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Aug. 27, 2012
Texas Rep. Ron Paul spoke to a crowd of nearly 10,000 supporters Sunday at the Sun Dome on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa, one day before the start of the Republican National Convention.
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Aug. 27, 2012
On the eve of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Texas Rep. Ron Paul spoke to a crowd of nearly 10,000 supporters Sunday at the Sun Dome on the campus of the University of South Florida.
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Aug. 27, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. | The Republican National Convention gets underway Monday but the session will be over almost as soon as it begins after officials decided to delay the start of the nominating festivities due to looming Tropical Storm Isaac.
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Aug. 24, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weighed in this week on Mitt Romney's sense of humor and what to expect from Rep. Paul Ryan at the Republican National Convention.
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Aug. 24, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Judy Woodruff about tight election poll numbers and the convention "bounce," what effect Paul Ryan will have on the campaign versus the negative publicity around Todd Akin, plus Mitt Romney's comment about President Obama's birth certificate.
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Aug. 24, 2012
Ahead of the Republican National Convention, Paul Solman goes to Tampa, Fla., to talk to Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, as well as some conservative business owners about their economic priorities going into the 2012 Election, which include tax cuts and deregulation.
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Aug. 24, 2012
The Republican and Democratic National Conventions will be on the forefront of the political scene for the next two weeks. In preparation for NewHour's coverage, we have partnered with the Pew Research Center to produce a quiz which will help you find out where you fit on the partisan political spectrum.
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Aug. 24, 2012
Pew Research Center and the NewsHour have teamed up to establish the Political Party ID Quiz. Twelve simple questions will calculate your partisan status, and you can see how you compare with others based on your age, gender, religion and marital status.
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Aug. 24, 2012
After many months of planning, the Republican National Convention is almost underway. Back in May, members of the NewsHour team came to Tampa to observe the space and take some pictures. NewsHour revisited the same sites to photograph how the convention has materialized. See the transformation for yourself...
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Aug. 24, 2012
In just a few days, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will drop the "presumptive" and get on with the show. Organizers said they're prepared for any storm that heads their way and have solidified a shift in the convention schedule.
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Aug. 24, 2012
The NewsHour takes you behind the curtain with a then-and-now slide show crafted by creative director Travis Daub (@tcd004).
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Aug. 24, 2012
Florida politics has always been its own special fun. Long before the election year ground to a shocking legal halt in the wake of the disputed 2000 election, it was the home of "Walkin' Lawton" Chiles, Terri Schiavo and Elian Gonzalez. So Hurricane Isaac should be a piece of cake.
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Aug. 23, 2012
Jeffrey Brown talks to CNN's Howard Kurtz and Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn about how politics are being discussed in the digital world, including Todd Akin's remarks on rape and abortion, the upcoming Republican National Convention and how media coverage of political conventions has changed.
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Aug. 23, 2012
Under Rep. Paul Ryan's 2013 budget proposal, Medicare recipients eventually could choose to opt for a private insurance plan. Judy Woodruff talks to American Enterprise Institute's Joe Antos and Urban Institute's Judy Feder to understand the presidential candidates' plans for Medicare and how this is affecting the campaigns.
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Aug. 23, 2012
When Mitt Romney's campaign unveiled his team of foreign policy advisers, the political left unloaded. Even some Republicans voiced alarm about the roster. The team of 40-plus runs the gamut from classic Reaganite peace-through-strength types to neo-cons, and a majority are veterans of the Bush-Cheney administration.
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Aug. 23, 2012
Live from Tampa, Fla. ahead of the Republican National Convention, Gwen Ifill answers your questions. Join her for a live chat at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Aug. 23, 2012
President Obama's re-election team sounded a confident note Thursday, but acknowledged a few days before the Republican National Convention that they are counting on demographic shifts and an expensive grass-roots operation to carry the Democrat on Election Day.
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Aug. 23, 2012
If you're an incumbent president facing a stiff economic headwind, it's only a matter of time before you turn to the most popular figure in your party for some serious help. That's exactly what President Obama is doing Thursday, as his re-election campaign debuts a new television spot starring former President Bill Clinton.
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Aug. 22, 2012
Judy Woodruff talks to four journalists from swing states who are covering the election. Radio Iowa's O. Kay Henderson, Face to Face's Jon Ralston, Tampa Bay Times' Adam Smith and Ohio Public Radio and Television's Karen Kasler discuss reaction to Paul Ryan, Akin's remarks on rape and polls that show President Obama in the lead.
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Aug. 22, 2012
President Obama and Vice President Biden lead Mitt Romney and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan heading into the national party conventions, but the four-point margin in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll is by no means comfortable.
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Aug. 22, 2012
Conventions! I confess I love them. And I'm fascinated by the political people who go to them. Ever since I sneaked - without credentials - into the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach in 1972, as a reporter for the CBS TV affiliate in Atlanta, I have been hooked on these quadrennial political festivals.
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Aug. 21, 2012
High-level Republicans continue to push Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) to end his senate bid after he questioned whether rape could lead to pregnancy. Garance Franke-Ruta of the Atlantic and Jon Ward of the Huffington Post join Judy Woodruff to discuss the controversy as the GOP reaffirms abortion as a key issue on the party platform.
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Aug. 21, 2012
Rep. Todd Akin was a little-known conservative Republican on his way to joining Sen. Roy Blunt as Missouri's junior senator. Is he now on his way to joining Christine O'Donnell of Delaware as an also-ran who cost the Republican Party a Senate seat and control of the chamber?
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Aug. 20, 2012
When Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) made anti-abortion remarks about 'legitimate rape' not causing pregnancy, politicians on both sides responded with anger and verve. Stuart Rothenberg of Rothenberg Political Report and USA Today's Susan Page discuss the political lay of the land a week ahead of the Republican National Convention.
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Aug. 20, 2012
It's been a long week for the Republican Party, and it's only Monday. The first of two weekend firestorms started in Missouri, where Rep. Todd Akin, who won the Show Me State's GOP Senate primary two weeks ago, caused a stir when he was asked about his opposition to abortion in cases of rape.
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Aug. 17, 2012
President Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina issued a public memo to his counterpart on Mitt Romney's team asking that the Republican candidate release more years of his tax returns.
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Aug. 17, 2012
Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis championed President Obama's nomination in 2008. Four years later, Davis - now a Republican - plans to speak at the GOP Convention in Tampa. Gwen Ifill looks at how much can change in the course of a single presidential election cycle.
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Aug. 16, 2012
Pew Research Center's Project For Excellence in Journalism released a report that found the Obama campaign posts on social media platforms four times more than the Romney campaign. Judy Woodruff talks to the Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz, who say more engagement doesn't guarantee a two-way conversation.
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Aug. 16, 2012
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's choice for vice president, has provoked consternation from Democrats and anxiety among some congressional Republicans with his proposals to reshape Medicare. Here's your primer on his ideas and how they compare with the president's.
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Aug. 16, 2012
If you're a woman living in one of a dozen or so states, chances are you're being courted by President Obama and Mitt Romney.