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Feb. 6, 2012
Mitt Romney scored a 25-point victory in Saturday's Nevada caucuses, performing strong with every key demographic. What's more interesting was the battle for No. 2. It took a day after the caucuses before there was a final tally, but Newt Gingrich edged Ron Paul for second place by less than 800 votes.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks assess the chances, fate and fortune of Newt Gingrich, and the consequences for Mitt Romney. They also lay down opposing views on who will win the Super Bowl, and we speak briefly about the tragedy of head injuries in the NFL.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Gwen Ifill writes: "Right after the polls closed Tuesday night and Mitt Romney had been declared the winner of the Florida winner, syndicated columnists and PBS NewsHour contributors David Brooks, Mark Shields and I looked at each other and sighed."
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Feb. 3, 2012
Mitt Romney admitted Thursday that he "misspoke" when he said he was "not concerned about the very poor," a comment that put him on the defensive just hours after winning a decisive victory in the Florida primary.
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Feb. 2, 2012
During his Florida primary victory lap on the morning shows Wednesday, Mitt Romney got himself into a bit of trouble talking about how his campaign was mostly focused on middle-income Americans.
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Feb. 1, 2012
As presidential candidates raise and spend increasingly larger amounts of money this election season, new financial reports show what role Super PACs are playing. Gwen Ifill discusses how campaign finance is shaping up this election year with John Dunbar of the Center for Public Integrity and Roll Call's Eliza Newlin Carney.
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Feb. 1, 2012
Coming out of the Florida primary, Mitt Romney has again reestablished himself as the front-runner, for now. And, maybe more important, he has reestablished himself as the candidate of the wealthier swing-voting communities -- counties that Patchwork Nation calls the Monied Burbs.
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Feb. 1, 2012
With his decisive victory in the Florida primary Tuesday night, Mitt Romney regained command of the Republican nomination battle, rebounding from a disappointing second-place finish in South Carolina 10 days earlier, and now enters February with a full head of steam.
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Jan. 31, 2012
Analysts Mark Shields, David Brooks, Stuart Rothenberg and Christina Bellantoni discuss the results from the Jan. 31 2012 Florida primary in this PBS NewsHour Special Report.
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Jan. 31, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks dissect the results of the Florida primary, including Newt Gingrich's showing among married women who voted and whether the battle between Mitt Romney and Gingrich has been good for President Obama's chances of re-election.
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Jan. 31, 2012
Join the NewsHour from 6 p.m. ET onward for live coverage of the Florida Republican primary. We'll liveblog the night's notable speeches, tweets, photos and more. Also, join us for NewsHour broadcasts at 6, 9 and 11 p.m. ET, and track live election results in our interactive map.
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Jan. 31, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the day's top political news, including some Republicans' concerns over the prospects of a Newt Gingrich nomination, Mitt Romney's political toughness and the state of play in Florida's primary.
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Jan. 31, 2012
A new Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed U.S. home prices fell for a third straight month in two Florida cities, Miami and Tampa. Jeffrey Brown discusses the housing market's role this election season with The Wall Street Journal's Arian Campo-Flores and Jed Kolko of the real estate website Trulia.
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Jan. 31, 2012
While Florida Republicans cast ballots in Tuesday's primary, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney stressed his conservative credentials and rival Newt Gingrich vowed to continue his fight -- no matter the outcome. Judy Woodruff, reporting from Tampa, discusses the pointed attacks and the 50 delegates at stake with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
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Jan. 31, 2012
Mitt Romney holds a campaign rally Monday in Dunedin, Fla.
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Jan. 31, 2012
Polls are open in Florida, which becomes the fourth state to weigh in on the GOP presidential nomination fight. All the latest polls show Mitt Romney poised to claim a decisive victory, a result that would give him a boost of momentum following his defeat to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary 10 days ago.
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Jan. 31, 2012
For some reason in modern politics, it always seems to come down to Florida. As Florida Republicans head to the polls, this is what I will be watching for here.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Ahead of Tuesday's Florida primary, Gwen Ifill discusses the brutal clashing between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich with The Rothenberg Political Report's Stuart Rothenberg and Susan Page of USA Today.
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Jan. 30, 2012
A Quinnipiac University survey of likely Republican voters in Florida showed Mitt Romney with a 14-point advantage over rival Newt Gingrich Monday. Gwen Ifill discusses the increasingly bitter campaign ahead of Tuesday's primary with Judy Woodruff, reporting from Tampa.
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Jan. 30, 2012
The NewsHour's politics team is reporting in Florida, covering the biggest test yet for the remaining Republican presidential candidates. Take a look back at a week in the Sunshine State.
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Jan. 30, 2012
When it comes to politics, I know a lot about The Decade of the Hispanic. I've been lucky enough to cover three of them. For as long as I've been a reporter, the Hispanic vote has been the next big thing. Certainly, with every passing year, the potential and the reality of that vote's size grows.
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Jan. 30, 2012
The latest polls in Florida suggest Mitt Romney is leading Newt Gingrich, but he is not letting the former House speaker out of his sights. At a rally in Naples on Sunday, Romney unleashed a scathing attack on Gingrich, accusing him of making excuses for his downward slide in the Sunshine State.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Even with the hot lights of the national news media pointed in their direction, the majority of Florida's 18 or so million residents are managing not to focus on next Tuesday's Republican primary, Judy Woodruff reports.
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Jan. 27, 2012
Combining TV attacks on rival Newt Gingrich and smooth debate performances, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has regained his footing in Florida public opinion polls ahead of Tuesday's primary. Judy Woodruff reports from the Sunshine State where many Republicans have already voted early.
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Jan. 27, 2012
In our PBS NewsHour political coverage this year, we are making a special commitment to seek out the opinions of the people who actually cast the votes. And in each of the contests we have covered so far, we've found they do not disappoint.
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Jan. 27, 2012
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed early and often during Thursday night's debate in Jacksonville, a reflection of Florida's importance to their hopes of claiming the Republican presidential nomination.
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Jan. 26, 2012
In a time of scarce resources, plans to cut deficits and reduce spending can develop into campaign issues. Judy Woodruff and Tom Edsall, a longtime Washington Post reporter who's now a New York Times columnist and journalism professor, discuss how austerity could shape and define American politics this election year and beyond.
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Jan. 26, 2012
After enduring days of political backbiting from GOP hopeful Mitt Romney, rival Newt Gingrich launched a livid counterattack Thursday, alluding to Romney's contentious investments. Margaret Warner discusses the sharpened tone on the campaign trail with Judy Woodruff, reporting from Florida ahead of Tuesday's primary.
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Jan. 26, 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida | In contrast to Iowa, where the drama of the campaign played out in coffee shops and small town halls, and where voters took pride in meeting the candidates personally -- the contest in the Sunshine State has scaled up.
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Jan. 26, 2012
A new CNN/Time/ORC poll released Wednesday of likely GOP primary voters in Florida showed former House speaker Newt Gingrich running a close second to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, narrowing a 25-point deficit to two points in the span of a week.