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Sept. 18, 2012
Mitt Romney found himself caught in a political firestorm Monday after the liberal magazine Mother Jones posted video of the Republican presidential nominee criticizing supporters of President Obama during a private fundraiser in Florida earlier this year.
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Sept. 17, 2012
In an effort to combat sliding poll numbers, the Romney Campaign announced that Mitt Romney would address voters' hunger for specificity, planning to give more detail on parts of his policy platform. Gwen Ifill talks to USA Today's Susan Page and the Washington Post's Dan Balz on whether this strategy shift can win over voters.
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Sept. 14, 2012
Increasingly, behavior psychology concepts like 'social pressure' can be used not only to get voters out to the polls but getting them to vote for a specific candidate. Hari Sreenivasan talks to journalist Sasha Issenberg about his latest book, "The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns.
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Sept. 14, 2012
President Obama has mocked Mitt Romney's tax plan as "bad math" on the campaign trail. Those same words could also be used to describe the Republican nominee's electoral college outlook based on three new battleground state polls.
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Sept. 14, 2012
Fresh off a pair of political conventions that were designed to blast the candidates into the fall campaign with a burst of enthusiasm, the nominees were reminded that the best-laid plans often fall victim to world events.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Margaret Warner talks to Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz for the social media wrap on Mitt Romney's criticism of President Obama and the White House's response to the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Plus, a recap on the campaigns' social media usage during the Democratic and Republican conventions.
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Sept. 13, 2012
In other news Thursday, Mitt Romney broadened his critique of the White House's response to attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and took aim at President Obama's foreign affairs record. President Obama responded by vowing to always defend American citizens and interests.
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Sept. 13, 2012
The Romney campaign bus made a stop in Fairfax, Va., where the Republican presidential nominee continued to attack the Obama administration on jobs and the economy.
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Sept. 13, 2012
When Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his vice presidential candidate on the GOP ticket a month ago, Democrats saw a light at the end of the tunnel, or, rather, a touchdown within reach.
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Sept. 13, 2012
With Washington in the grips of election fever and late-breaking news about the killing of the U.S. Ambassador in Libya, the mayor of another city slipped into town to plead for common sense solutions to the economic challenges facing the country.
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Sept. 13, 2012
It remains to be seen how long the attacks in Benghazi and Cairo this week will reverberate on the campaign trail, but there is no question that the events overseas have temporarily moved foreign policy to the forefront of the contest.
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Sept. 12, 2012
The two major presidential candidates responded to news of attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Libya, emphasizing their foreign policy differences in the process. Judy Woodruff talks to former Minnesota senator Norm Coleman and former ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns about the campaigns' responses.
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Sept. 12, 2012
After months of a remarkable laser focus on domestic policy and even as the anniversary of 9/11 had a more muted tone than in years past, overnight events overseas have unexpectedly shifted the focus of the presidential contest.
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Sept. 11, 2012
Paul Solman compares and contrasts "Obamacare" policy with health care reform proposals from Mitt Romney. Economists on both sides of the political debate discuss increasing efficiency, technological innovation, market competition and vouchers.
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Sept. 11, 2012
Have you ever wondered what your grocery store receipt has to do with your voting record? Chances are political operatives are poring over potential voters' everyday decisions trying to formulate winning campaign strategies.
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Sept. 11, 2012
For nearly five years now, the group Science Debate has been trying to thrust science into the spotlight of the presidential campaign. They recently released answers from Obama and Romney on 14 science policy questions. Report cards on the candidates' answers are coming soon.
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Sept. 11, 2012
The past 24 hours have delivered a pair of national polls with two clearly distinct snapshots of the state of the presidential race.
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Sept. 10, 2012
President Obama's re-election team announced early Monday morning their effort hauled in $114 million during August, while Mitt Romney's campaign raised $111.6 million in the same period.
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Sept. 7, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Judy Woodruff about the dreary August jobs report, how undecided voters may have perceived the Democratic National Convention and whether the Republican money advantage will affect the presidential race.
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Sept. 7, 2012
After the end of the 2012 RNC, Ray Suarez talked to six previously undecided Virginians for reaction to that convention. Margaret Warner gathers the same group together again to debrief on President Obama's speech at the 2012 DNC and asks whether any of them are any closer to a choice.
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Sept. 7, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. | I am typing this while sitting in a darkened arena. From my vantage point high above the arena convention floor, thousands of happy Democrats are cheering a video collage of Barack Obama's campaign and presidency.
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Sept. 7, 2012
On the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., President Obama appealed to voters to give him four more years in the White House, telling them, "Our challenges can be met."
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Sept. 7, 2012
Fresh off the final night of the Democratic convention where they delivered their argument for a second term, President Obama and Vice President Biden hit the road Friday, starting off in New Hampshire before heading to Iowa.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks, alongside historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith, analyze President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention with anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff in the PBS Skybox and Ray Suarez on the convention floor.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Vice President Biden officially accepted the nomination of his party for vice president and addressed the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. He spoke of President Obama's record and attacked Mitt Romney's plans. "You never quit on America," he said. "And you deserve a president who will never quit on you."
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Sept. 6, 2012
Republican Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell talks with Hari Sreenivasan at the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C. McDonnell responded positively to Michelle Obama and former President Clinton's speeches. But in the end, he said, larger problems, like the national deficit reaching $16 trillion, are still in the background.
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Sept. 6, 2012
For the past 20 years, Gerardo Torres has been living in Arizona after entering the country illegally from Mexico. And like the millions of undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the country, he faces the risk of arrest and deportation.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords recited the Pledge of Allegiance the last night of the Democratic National Convention. As she walked on stage, with only minimal support from a friend, delegates gave her a standing ovation. Giffords resigned from office after recovering from injuries she incurred from a 2011 shooting.
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Sept. 6, 2012
NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks join Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill to look at excerpts of President Obama's nomination acceptance speech and discuss what he must accomplish: a specific plan for America's advancement that is both realistic and aspirational.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Zach Wahls became famous when a video went viral in which he defended his upbringing by two lesbian women. "Governor Romney says he's against same-sex marriage because every child deserves a mother and a father," Wahls said in his speech at the 2012 DNC. "I think every child deserves a family as loving and committed as mine."