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
Dec 30 Watch How Will Undecided Iowa Caucus-Goers Decide? A new NBC-Marist poll showed Mitt Romney and Ron Paul leading the GOP field in Iowa Friday, but many likely caucus-goers said they're still trying to decide which candidate they'll ultimately support on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff spoke with five still-undecided… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Ahead of Tuesday's Vote, Another Poll Shows Romney, Ron Paul Ahead in Iowa Heading into the final stretch before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation Caucuses, the GOP contenders chatted up Iowan voters in cold and windy weather Friday. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' last-minute campaigning. Continue watching
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 30 The Iowa State of Play: Romney-Paul Out Front, Santorum Surging By Terence Burlij At a campaign stop in Atlantic, Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul stopped briefly to talk with NewsHour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff. Photo by Quinn Bowman. A new NBC News-Marist poll released Friday confirms the state of… Continue reading
Dec 30 Iowa Dispatch: After 'Christmas With Ron Paul,' a Texas Respite By Judy Woodruff Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul greets supporters during a campaign event Thursday in Atlantic, Iowa; photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ATLANTIC, Iowa | First stop after arriving Thursday in Iowa to cover the Republican presidential Caucuses: Atlantic, a small… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Caucuses Seen as 'Very Important,' but 'You Have to Take Iowa in Context' Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa shifted into campaign overdrive Thursday for the final leg before next week's first-in-the-nation Caucuses. Jeffrey Brown weighs the state's significance in the nominating process with Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University and Jeff Stein… Continue watching