Aug 13 Leaning Left and Right: Why Labels Won’t Help This Year OK, folks, it's time for another of my periodic forays into definitional politics. To accomplish this, I have to take my own profession to task - and then rise to its defense. The problem: we reach too easily for shorthand. Continue reading
Aug 13 The Morning Line: Campaign Ads Begin to Flood Airwaves We still may be in the dog days of summer and many voters are trying to squeeze in one more trip to the beach rather than worry about the upcoming midterm elections. But that isn't stopping several campaigns from full… Continue reading
Aug 11 The Congress That Won’t Take a Break Just when you thought it was safe to take a vacation in August, the Senate announced it will return to Washington to reconvene for a short session on Thursday to vote on border security funding and a remembrance of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Ifill and Chalian Dissect Primaries, Obamas’ Vacations, Iowa Stumping By David Chalian Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill spoke with me Wednesday about the bigger themes coming out of Tuesday night’s primary results in Colorado and Connecticut. Also in the NewsHour’s look at the week ahead in politics (a segment for which… Continue reading
Aug 09 The Morning Line: Deep in the Heart of Texas After a bachelor weekend that included playing a round of golf with old friends on Saturday and basketball with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony on Sunday, President Obama welcomes the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints to the… Continue reading
Aug 06 Target’s Foray Into Politics Met With Protest From MoveOn.org By Quinn Bowman Liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org delivered a direct message to Target Corp. Friday: stop spending money on political campaigns. MoveOn.org delivered a petition with 260,000 signatures to company headquarters in Minneapolis demanding that it stop influencing campaigns. Watch video from… Continue reading
Aug 05 Missouri’s Primary Results: the Effects of the Tea Party and Pizza Coupons By Dante Chinni As this blog has noted in many posts, despite the media coverage of the political movement known as the tea party, it is difficult to tell what its impact is or will be in the… Continue reading
Aug 03 Reporter’s Notebook: Senators Set to Leave Town Without Energy Bill Action A crowded hallway packed with Capitol Hill reporters waited for the final interaction with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders that winds down the summer session of Congress. Called "the stake-out at the historic Ohio Clock," it's the last chance for… Continue reading
Aug 02 Congresswoman Waters to Face Public Ethics Trial The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will face a public trial for her alleged role in steering federal bailout funds to a bank with ties to her husband. The charges against the 10-term congresswoman… Continue reading
Aug 02 Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff Look at Week Ahead in Politics, Iraq ‘Victory Lap’ By Quinn Bowman As the 2010 campaign season heats up, we’ll check in with our political experts Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff every Monday for their analysis of the big political stories in the week ahead. NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian sat down… Continue reading