Oct 11 Watch Outside Groups Spend Big on Campaign Ads Third-party groups on both sides of the political aisle are spending big on advertising this fall - but not at the same rate. Judy Woodruff talks with Evan Tracey, founder of the Campaign Media Analysis Group, for details. Continue watching
Oct 11 When Economy Wanes, Politics in Europe Tend to Tilt Right Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache. Photo by Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images A new maxim appears to be developing in politics from Central and Eastern Europe into Western Europe: the further down the economy goes, the further right go the politics. Continue reading
Oct 11 What Voters Talk About When They Talk About the Economy As Patchwork Nation often notes, the diversity of communities in the United States makes it difficult to identify a single economic story. National GDP and unemployment numbers are not encouraging, but no one in American experiences those U.S. averages… Continue reading
Oct 11 Dems Target Outside Ad Spending; Nevada Senate Race Heats Up In this week's Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff and David Chalian explore the Democratic Party's decision to make a major issue of the political advertising coming from pro-Republican groups, particularly groups that are not affiliated with the official GOP. Continue reading
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