Sep 20 Competitive Indiana Governor’s Race Continues to Heat Up By PBS News Hour While Indiana's former first lady Judy O'Bannon has started making campaign appearances for Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan, Republican candidate Mitch Daniels received a nod from first lady Laura Bush. Continue reading
Sep 20 Quiet Race in North Carolina May Get Rougher in Last Weeks By PBS News Hour The sleepy, yet civil, contest to replace outgoing Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., took on new energy and fierceness in the last week as the candidates debated tobacco and planned an all-out advertising assault on North Carolina voters. Continue reading
Sep 20 Daschle, Thune Clash Over Iraq, Leadership in National Debate By Admin, PBS News Hour In a heated, and at times personal, exchange, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and former U.S. Rep. John Thune clashed in a nationally televised debate Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. Continue reading
Sep 20 Hoeffel Hopes for Coattails As Specter Rakes in Endorsements By PBS News Hour In Pennsylvania, John Kerry appears to have two running mates, his vice presidential pick Sen. John Edwards and this year's Democratic Senate nominee U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel. Continue reading
Sep 20 Taxes, Security Dominate U.S. Senate Race in Colorado By PBS News Hour U.S. Senate candidates Pete Coors and Ken Salazar are going head-to-head over the key issues of taxes and security -in hopes of wooing Colorado voters. Continue reading
Sep 20 China Completes Power Shift By PBS News Hour Chinese President Hu Jintao assumed control of the military from former president Jiang Zemin on Monday, completing the orderly transfer of power in the communist country. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Ralph Nader Drives to Get on Presidential Ballots Third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader has faced an uphill battle to appear on the ballot. Gwen Ifill discusses the status of the Nader efforts with two experts. Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch President Bush and Senator Kerry Discuss their Plans for Iraq Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry criticized the president's handling of the Iraq War Monday, but President Bush countered that his opponent offers no new ideas. Ray Suarez discusses the debate with two policy advisors. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Presidential Candidates Trade Jabs Over Medicare Costs The presidential candidates have been trading blows this week over increased costs of Medicare now and in the future. Susan Dentzer explores the issue. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Analysis from Shields and Brooks on Election Issues Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks assess the latest public opinion polls in the presidential race, CBS's sourcing of its reporting on the president's National Guard Service and this week's death of the assault weapons… Continue watching