Oct 11 The Morning Line: The Money Argument President Obama may have softened his line of attack against the Chamber of Commerce and its intake of foreign money once the facts didn't appear to be on his side. But the Democratic National Committee is still keeping the… Continue reading
Oct 08 The Doubleheader: Bewitching Ads, Perfect Games, Political Hoop Dreams By Hari Sreenivasan The sport of politics and the politics of sport is what we are all about in our Friday night check-ins with Mark Shields and David Brooks. On this webisode of The Doubleheader we start the conversation with the new advertisements… Continue reading
Oct 08 California Governor's Race: a Hot Campaign Sans Obama, Tea Party In the troubled and debt-ridden state of California, two strong, well-known candidates are vying for the dubious honor of becoming the next governor. But something is missing in this extremely political year. Republican Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay,… Continue reading
Oct 08 The Risks and Rewards of Party Purity If you want to sum up the challenges facing mainstream Democrats and Republicans this campaign season, hop a plane to Kentucky. That's what I did this week, and when I got there I discovered the political world must be a… Continue reading
Oct 08 September Job Losses Steeper, Worse for Economy Than Expected Disturbing job numbers out today for the month of September: a net LOSS in total employment of 95,000 jobs, as the federal government dropped 76,000 positions, mainly census workers, and state and local governments,… Continue reading
Oct 08 Latest Unemployment Report Does Little to Change Midterm Dynamic By David Chalian Job seekers line up at a job fair last week in New York City. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. Friday's monthly jobs report was the last before November's midterm elections and it likely did little to alter voters' discontent about… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Shields, Brooks on Sept. Jobs Report: 'Another Blow' for Democrats Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political stories, including the latest jobs numbers, the resignation of National Security Adviser Jim Jones and special-interest influence in this election. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Economic Pessimism Pervades Heated California's Governor Race As much of the nation's focus has been on congressional races in the upcoming midterm elections, 37 states will elect governors as well. Correspondent Spencer Michels takes a look at the expensive race for California's top job amid the state's… Continue watching
Oct 07 Justice Breyer on Weight of Decisions Such as Bush v. Gore, Gitmo By Jeffrey Brown Senior Correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Thursday afternoon about his new book "Democracy at Work" and life on the court -- and he asked the high court judge a few additional questions for our… Continue reading
Oct 07 Stuxnet Has Infected My Reading Ever since I began researching material for a Stuxnet virus segment last week on the Newshour broadcast, I've been fascinated with this little worm, and I can't seem to flip by an article about it without stopping to… Continue reading