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Oct. 17, 2012
If you missed the second presidential debate between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Obama Tuesday night, don't worry! We put together a highlight reel of the debate's best moments.
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Oct. 17, 2012
President Obama and Mitt Romney tangled early and often at their second debate Tuesday night, a feisty faceoff that underscored the heightened stakes of the campaign with just three weeks left until Election Day.
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Oct. 16, 2012
NewsHour gets post-debate analysis from political analysts in the studio and in Hempstead, N.Y., at the conclusion of the 2nd presidential debate. President Obama's style starkly contrasted his performance in the first debate, voters were turned off by the candidates' interrupting , and women voters targeted in many responses.
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Oct. 16, 2012
With Mitt Romney and President Obama tied in the polls leading up to the 2nd presidential debate, the candidates were both on offense while answering questions from uncommitted voters from Long Island, N.Y. They addressed questions ranging from U.S. response to Libya and energy policy to immigration reform and women's rights.
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Oct. 16, 2012
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser, and Walter Russell Mead of Bard College say that the U.S. position in the Middle East is unraveling, from the Syrian war to the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace effort. They discuss with Jeffrey Brown the need for a substantive presidential debate on foreign policy.
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Oct. 16, 2012
Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' campaign stops and preparations for the town hall debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Then Gwen Ifill talks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson about their debate anticipations for both candidates.
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Oct. 16, 2012
Tune in to the campaign Tuesday, and you might just think you've been transported by time portal to 1992.Yes, that's former President Bill Clinton arguing to the camera about taxes. And Ross Perot is there, too.
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Oct. 15, 2012
Republicans and Democrats are looking to muster the votes in key elections to take the Senate majority. Judy Woodruff talks to USA Today's Susan Page and The Rothenberg Political Report's Stu Rothenberg about campaigns in states like Missouri, Massachusetts and Virginia, and whether the majority is still in play.
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Oct. 15, 2012
Democrats outnumber Republicans 3-1 in Massachusetts, but rhetoric coming from both sides of the contentious senate race emphasizes moderation and independence -- from Washington and from Wall Street. Gwen Ifill reports on the high profile and increasingly nasty contest between Sen. Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
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Oct. 15, 2012
Politics editor Christina Bellantoni answered your questions Monday about the town hall presidential debate during a live Twitter chat.
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Oct. 15, 2012
Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' preparation for what many expect to be a high stakes presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y., while Ray Suarez and NPR's Peter Overby examine how September campaign ad spending has been boosted by hundreds of thousands of television commercials funded by Super PACs.
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Oct. 15, 2012
Since April, more than 825,000 ads for the presidential candidates have aired in battleground states. But while the Obama campaign has overwhelmingly accounted for spending on the Democratic side, super PACs on the Republican side are dominating. What is perhaps even more surprising: the ads that never aired.
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Oct. 15, 2012
With just over three weeks to go, it would be tough for this presidential race to get any tighter. Fresh polls show President Obama holding a lead within the margin of error over his Republican rival Mitt Romney and with little breathing room in some key swing states.
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Oct. 12, 2012
From real-time fact checkers to live blogs, tweets, gifs and games, the Internet brought in a trove of analysis, context and laughs Thursday night prior to, during and after the vice-presidential debate. But what were voters really asking for, i.e. Googling?
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Oct. 12, 2012
Coming off the vice presidential debate, Jeffrey Brown talks to Democratic pollster Celinda Lake and Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway about the ways the presidential candidates and their running mates have or haven't addressed issues that are important to female voters, paying particular attention to the debate performances.
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Oct. 12, 2012
Republicans and Democrats were both upbeat and energized by the performances of Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in the only vice presidential debate for the 2012 elections. Instant polls conflicted on who won the debates and both campaigns claimed victory. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Oct. 12, 2012
The vice presidential faceoff Thursday night delivered what many were expecting -- a feisty exchange between the two running mates, some laughs and countless GIFs. Vice President Biden also delivered what President Obama had suggested he was looking for: a 90-minute debate in which he was himself.
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Oct. 12, 2012
Watching FRONTLINE'S "The Choice" this week, I was reminded how drastically different the 2012 candidates for president are. Career choice. Political world view. So I keep wondering - why is choosing between them so difficult?
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Oct. 11, 2012
Post-debate, NewsHour Political analysts Marks Shields and David Brooks go in-depth on their take of the candidates performance, including the gaffes, the body language and the responses from Joe Biden and Paul Ryan on issues ranging from the attacks on Libya to how their Catholic faith informs their views on abortion.
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Oct. 11, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, went head-to-head in the 2012 vice-presidential debate in Danville, Ky. Moderated by Martha Raddatz, the candidates talked about domestic and international issues, including the attacks on Libya, Medicare, taxes and the deficit their Catholic faith, and the Afghanistan withdrawal.
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Oct. 11, 2012
In our new Battleground Dispatches series, Todd Zwillich of Public Radio International's "The Takeway" reports from Florida and New York, where Medicare is not only a hot topic in the general election, but crucial to clinching some close congressional races.
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Oct. 11, 2012
While the Romney-Ryan ticket gained momentum in the last debate, Obama-Biden still has a narrow lead. The pressure is now on Rep. Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden as they go head-to-head in the 2012 VP debate. Judy Woodruff talks to NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks about what to expect.
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Oct. 11, 2012
On a national level, New York is reliably Democratic. But the blue state has become a battleground of competitive House races. And none is more tighter than the state's 26th district. As part of NewsHour's Listen to Me project, we spoke with voters in the swing district.
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Oct. 11, 2012
Why choose a tiny town, in the middle of a state known more for horse racing and bourbon distilleries than for its swing voters, as the site for an event as big as the vice presidential debate? And why do it twice?
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Oct. 11, 2012
Thursday night's vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky., may not change many minds, but we can all agree it's likely to be an entertaining forum.
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Oct. 10, 2012
Jefferson County, Colo., is comprised of one-third Democrats, one-third Republicans, and those who have yet to decide whether they will vote for Mitt Romney or President Obama. As one of the most populous purple counties in Colorado, both candidates have become repeat visitors, hoping to swing some votes. Gwen Ifill reports.
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Oct. 10, 2012
In other news Wednesday, new polls show that President Obama still leads in Ohio. Following the first presidential debate, the gap between the two candidates narrowed, energizing both campaigns' efforts to win over the last undecided voters before Election Day.
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Oct. 10, 2012
In places like Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia and Ohio, the electoral rumble also spills over into a number of tight contests that could determine control of Congress. For the NewsHour's latest public media collaboration, we'll hit the trail to cover these competitive contests, working with local stations.
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Oct. 10, 2012
With each passing day since last week's presidential debate in Denver, there are growing signs that the race between President Obama and Mitt Romney has tightened. The latest batch of evidence came Tuesday in the form of two battleground state polls out of Ohio and New Hampshire.
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Oct. 9, 2012
After the first presidential debate the tides were turned for Mitt Romney, who had been trailing President Obama. In almost every post-debate poll Romney is now statistically tied or leading President Obama. Gwen Ifill reports on the candidates' messages on campaign trail post-debate, especially in swing states.