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March 7, 2012
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulled out a narrow victory in Ohio over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, the Associated Press projected early Wednesday.
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March 6, 2012
PBS NewsHour correspondents and analysts discuss the latest Super Tuesday results from contests around the country in this special 11 p.m. ET report.
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March 6, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson discuss Super Tuesday wins and losses by Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Then Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and The Rothenberg Political Report's Stuart Rothenberg discuss polling numbers in Ohio's critical contest.
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March 6, 2012
As Republicans battle for votes and delegates this Super Tuesday, stay with the PBS NewsHour all evening as we bring you the latest results from contests across the country. Our livestream will bring you the latest NewsHour broadcasts, candidate speeches and results from the primaries and caucuses.
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March 6, 2012
As Super Tuesday polls closed at 8 p.m. ET in three states, Mitt Romney was projected by The Associated Press to be the winner in Massachusetts, where he was governor from 2003 to 2007.
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March 6, 2012
Voting ended at 7:30 p.m. ET across Ohio, where exit polls showed a tight race between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
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March 6, 2012
As Super Tuesday polls at 7 p.m. ET in Georgia, Virginia and Vermont, Newt Gingrich is projected by The Associated Press to win his home state of Georgia with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum battling for second place.
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March 6, 2012
There are 11 states voting on Super Tuesday and more than 400 delegates at stake. Even with those numbers in play, most eyes will be on Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
If you follow politics, you already may have read all the pregame analysis you can stand in advance of the pivotal Super Tuesday primaries. What? You say you haven't? Then please allow me.
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March 6, 2012
Up for grabs Tuesday are 424 delegates in 11 states: Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wyoming, Vermont and Virginia. While Georgia has the most delegates at stake with 76, all eyes are on the general election battleground of Ohio.
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March 5, 2012
On the eve of Super Tuesday, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney cited his business background as good experience for helping the economy while Rick Santorum took aim at the media, telling voters not to be swayed by poll numbers. Kwame Holman reports, then Judy Woodruff speaks with some Ohio voters about which candidates they favor.
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March 5, 2012
The NewsHour Political Checklist wouldn't be complete this Super Tuesday eve without a mention of buckeyes. Political Editor Christina Bellantoni speaks with senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about the delicious Ohio confection, and the politics team outlines important prizes among Tuesday's contests.
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March 5, 2012
The PBS NewsHour politics team has been reporting on the run-up to Super Tuesday, including on-the-ground reports from Ohio. Take a look back with tweets, photos and video after the jump. Don't forget to tune in to PBS NewsHour's live coverage of results all night Tuesday.
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March 5, 2012
Mitt Romney is on a roll, and things are looking even brighter for Super Tuesday. Over the weekend, Romney won Washington's caucuses, received an endorsement from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and closed the gap on Rick Santorum in the polls.
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March 5, 2012
St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland has been serving up fried fish every Friday during Lent for nearly three decades. This year, the GOP primary was on many attendees' minds.
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March 2, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news including Rick Santorum's "missed opportunity" in the Michigan primary, Ron Paul's strategy to amass delegates and President Obama striking an optimistic tone on the economy and using strong words over Iran.
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March 2, 2012
Michael Dukakis was the first politician I ever heard describe the presidential campaign as a "marathon, not a sprint." But he was not the last. Since the first campaign I covered in 1988, I've always been sort of impressed by candidates who - win or lose -- just hang in there.
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March 2, 2012
With just a few days until Super Tuesday and on the eve of a caucus in Washington state, the presidential campaign returns to the question of who is the bigger insider.
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March 1, 2012
For another discussion on how politicians use online tools, Jeffrey Brown is joined by journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of the Daily Download. They reflect on the impact of conservative "warrior" Andrew Breitbart, who was found dead Thursday, and examine how event staging is affecting campaigns this year.
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March 1, 2012
On the campaign trail, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney targeted President Obama over surging gas prices while the president countered that Republican plans focused mainly on drilling. Kwame Holman reports. Then Ray Suarez discusses Super Tuesday with University of Georgia's Charles Bullock and Vanderbilt University's John Geer.
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March 1, 2012
Team Romney says the candidate learned a valuable lesson in January -- don't let up, even when you're sure you've nailed it. That's why the campaign, and the supportive super PAC, bankrolled relentless attacks on Newt Gingrich. And why the heated back and forth between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum isn't likely to let up.
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Feb. 29, 2012
There was nothing subtle about Mitt Romney's pitch to Ohio voters Wednesday. The former Massachusetts governor entered the town hall venue at Capital University in Bexley, just outside Columbus, to the official state rock song of Ohio and Ohio State University anthem, "Hang On Sloopy."
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Feb. 29, 2012
The Republican Party's eventual nominee needs to secure 1,144 delegates. With wins in Michigan and Arizona Wednesday, Mitt Romney leads the GOP field with 135. Gwen Ifill discusses Super Tuesday, when a sizable 419 delegates are at stake, with Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and Frontloading HQ's Josh Putnam.
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Feb. 29, 2012
There's a lot of talk thrown around in every election about the influence of independents. To listen to some pundits, independent voters hold awesome power in close elections. This may be one election when that conventional wisdom holds up.
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Feb. 29, 2012
By winning the Arizona and Michigan primaries Tuesday night, Mitt Romney hit the reset button yet again on a turbulent Republican presidential nominating campaign that has been marked by sharp momentum swings.
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Feb. 28, 2012
After weeks of intense campaigning, Mitt Romney scored a two-state primary sweep against Rick Santorum Tuesday. Watch all the candidates' speeches and NewsHour analysis of the latest Republican contests.
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Feb. 28, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss GOP hopeful Mitt Romney's win in Arizona and what the results mean for the rest of the GOP field, including Rick Santorum, on Super Tuesday.
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Feb. 28, 2012
After Mitt Romney won Arizona's Republican presidential primary Tuesday, Gwen Ifill and Bill Ballenger of Inside Michigan Politics examined the state of play in the GOP field.
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Feb. 28, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the day's top political news including Arizona's primary, Rick Santorum's plea to Michigan Democrats to vote for him in the state's open primary, Mitt Romney's do-or-die moment in his home state and President Obama touting the Detroit bailout.
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Feb. 28, 2012
Struggling against an aggressive challenge in his home state of Michigan, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused rival Rick Santorum of "dirty tricks" in courting Democratic cross-over votes with automated robocalls. Gwen Ifill discusses what to look for in the primary results with Bill Ballenger of Inside Michigan Politics.