note: In Show Me the Mortgage, Paul Solman talked to "the dean of the bankruptcy bar," North Carolina lawyer Max Gardner, about the possibly fraudulent paperwork banks are under investigation for using. Gardner answers viewer and reader… Continue reading
Oct 27 How Does 2010 Political Climate Compare to 1994 GOP Midterm Wave? _pap_embeddable('news01s44caqf90',482,304,{ pap_usecache:true }); In 2010, all the polls and predictors indicate it will be a good year for the Republican Party: they have a good chance to regain control of the House of Representatives and stand to gain… Continue reading
Oct 27 Brown, Whitman Challenged to Pull Negative Ads in California Governor Race By David Chalian Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks as gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown, right, look on during a discussion moderated by "Today" show host Matt Lauer. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. The cheers that welcomed Meg Whitman at an event Tuesday… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Federal Spending Front and Center in Pa., Wash. Senate Races With only one week to go before the midterm elections, Republicans need to win 10 seats to gain the Senate majority. Gwen Ifill takes a look at the close Senate races in Pennsylvania and Washington. Continue watching