Oct 11 Dems Target Outside Ad Spending; Nevada Senate Race Heats Up In this week's Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff and David Chalian explore the Democratic Party's decision to make a major issue of the political advertising coming from pro-Republican groups, particularly groups that are not affiliated with the official GOP. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Would a U.S. Foreclosure Ban Yield ‘Catastrophic’ Consequences? The securities industry said Monday that a nationwide ban on home foreclosures would be "catastrophic" for the U.S. Jeffrey Brown asks the Ohio attorney general and a foreclosure expert for insight. Continue watching
Oct 08 California Governor’s Race: a Hot Campaign Sans Obama, Tea Party In the troubled and debt-ridden state of California, two strong, well-known candidates are vying for the dubious honor of becoming the next governor. But something is missing in this extremely political year. Republican Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay,… Continue reading
Oct 08 The Risks and Rewards of Party Purity If you want to sum up the challenges facing mainstream Democrats and Republicans this campaign season, hop a plane to Kentucky. That's what I did this week, and when I got there I discovered the political world must be a… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Nobel-Winner Xiaobo ‘Stuck to His Guns’ on China’s Political Reform Two weeks after Beijing warned the committee not to do so, it awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo. Margaret Warner talks to Orville Schell, director of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, for more. Continue watching
Oct 07 Kentucky Dispatch: How Do You Know It’s Election Season? Turn On the TV Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway talks to Senate candidate Rand Paul and Sen. Mitch McConnell at the 130th annual Fancy Farm picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. Photo by Gage Skidmore; Flickr Creative Commons LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Election Day is… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch EU Spokesman: Hungary Has Requested Sludge Clean-up Help Margaret Warner speaks with Joe Hennon, a European Commission spokesman, about the health and environmental risks of the toxic red sludge spreading in Hungary. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch ‘Robo-Signing’ Paperwork Breakdown Leaves Many Houses in Foreclosure Limbo Foreclosures in 23 states have been halted by major banks after allegations surfaced of illegal practices. Jeffrey Brown talks to the president of the Center for Responsible Lending and a Columbia economics professor for more. Continue watching
Oct 06 2010: The Year of the Vanishing Candidate: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t This year, mostly you don't. Once upon a time, not so long ago, candidates in competitive races sought out the news media to help get their messages across to the voters, and they scheduled frequent public events so they could… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Justices ‘Felt the Emotion’ of Military Funeral Protest Case Supreme Court justices are considering a battle of First Amendment rights vs. individual privacy after members of a controversial church protested at the funeral of a U.S. Marine. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal describes Wednesday's hearing and considers… Continue watching