Jan 21 Watch Supreme Court Ruling Could Reshape Political Landscape Reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of corporate campaign contributions varied from disappointment on the Democrats' side to excitement from some Republicans. Jim Lehrer talks to analysts about how the ruling will change campaign finance. Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch Supreme Court OKs Corporate Campaign Contributions The U.S. Supreme Court reversed 20 years of restrictions on corporate campaign contributions. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains the controversial ruling and how it will likely affect future political campaigns. Continue watching
Jan 20 Is Unemployment in Massachusetts to Blame for Coakley's Loss? By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s392cqd89',482,304,""); As the GOP's Scott Brown prepares to head to Washington after his victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, Dante Chinni of the Patchwork Nation project stopped by the Rundown Wednesday to discuss the issues driving the unexpected… Continue reading
Jan 20 Cillizza: Obama Agenda May Be Less Ambitious After Upset in Massachusetts By Quinn Bowman _pap_embed_custom('news01s3924qd89',482,304,""); On the heels of a stunning GOP victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post explains how the Democrats managed to lose a reliable U.S. Senate seat and what it may mean politically for the… Continue reading
Jan 20 Democrats Conflicted on Next Steps for Health Care Reform Updated 2:40 p.m. Democratic leaders debated Wednesday how to proceed on health care reform, as the Republican upset victory in Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate race has dealt President Barack Obama's signature legislative issue a serious blow. Republican state Sen. Scott Brown's… Continue reading
Jan 20 GOP Win in Massachusetts May Complicate Obama Agenda In a stunning upset in traditionally liberal Massachusetts, Republican State Sen. Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley to win the U.S. Senate seat held by Edward M. Kennedy for 47 years, upending the balance of power in Washington and thrusting… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch Brown's Senate Victory Endangers Democrats' Agenda Democrats are scrambling after Republican Scott Brown upset the Democratic attorney general for the remainder of Ted Kennedy's Senate term. For more on the implications in Washington and the Bay State, Gwen Ifill is joined by the Hotline's Amy Walter,… Continue watching
Jan 19 Brown Stuns Democrats With Projected Victory in Mass. Senate Race Republican state Sen. Scott Brown will become the next U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, a stunning outcome that could cause major problems for President Obama's push to enact health care reform legislation. The Associated Press projected Tuesday night that Brown… Continue reading
Jan 19 Polls Close in Pivotal Mass. Special Senate Election Polls across Massachusetts closed at 8 p.m. EST tonight in the special U.S. Senate election that few people expected to be much of a contest. Republican state Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley now await the… Continue reading
Jan 19 Pelosi: Health Reform Talks 'On Track' as Democrats Eye Mass. Race House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that negotiations between House and Senate Democratic leaders over health care reform are still "on course," even as nervous Democrats await the result of a special election in Massachusetts that could deny them… Continue reading