May 09 Watch Assessing the Indiana Senate Race After Lugar’s Loss Indiana voters sent Richard Lugar to the U.S. Senate six times, but not again this year. He lost Tuesday to Tea Party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Gwen Ifill, Greg Fettig of Hoosiers for a Conservative Senate and political analyst Brian… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Amid Sagging Support, Does Tea Party Have Staying Power for 2012? The Tea Party burst on the scene as a new political force, but does it have staying power? Judy Woodruff discusses the movement's influence with The Pew Research Center's Andy Kohut and The New York Times' Kate Zernike. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Can Obama, Democrats Overcome Economic Issue in 2012? Democrats lost two House races Tuesday when Republicans won special elections in New York City and Nevada. Gwen Ifill discusses what the results -- and some new polling -- mean with New York One's Errol Louis and NewsHour Political Editor… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Rivals Put Rick Perry to the Test in Tea Party Debate At Monday night's CNN/Tea Party-sponsored event in Tampa, Fla., eight Republican presidential hopefuls were on stage, but the party's new front-runner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, was the one put to the test by many of his rivals. Kwame Holman recaps… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Political Checklist: Will Republicans Support Obama’s Jobs Plan? David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff preview the week in politics… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP’s Zeitgeist, Whether Obama Gets Credit for Libya Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry's leapfrog over Mitt Romney in the national polls and whether President Obama deserves -- or is… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch The Doubleheader: Rick Perry’s Rise, Cheney’s Book and Peyton Manning Mark Shields and David Brooks talk Rick Perry and Peyton Manning… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Political Checklist: Credit Downgrade Fallout and the GOP in Iowa David Chalian and Judy Woodruff discuss the political fallout from the S&P downgrade… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Ron Paul on Proponents of Raising Debt Ceiling: ‘I Think They’re Misled’ Texas Rep. Ron Paul said "you can't solve the problem of debt by raising the debt limit."… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch House Republicans Push Vote on Debt Plan With Little Future Tea Party supporters in the House pushed a "Cut, Cap and Balance" program on Monday, demanding a vote even though the House plan has little chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Kwame Holman reports on the debt-ceiling stalemate and the Senate's… Continue watching