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March 22, 2012
The morning after Mitt Romney's double-digit victory in Illinois and on the same day he received the endorsement of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, those gains were, shall we say, wiped clean. By a gaffe. Again.
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March 21, 2012
Mitt Romney's victory in Illinois is less a triumph showing the GOP coming together behind a single force than it is about showing the socio-demographics and geography of Illinois were simply better suited to him.
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March 21, 2012
Mitt Romney did what he needed to do Tuesday in Illinois by decisively beating Rick Santorum by more than 100,000 votes. But the former Massachusetts governor remains in the same place having massively outspent his foes and still facing a slew of primary contests that will prevent him from sealing the deal.
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March 20, 2012
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney scored a decisive victory Tuesday in the Illinois primary, helping cement his status as the Republican Party's frontrunner and adding to his lead in the race to the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination.
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March 20, 2012
With a big lead in delegates and a solid lead in national polls, Mitt Romney is seemingly past the "must-win" primaries and caucuses that seemed to line up in front of him in February and early March. Tuesday's Illinois primary marks a different territory for the former Massachusetts governor: should win.
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March 20, 2012
Voting is underway in Illinois, where Mitt Romney is looking for a decisive victory to cement his status as the Republican front-runner, while Rick Santorum hopes to pull off an upset.
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March 19, 2012
Judy Woodruff and Kahlil Byrd, Americans Elect CEO, will answer your questions about the group's effort to create a bipartisan ticket for this year's election using an online convention in a Google Plus hangout on Tuesday from 3 to 3:45 p.m. ET.
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March 19, 2012
Monday's NewsHour Political Checklist was all about how it's starting to feel like a two-man race.
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March 19, 2012
Mitt Romney pulled further ahead in the race for the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the Republican Party nomination with an overwhelming victory Sunday in the Puerto Rico primary, but the GOP presidential contest showed no signs of coming to an end anytime soon.
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March 16, 2012
We tackle a topic that has been bandied about for weeks as citizens across the U.S. face sticker shock at one gas pump after another. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on how much the president can really help lower gas prices.
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March 16, 2012
Almost every Tuesday this year, political junkies everywhere have gathered by the flickering light of their computer screens. We have pored over exit polls, tallied the minutes until results from Vermont to Hawaii and crunched delegate allocations. Invariably, we wake Wednesday at least as confused as we were the day before.
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March 16, 2012
Mitt Romney released a new television ad Friday in Illinois hammering Rick Santorum as an "economic lightweight. The new spot comes ahead of Tuesday's primary in the Land of Lincoln, where 69 delegates are up for grabs. The latest Chicago Tribune/WGN poll showed Romney with a 35 to 31 percent lead over Santorum.
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March 16, 2012
After months of dipping their toes in the re-election waters, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have jumped full-on into the general election expanse.
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March 15, 2012
With less than eight months until President Obama faces re-election, Vice President Joe Biden is hitting the campaign trail in earnest for the first time, signaling a willingness to engage even before the Republicans settle on a nominee.
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March 14, 2012
A new survey by the Pew Research Center found that President Obama's approval rating stood at 50 percent, continuing an upward trajectory from 47 percent in February and 44 percent in January.
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March 14, 2012
In the battle for the hearts and minds of Republican voters, it appears that the hearts won out on Tuesday. Rick Santorum clinched narrow victories in Alabama and Mississippi over Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, who finished second and third, respectively.
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March 14, 2012
Two Southern presidential primaries remained too close to call late Tuesday, with Rick Santorum leading Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in Alabama and the candidates locked in a 3-way battle in Mississippi.
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March 13, 2012
It may be tempting to simply think of Mississippi and Alabama as two states in the Deep South, but that misses a lot of the subtle -- and not-so-subtle -- differences now being magnified by this GOP presidential field.
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March 12, 2012
As the GOP campaigns crossed the South on Monday, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum focused on their delegate counts while Newt Gingrich focused on rising gas prices. Judy Woodruff, political columnist Steve Flowers and Mississippi State University's Sid Salter discuss the candidates' strategies to win over voters on Tuesday.
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March 12, 2012
In the battle for delegates, the weekend resulted in a split decision for the Republican front-runners. Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses, while Mitt Romney won contests in Wyoming, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands.
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March 9, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news including the state of play among the Republican presidential candidates, efforts to woo female voters, Mitt Romney's style of campaigning and President Obama's record on jobs.
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March 9, 2012
Remember those five things we asked you to watch Tuesday night? It turns out the voters decided to raise more questions than even we had.
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March 9, 2012
When the news cycle is dominated by questions of when -- not if -- your rivals should exit the race, it's probably been a good day for Mitt Romney. But as the contest slogs on, Romney will also have to deal with questions over his enthusiasm gap.
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March 8, 2012
Amid a flurry of recent news on women's issues, Democrats are working to capitalize on debates over a birth-control mandate and a proposed Virginia ultrasound requirement for abortions. Judy Woodruff discusses parties' attempts to woo women voters with The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus and Republican strategist Cheri Jacobus.
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March 8, 2012
On Wednesday, Mitt Romney's campaign made the case that the former Massachusetts governor's lead in the hunt for delegates was nearly insurmountable, signaling to the three other contenders that the time had come to step aside. They declined.
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March 7, 2012
Despite winning six states, Mitt Romney's Super Tuesday victories did little to winnow the GOP field. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul picked up some delegates and continued campaigning ahead of more caucuses and primaries. Gwen Ifill, USA Today's Susan Page and the Pew Research Center's Andrew Kohut discuss the race.
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March 7, 2012
Watching Super Tuesday results come in last night, one couldn't help but ask, what is it that's preventing Republican voters from showing more enthusiasm for Mitt Romney?
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March 7, 2012
As the Republican primary grinds on, the Obama campaign team is taking advantage of its downtime to plan for a general election in which they believe the president will face former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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March 7, 2012
"I'm going to get this nomination," Mitt Romney told supporters Tuesday night. Mathematically, he's probably right, hut he won't be able to claim that mantle any time soon, even after racking up six Super Tuesday wins, including an important victory in Ohio.
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March 7, 2012
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney garnered the most wins on Super Tuesday, but failed to deliver a knockout punch against the campaigns of former Sen. Rick Santorum and other GOP rivals.