Jan 21 Gwen's Take: South Carolina Votes By Gwen Ifill COLUMBIA, S.C. | In retrospect, it should not come as a surprise that Election Day came to South Carolina with wind, rain and tornado watches. The Gingrich surge here has been that strong. It cannot be overstated how dramatic the… Continue reading
Jan 20 Gwen's Take: Five Things to Watch for in South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. | This has probably been the single craziest week of the 2012 campaign, as candidates rose and fell nearly every single day. As the voters here head to the polls for an unusual Saturday Republican party primary, here's… Continue reading
Jan 13 5 Things: What Matters Most After New Hampshire By Gwen Ifill Throughout this year's election, I will pose and answer key questions at critical moments during the campaign. On New Hampshire's primary Election Day, I shared the five things I was watching for. Here is how it all shook out. 1. Continue reading
Jan 10 Gwen's Primary Day Take: 5 Things to Watch for in New Hampshire By Gwen Ifill MANCHESTER, N.H. | 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… Continue reading
Jan 06 New Hampshire: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close By Gwen Ifill Northfield, N.H. | The scene is a rustic old building perched on a pretty river in the center of the state. The walls are knotty pine and the pot-bellied stoves are putting out real heat. It is standing room only… Continue reading
Jan 03 Gwen's Caucus Day Take: 5 Things to Watch for in Iowa By Gwen Ifill We love it when voters take over the narrative, and that's what will happen in Iowa Tuesday night as voters meet to caucus and choose a possible presidential nominee. Here's what we're watching: How will social conservatives split? Conventional wisdom… Continue reading
Dec 30 Peeling the Onion (Or, Why Iowa and New Hampshire Really Matter) By Gwen Ifill We have by now spent so many weeks consumed with the ups and downs of Republican presidential politics that we are in danger of misgauging its real impact, especially in these early days. It can be easy to dismiss the… Continue reading
Dec 23 Gwen's Take: In Case You Were Wondering, We Have Been Here Before "Politics is politics" House Speaker John Boehner opined Thursday, as he stepped before the cameras to explain why he would not back down in the payroll tax fight House Republicans have been waging with the Senate. Seldom have truer words… Continue reading
Dec 16 Hate Washington? Join The Club Welcome to my hometown. There are few places in the world that people hate so much, yet expend such extraordinary effort trying to get to. Myself, I find much to love about Washington. The monuments are pretty. The green… Continue reading
Dec 09 Gwen's Take: Black Holes and Campaign 2012 Scientists at the University of California Berkeley have discovered something awesome: monster black holes -- 10 billion times the mass of the sun -- that suck in everything around them. Even light To say this reminded me of the… Continue reading