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Jan. 12, 2012
Now that Mitt Romney has won two nominating contests, President Obama is starting to step it up. Mr. Obama and the Democratic National Committee pulled in $68 million in the fourth quarter from 583,000 people. Donations that went straight to the campaign totaled $42 million.
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Jan. 11, 2012
Mitt Romney's tenure at one of the world's largest private investment firms, Bain Capital, has emerged as a major campaign issue this election season. Judy Woodruff discusses the company's hiring statistics and Romney's role with The Boston Globe's Beth Healy and Fortune Magazine's Dan Primack.
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Jan. 11, 2012
The race for the Republican presidential nomination turned to South Carolina Wednesday, where the field of presidential hopefuls took aim at frontrunner Mitt Romney. Gwen Ifill discusses the politics of the Palmetto State with Reid Wilson of National Journal's Hotline and Clemson University's David Woodard.
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Jan. 11, 2012
As praise for Mitt Romney continues to pour in, it's still not difficult to find commentary from conservatives who aren't ready to climb on the bandwagon. Indeed, some of the criticisms are so withering it's clear Romney still has work to do to win over his own base if he's to carry the Republican banner this fall.
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Jan. 11, 2012
Mitt Romney had a lot of advantages going into New Hampshire -- from residency to voter demographics -- and in the end it all showed up on Tuesday night.
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Jan. 11, 2012
Mitt Romney made history. The former Massachusetts governor is the first non-incumbent Republican in modern times to win nominating contests in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Jan. 10, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks reflect on Mitt Romney's victory in New Hampshire's Tuesday primary and preview the Republican presidential campaign's shift to South Carolina's primary.
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Jan. 10, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss what to look for in New Hampshire as the results roll in, the state of the GOP field and how Tuesday's primary could affect South Carolina's primary next week.
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Jan. 10, 2012
New Hampshire's primary Tuesday could winnow the GOP field even further. Judy Woodruff discusses the potential shift on the campaign trail with NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni and the Rothenberg Political Report's Stuart Rothenberg.
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Jan. 10, 2012
Prospective voters in New Hampshire take seriously their opportunity to vet the candidates face-to-face. The NewsHour's Quinn Bowman interviews three about what they think is important in the 2012 election.
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Jan. 10, 2012
By all accounts, New Hampshire's primary Tuesday was Mitt Romney's to lose with the rest of the Republican field trying to hold down his margin of victory. Gwen Ifill discusses the polling numbers with the University of New Hampshire's Andy Smith.
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Jan. 10, 2012
Join the NewsHour tonight from 6 p.m. ET onward for live coverage of New Hampshire's GOP primary. We'll liveblog the night's notable speeches, tweets, photos and analysis from NewsHour's broadcasts, and track results as they flow in. We'll also stream live video throughout the night starting at 6 p.m. ET.
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Jan. 10, 2012
If you were devising a state where GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney could do well in a vote, it would probably look a lot like New Hampshire.
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Jan. 10, 2012
New Hampshire primary voting has begun, and as has been the case since 1960, Dixville Notch went first, right after midnight Tuesday. Barring a startling surge by one of his rivals, it appears Mitt Romney will likely score a decisive victory for the GOP nomination.
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Jan. 10, 2012
Gwen Ifill writes: "Tuesday's is the seventh New Hampshire primary I've covered, so I've learned the shortcuts through the Lakes Region, the best diners and the ways that voters here can confound pundits on Election Day. Here is what I am watching for Tuesday night."
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Jan. 9, 2012
Amid the first GOP primary and election-year rhetoric, President Obama announced a shake-up at the White House Monday: a new chief of staff. Judy Woodruff discusses what that means for his re-election campaign, plus the state of the GOP race, with USA Today's Susan Page and the Rothenberg Political Report's Stuart Rothenberg.
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Jan. 9, 2012
New Hampshire's unaffiliated voters could make or break some GOP presidential contenders' campaigns in Tuesday's first-in-the-nation primary. Gwen Ifill spoke with some still-undecided Granite State voters.
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Jan. 9, 2012
As voters in New Hampshire prepare to cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary, the GOP field touched on health care and jobs, while spreading 11th-hour criticism of their fellow presidential contenders. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Jan. 9, 2012
The PBS NewsHour's politics team is on the ground in New Hampshire covering the run-up to Tuesday's first-in-the-nation primary. Check out some of the scenes they've captured on the campaign trail in recent days via Twitter and Facebook.
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Jan. 9, 2012
Voters here in the Granite State are a day away from becoming the second state to weigh in on which Republican presidential candidate will represent the party against President Obama in November.
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Jan. 6, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including Friday's encouraging jobs report, Mitt Romney's win in Iowa, the "deteriorating emotional tenor" of the Republican race and Michele Bachmann's campaign suspension.
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Jan. 6, 2012
The entire Republican presidential field will share a stage Saturday in Manchester, N.H., for the first of two weekend debates. But what are Granite State voters looking for in a GOP nominee? Gwen Ifill spoke with five Republican and Independent voters in New Hampshire.
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Jan. 6, 2012
On the campaign trail Friday, GOP contender Mitt Romney used his decisive lead in the polls to go after President Obama, while Romney's allies put rival Rick Santorum on the defensive for using earmarks. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' campaign strategies as they converge on New Hampshire before Tuesday's primary.
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Jan. 6, 2012
Unlike the prolonged Iowa Caucus campaign, which ended in a finish so tight that they were still fighting by week's end about whether Romney had won by eight or nine votes, New Hampshire's final week is cold, slippery and intense.
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Jan. 6, 2012
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is getting a fresh look from some New Hampshire voters, coming off his strong second-place showing in the Iowa caucuses.
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Jan. 5, 2012
In Iowa, Super PACs pumped millions of dollars into last-minute negative television ads. What influence will they have in the rest of the GOP primary season and beyond? Judy Woodruff discusses the myriad of super PACs with the Sunlight Foundation's Bill Allison and CQ Roll Call's Eliza Newlin Carney.
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Jan. 5, 2012
Republican presidential candidates are out making their cases in New Hampshire and South Carolina, shaking hands and raising money -- hoping to oust GOP hopeful Mitt Romney from the front-runner spot in next week's first-in-the-nation primary.
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Jan. 5, 2012
Have we seen the end of the personal, face-to-face campaigning that candidates began back in 1972 when George McGovern and Edmund Muskie knocked on doors in Iowa?
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Jan. 5, 2012
After having the Granite State almost entirely to himself the past few weeks while six GOP contenders slugged it out in Iowa, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman tells NewsHour senior correspondent Gwen Ifill things are about to change.
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Jan. 4, 2012
A day after Mitt Romney's narrow win over Rick Santorum in the Iowa Caucuses, most of the Republican presidential hopefuls moved their attention from the Midwest to New England to campaign before next week's primary in New Hampshire. Judy Woodruff has a report and speaks with Gwen Ifill and Jeremy Peters of The New York Times.