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April 19, 2012
President Obama marked his 20th trip to Ohio on Wednesday, illustrating that while the path to re-election might go through multiple states, this crucial battleground will remain ground zero for his contest with Mitt Romney.
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April 18, 2012
Virginia's budget crisis ended Wednesday when longtime Democratic Sen. Charles J. Colgan changed his mind on Democrats' push to include a $300 million transportation measure and sided with Republicans to pass the state's budget.
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April 18, 2012
The next stage in identity politics has arrived, with both President Obama's campaign and the Republican Party making a major push to win over the growing number of Hispanic voters in major battleground states.
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April 17, 2012
In this week's Political Checklist, Political Editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Gwen Ifill about a red state that's likely slipped out of President Obama's grasp: Indiana. We also chatted about those persistent veepstakes, and how we can't help but cover them.
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April 16, 2012
President Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $53 million in March, a figure they announced Monday morning via a peppy web video starring donors who outlined the totals.
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April 13, 2012
While campaigns attempt to capitalize on a Democratic consultant's dig at Ann Romney, most of America likely isn't caring that much about what a television pundit thinks of the woman who could become first lady.
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April 12, 2012
The presidential race is not the only contest that could change the course of the nation this fall. The NewsHour is introducing the Senate Six -- a handful of races that we'll track most closely this election year.
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April 12, 2012
A newly emboldened Mitt Romney, bolstered by his now-inevitable claiming of the GOP nod to challenge President Obama, knows his weakness. Multiple polls showing a gender gap between the Republican contender and the Democratic president were a clear warning sign for Team Romney.
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April 11, 2012
In this week's Political Checklist, political editor Christina Bellantoni chatted with senior correspondent Judy Woodruff about the challenges facing Mitt Romney and President Obama as they look at the general election.
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April 11, 2012
Rick Santorum's exit from the presidential primary race made the next 140 days a whole lot easier for Mitt Romney. Instead of conversations about delegate counts, Team Romney will be laying out paths to victory in swing states.
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April 10, 2012
Rick Santorum is suspending his presidential campaign at a Tuesday afternoon news conference, sources close to the former Pennsylvania senator are telling The Washington Post and other outlets.
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April 10, 2012
A Washington Post-ABC poll finds that President Obama leads Mitt Romney in a general election matchup, 51 percent to 44 percent. The survey also shows that Mr. Obama "has a better than 2-to-1 advantage as the more friendly and likable of the two," but offers another indication this battle will be waged over the economy.
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April 9, 2012
With the day mostly quiet on the campaign trail and 30,000 kids and family members at the White House rolling Easter eggs on the South Lawn, it could be one of the last somewhat friendly days of this election season.
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April 6, 2012
With the Republican primary campaign approaching its end, and more than two weeks before the next voting, there is immense temptation to begin speculating about running mates.
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April 6, 2012
With the release of a USA Today/Gallup battleground states poll this week showing President Obama running 18 points better than Mitt Romney among women voters, there's even more interest than usual in figuring out what matters most to this giant voting bloc.
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April 6, 2012
The disclosure wars began in earnest on Thursday, with President Obama's campaign lighting up the outcry machine over a Washington Post story about Mitt Romney's finances.
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April 5, 2012
A new survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling shows front-runner Mitt Romney leading Rick Santorum, 42 percent to 37 percent, in Pennsylvania, a swing of "23 points in the last four weeks."
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April 4, 2012
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum sounded defiant as ever in his speech Tuesday night, but after a sweep by Mitt Romney in contests in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin, the writing on the wall looks like it's been done in permanent marker.
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April 4, 2012
Mitt Romney's decisive sweep Tuesday of Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., solidifies what President Obama's team in Chicago has thought all along: The former Massachusetts governor is the president's sole foe.
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April 3, 2012
As former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has picked up momentum and endorsements over the last few weeks, his armor of inevitability has grown and the campaign of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has seemed to struggle.
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April 3, 2012
As voters in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin head to the polls Tuesday, there are nearly 100 delegates at stake in the GOP presidential primary. Mitt Romney is poised to net at least half of those, with Wisconsin being the prime target as he starts ignoring Rick Santorum and focusing on President Obama.
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April 2, 2012
President Obama leads Mitt Romney by 2-to-1 among women under 50, according to a new Gallup/USA Today poll.
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March 30, 2012
While no presidential primary contests were held this week, two key events from the last few days are shaping how the general election will be framed this fall: the Supreme Court arguments on the health reform law and a House vote on the GOP budget blueprint.
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March 28, 2012
Newt Gingrich is laying off staff and cutting back his campaign schedule to focus on wooing delegates in the event Mitt Romney fails to reach the 1,144 needed to claim the nomination before the GOP convention.
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March 27, 2012
The Supreme Court justices will hear arguments Tuesday about whether a national insurance mandate is constitutional. At the same time, the health care law is getting a fresh look in the court of public opinion.
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March 26, 2012
During an evening rally in Wisconsin, Rick Santorum called on a crowd of supporters to reject former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. "Pick any other Republican in the country. He is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama," Santorum said.
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March 23, 2012
Republican voters in Louisiana aren't used to being in the primary season's spotlight, but the GOP presidential candidates are courting the state's voters in hopes of gaining delegates in Saturday's vote.
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March 23, 2012
A major part of a politician's daily life has always been the ubiquitous photo-op, and besides kissing babies, nothing may be used more than animals to try to highlight the candidate's softer, more human side to the American public.
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March 23, 2012
A big part of a politician's daily life is the photo-op, and besides kissing babies, nothing is used more often than animals to help highlight the candidate's softer, more human side to voters. Here's a look back at some political animals - and their pets - from the grueling campaign trail to the lawns of the White House.
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March 23, 2012
"No way." That was the reaction from 31 percent of a pool of potential voters when asked by Pew pollsters to use one word to describe Mitt Romney. The most frequent words used were "no," "no way," "rich," "flip-flopper," "idiot" and "arrogant."