May 23 Political Checklist: GOP Field Clearer With Pawlenty In, Daniels Out EmbedVideo(630, 482, 304); In just the past day, the 2012 Republican presidential field has become clearer as Indiana governor Mitch Daniels opted out of the race and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty went all in with… Continue reading
May 23 President Obama Goes to Europe: Track His Trip By Larisa Epatko President Obama will spend this week in Europe, meeting with dignitaries in Ireland, England and Poland. He'll break away for the G8 summit in France, where he's expected to ask for a financial plan to help struggling democracies Egypt and… Continue reading
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