Aug 27 Watch Analysts, Historians Give Final Thoughts on Wednesday Night DNC Following Joe Biden's keynote speech on Wednesday, analysts and historians give their final thoughts on the third night of the Democrat national convention in Denver. Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch Joe Biden’s Long Political Career Leads to VP Nomination Following last week's running mate announcement, the Democratic convention in Denver is now a showcase for Joe Biden as well as Barack Obama. Ray Suarez takes a snapshot of who Joe Biden is. Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch Joe Biden Takes Center Stage as Obama’s Running Mate Sen. Joe Biden stepped to the spotlight Wednesday delivering his address to the Democratic convention as the newly named running mate. Ruth Ann Minner, the governor of his home state, Delaware, and David Wilhelm, a former party chairman, assess Biden's… Continue watching
Aug 23 Obama Taps Veteran Senator Joe Biden for Vice President By Admin, PBS NewsHour After weeks of speculation and pundit predictions, Sen. Barack Obama revealed that he had selected fellow Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate with an early Saturday morning text message and e-mail to supporters. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Historians Weigh Role of Vice-Presidential Candidates As the race between presumptive nominees Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama continues to heat up, historians look to past races to weigh the advantages and disadvantages brought to a national ticket by a vice presidential candidate. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Obama, McCain Plot Campaign Strategies as Clinton Exits With the Democratic primary race in the rear-view mirror, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are trading the opening shots of their general election campaigns. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks assess the political road… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Obama’s Victory, Clinton’s Endgame Cap Primaries As the primary campaigns conclude, columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks talk to Judy Woodruff about what the Democrats must do to unite after their unusually lengthy primary season and the prospects for a general election contest between Sens. Barack… Continue watching
May 23 Watch Clinton Gaffe, McCain Health Records Top Campaign News As Sen. Hillary Clinton apologized for citing the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as a rationale for staying in the race, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama took harder punches at one another in the presidential contest. Mark Shields and… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch McCain Completes Comeback to Clinch GOP Nomination Last fall, Sen. John McCain's presidential bid was looking all but dead, with a shrinking, infighting staff and almost no money. On Tuesday, he picked up enough delegates to complete his remarkable comeback and win the GOP nomination. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Libby Trial on Perjury, Obstruction Charges Set to Start Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Libby is accused of perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's… Continue watching