Mar 16 Politics by the Numbers: Countdown to Chaos By Gwen Ifill Almost every Tuesday night this year, political junkies everywhere have gathered by the flickering light of their computer screens. We have pored over exit polls, tallied the minutes until results from Vermont to Hawaii and crunched delegate allocations. Invariably, we… Continue reading
Mar 09 Gwen’s Take: Answering Those Super Tuesday Questions By Gwen Ifill Remember those five things we asked you to watch Tuesday night? It turns out the voters decided to raise more questions than even we had. But here are the things we were watching for: 1. How weak or strong… Continue reading
Mar 06 5 Things to Watch on Super Tuesday By Gwen Ifill At the end of a long evening of introductions and speeches, President Bill Clinton liked to say that everything had been said but everyone had not yet said it. If you follow politics, you already may have read all the… Continue reading
Mar 02 Road to the White House: Gutting it Out By Gwen Ifill Michael Dukakis was the first politician I ever heard describe the presidential campaign as a "marathon, not a sprint." But he was not the last. Since the first campaign I covered in 1988, I've always been sort of impressed by… Continue reading
Feb 24 Taking the 2012 Authenticity Test By Gwen Ifill PHOENIX | If there is one reliable source of applause to be found along the Republican primary trail this year, it is ignited by candidates who boast of being able to speak without a Teleprompter. The speech delivery device used… Continue reading
Feb 17 Black history or American history: What’s the difference? By Gwen Ifill The black history stories we will hear about this month are also American history stories. We do ourselves and the next generation a disservice when we do not treat them as such. Continue reading
Feb 10 Election 2012: Managing Alternatives Updated 5:30 p.m. Friday | One of the things we tell our children is that life is all about choices. We celebrate this idea, because it is an essential part of the kind of ambition we want them to have. Continue reading
Feb 03 After Florida Primary, What’s Next? 5 Questions Answered By Gwen Ifill Right after the polls closed Tuesday night and Mitt Romney had been declared the winner of the Florida primary, syndicated columnists and PBS NewsHour contributors David Brooks, Mark Shields and I looked at each other and sighed. As we prepared… Continue reading
Jan 31 Gwen’s Take: 5 Things to Watch for in Florida By Gwen Ifill For some reason in modern politics, it always seems to come down to Florida. It is an irresistible destination. The northern panhandle is a sweet piece of the South. The I-4 corridor -- where half the state's registered Republican voters… Continue reading
Jan 27 Gwen’s Take: Taking Voters at Their Words By Gwen Ifill Pundits. Analysts. Historians. Political scientists. The landscape is lousy with them this election year, and I love talking with them. But in our PBS NewsHour political coverage this year, we are making a special commitment to seek out the opinions… Continue reading