Jan 03 Watch GOP Candidates Make Last-Ditch Effort to Get Iowans to Caucuses Republican presidential hopefuls seeking the first harvest of delegates this nominating season worked right up to the last minute Tuesday ahead of Iowa's Caucuses. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' last-ditch efforts, then Gwen Ifill speaks with Des Moines Register… Continue watching
Jan 03 Viewer’s Guide to the Iowa Caucuses By News Desk Mitt Romney greets supporters during a rally Monday at the Weber Paper Company in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. On Tuesday evening, Iowa's Republicans will gather at 1,774 precincts to select their choice to be the GOP's… Continue reading
Jan 03 In Sioux County, Is 2nd Place Best? By Dante Chinni Iowans listen to Texas Rep. Ron Paul last week during a town hall meeting at the Sioux Center Public Library. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Everyone likes to win, but sometimes it's better to finish second. Up in the northwest… Continue reading
Jan 03 Occupy Des Moines Steps Onto the Political Stage By Quinn Bowman We've all seen the dramatic coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. What started at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan spread to cities across America. While OWS focused on income inequality and the power of money in politics as a corrupting… 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
Jan 03 Iowa’s Moment Has Arrived By Christina Bellantoni Iowa Republicans will choose their presidential nominee Tuesday. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. Here we go! After 13 nationally televised debates, some 900 campaign events, candidates rising and falling in the polls and months of speculation about the shape of… Continue reading
Jan 02 Iowa Dispatch: Becoming Better Candidates By Judy Woodruff Whatever voters think of the political views of Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, they have to be struck by how much each has learned on the campaign trail in Iowa over the past year. Both have… Continue reading
Jan 02 Scenes From Iowa’s Campaign Trail By Teresa Gorman (Judy Woodruff talks briefly with Ron Paul days before the 2012 Iowa caucuses. Photo by Quinn Bowman) The PBS NewsHour's politics team is on the trail covering the 2012 campaign. Check out some of the scenes they've captured in recent… Continue reading
Jan 02 Candidates Enter Iowa Homestretch By Christina Bellantoni GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. It's the final full day of campaigning for Republicans hoping to win the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night. The candidates are putting… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on Ron Paul’s ‘Authenticity,’ Romney’s Message, Iowa’s Role Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the state of the GOP presidential race, what Iowans are considering ahead of Tuesday's Caucuses and how Iowa will shape the rest… Continue watching