Aug 31 Primer: Obama v. Ryan On Controlling Medicare Spending Editor's Note: GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney may have largely avoided the topic of health care when he accepted his party's nomination Thursday evening, but he previously supported many of the broad Medicare reform ideas of his running mate,… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch News Wrap: President Obama Targets Romney on Health Care During Tour of Colleges News Wrap: President Obama Targets Romney on Health Care During Tour of Colleges… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch How Media Coverage of the Political Conventions Has Shifted to Cable, Online How Media Coverage of the Political Conventions Has Shifted to Cable, Online… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Presidential Candidates’ Medicare Platforms Could Affect Undecided Voters Presidential Candidates' Medicare Platforms Could Affect Undecided Voters… Continue watching
Aug 23 Former President Clinton Makes Pitch for Obama By Christina Bellantoni Former president Bill Clinton appears in a new ad supporting the Obama campaign. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. If you're an incumbent president facing a stiff economic headwind, it's only a matter of time before you turn to the most… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Swing States Weigh in on Presidential Race Judy Woodruff talks to four journalists from swing states who are covering the election. Radio Iowa's O. Kay Henderson, Face to Face's Jon Ralston, Tampa Bay Times' Adam Smith and Ohio Public Radio and Television's Karen Kasler discuss reaction to… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Prepared to Intervene Should Syrian Regime Use Chemical Weapons In other news Monday, President Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad that the U.S. is prepared to take military action should his regime use biological or chemical weapons to fight rebel opposition forces. Also, the wife of a disgraced Chinese politician… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch How President Obama Wins Virginia Professor Stephen Farnsworth explain how President Obama can win Virginia. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch In War of Words, Presidential Campaign Charges Include ‘Hatred’ and ‘Unhinged’ The campaign rhetoric being used by the presidential candidates is charged, tough, and no holds barred. Gwen Ifill talks to political strategist Mo Elleithee and Rick Tyler about why campaigns think negative campaign ads work, especially with the minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Presidential Candidates Talk Energy Policy in Campaigning Blitz in Swing States Presidential Candidates Talk Energy Policy in Campaigning Blitz in Swing States… Continue watching