Oct 18 Political Checklist: Obama Pulls Out All the Stops to Help Democratic Senators _pap_embeddable('news01s446eqf90',482,304,{ pap_usecache:true }); On this week's Political Checklist, Gwen Ifill is back from a reporting trip to Florida, where she saw Republican candidate Marco Rubio leading the polls in the state's three-way Senate race while the… Continue reading
Oct 18 Has the Tea Party's Influence Slowed? In an election year where voter anger has been the topic on everyone's minds, the loose confederation of groups and interests known as the Tea Party movement has been a star attraction for political analysts. Hailed by some as… Continue reading
Oct 18 Judge to Hear Arguments Against Health Care Law; France Warned of Threat A federal judge is hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit brought by the Virginia attorney general challenging one of the major tenets of the health care reform law. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's suit alleges that the individual mandate… Continue reading
Oct 18 The Morning Line: Money Advantage Puts Republicans in the Driver's Seat Republican supporters attend the Republican National Committee "Victory Rally with Sarah Palin" in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday. Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images. If money usually follows momentum in politics, then Republicans are the ones with the wind at… Continue reading
Oct 15 China: Party Veterans Issue Letter in Support of Free Speech This hasn't been a great week for China's Communist Party leaders in the PR department, as they gather for a big party confab in Beijing today. Yes, they're flush with the glow from high-octane economy and their new assertiveness on… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Tea Party's Message, Obama's 'Shovel Ready' Jab Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top news, including the Tea Party's message in the midterms and a New York Times profile of President Obama. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Florida's Senate Race Leaves Democrats Divided The stakes are high in Florida's three-way Senate race between Republican Marco Rubio, Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek and Republican-turned-Independent Gov. Charlie Crist. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Oct 15 Exurb Districts Pose Threat to Recently Elected Dems Freshman Democrat Debbie Halvorson will have to balance the diverse needs of a sprawling district in northern Illinois if she hopes to hold off Republican opponent Adam Kinzinger in an area historically considered a swing district with Republican leanings. But… Continue reading
Oct 15 Never Let Them See You Sweat: The Florida Senate Race Kendrick Meek was in the basement of St. John First Baptist Church, a black congregation in the impoverished South Florida town of Belle Glade, sweating up a storm. The post-Sunday service crowd was dressed to the nines and fanning… Continue reading
Oct 15 Consumer Lawyer Max Gardner to Answer Your Questions Editor’s note: On the broadcast last night was the first in a series on the foreclosure debacle. In Show Me the Mortgage, Paul Solman looked at some of the legal issues being raised about the validity of foreclosure… Continue reading