Sep 08 Watch Obama Pitches $300B in Business Tax Incentives to Boost Economy President Obama on Wednesday proposed a $300 billion tax cut plan aimed at businesses to help the U.S. economy recover and create new jobs. Kwame Holman reports on the details of the tax incentives and the president's proposed path to… Continue watching
Sep 08 RGA Chair Barbour: Democrats Will Flee Obama This Fall Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday that Democrats are running from President Obama "like scalded* dogs," worried that his sagging poll numbers might bring down their campaigns this election year. "If you look at when he goes somewhere,… Continue reading
Sep 08 Do Poll Numbers Portend a ‘Wave’ Year for Republicans? GOP pollster Glen Bolger told The Hill newspaper Tuesday, "It's a wave year (for the Republicans.) The question is, 'How high is the wave?'" For some context, here are the polling numbers that Political Editor David Chalian discussed… Continue reading
Sep 07 Political Checklist: Polls Hold More Bad Midterm News for Democrats By Quinn Bowman In this week’s edition of the Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill spoke with political editor David Chalian about new polls that bring more bad news for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections, as well… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch In Midterm Elections, Economy Is Still Job One Judy Woodruff speaks with local public broadcast correspondents from California, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania about voter mood and the midterm elections. Continue watching
Aug 31 Murkowski Concedes Alaska Senate Primary to Miller Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski became the latest incumbent to lose a re-election battle this year as she conceded to challenger Joe Miller Tuesday evening a week after their primary. Murkowski had trailed Miller, a Fairbanks attorney who has never… Continue reading
Aug 30 Impact of Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ Rally Remains Unclear for Tea Party By Dante Chinni Glenn Beck had a good Saturday. Depending on whose crowd estimate you want to believe -- always a tricky game -- somewhere between 87,000 and 500,000 people came to the National Mall for the TV and radio personality's… Continue reading
Aug 30 Political Checklist: Obama’s Primetime Iraq Speech, Jobs Problems By David Chalian In this week’s edition of the Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff discusses the week ahead in politics, including President Obama’s primetime speech on Iraq plus what the White House may have in store to address Americans’ ongoing economic and unemployment concerns. Continue reading
Aug 30 The Morning Line: Back in the Saddle President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet the crowd Sunday at Xavier University in New Orleans for a ceremony on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. We'll catch only one glimpse of President… Continue reading
Aug 29 Beck, Palin Rally the Faithful as Other Rallies Focus on MLK Jr. Legacy By Chris Amico They came looking for hope, for change, for like-minded people. They came because they didn't want to be alone. They came because of a belief that "they" (the government, politicians, someone) is taking away their freedoms. "Glenn Beck said this… Continue reading