Nov 12 2016 is all about Hillary Clinton and the GOP drama By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe If she were a Republican, she’d be the elephant in the room. In many ways, the 2016 election is all about Hillary Clinton. She leads in all the polls. Republicans have been taking aim at her since she stepped down… Continue reading
Nov 09 GOP's successful midterm showing shapes 2016 presidential race By Steve Peoples and Ken Thomas, Associated Press The 2016 presidential race was about the new Republican-controlled Congress even before the polls closed Tuesday night. As the GOP rout became clear late on election night, would-be Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton found herself with a ready-made foil in… Continue reading
Oct 31 Gwen's Take: The Year of the Woman Redux By Gwen Ifill On back-to-back days this weekend, I found myself covering a woman candidate who was furiously peddling herself — to women voters. Continue reading
Oct 31 Forget 2014, everyone wants to talk about 2016 already By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe The presidential election has begun already, right? We are still four days from voting happening Tuesday to decide these much poured-over midterm elections. And yet, there are a slew of headlines already about the next presidential election. Continue reading
Oct 10 Clinton documents show how the White House closed ranks during the Lewinsky scandal By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The papers include lists of talking points, questions prepared for media interviews and efforts to defend the president against impeachment, part of 10,000 pages of records being released from the Clinton administration. The documents did not appear to reveal any… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Brooks and Dionne on ground troop debate, Hillary's chances of running By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including conflict over President Obama’s strategy to rule out the possibility of using ground troops against the Islamic State, what… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 9:45 Why Iowa's Senate race is one of the closest in the nation By Judy Woodruff, Rachel Wellford November midterm elections are only seven weeks away. In Iowa, one of the closest U.S. Senate races is down to Republican and Iraq War veteran Joni Ernst and Rep. Bruce Braley, a Democrat. Judy Woodruff reports from Iowa City, where… Continue watching
Sep 15 She's 'baack' -- Hillary Clinton returns to Iowa By Domenico Montanaro Today in the Morning Line: Hillary Clinton back in Iowa for the first time since 2008 loss Republicans pressure Obama to do more The politics of war What does Congress do? She's 'baaack': Hillary Clinton returned to Iowa for the… Continue reading
Sep 14 Hillary Clinton in Iowa stirs 2016 speculation By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her return to Iowa for the first time since the 2008 presidential campaign, implored Democrats on Sunday to choose shared economic opportunity over "the guardians of gridlock."… Continue reading