Aug 02 How Will Obama’s Approval Ratings Impact Midterm Elections? By Dante Chinni As August arrives and people begin thinking in earnest about the midterm elections, there is a growing discussion of the impact of President Obama on November. Last week the president told a group of Democratic congressmen he may offer help,… Continue reading
Jul 30 The Morning Line: Unfinished Business House members head home Friday for the August recess and to begin the campaign season in earnest. But there is much unfinished business that prevents Democrats from wrapping a bow around their desired tidy messaging. One of the most… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Pending Rangel Plea Deal Could Weigh Heavily in Midterm Elections Lawyers for Congressman Charles Rangel and the House ethics committee are working on a possible settlement of 13 alleged ethics violations facing the New York Democrat, including charges of tax evasion and inappropriate use of financial donations. Kwame Holman and… Continue watching
Jul 28 Democratic Party Chief Aims to Equate Republican Party With Tea Party Democrats Wednesday tried to paint Republicans and tea party supporters as members of the same political party, with a common goal: to move the country backward. Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine, flanked by six congressional Democrats, ticked off a… Continue reading
Jul 28 The Morning Line: Taking Care of Small Business By Terence Burlij President Obama will meet with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J., this afternoon, hoping to put a human face on his effort to get the Senate to pass a small business jobs bill before… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch Shields and Brooks: Will Voters Think Democrats Have Gone Too Liberal? Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks speak with Jim Lehrer about how voters will view the Democratic Party headed into this fall's midterm elections and what impact the ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York could have. Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch For Democrats, Concern About Momentum as Midterms Approach With just over three months to go before the midterm elections, some Democrats are worried that a lack of enthusiasm among their supporters could cost them control of the House, the Senate or both. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Jul 13 Political Strategists React to Polling on Immigration, Look Ahead to Midterms The latest Pew Research numbers found widespread public support not only for Arizona's controversial new immigration law, but also for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for those here illegally. Immigration is already shaping up to be… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Tea Party Ideology Driving a Wedge in Republican Party Politics For more on the political fractures in the Republican Party, Jim Lehrer speaks with Political Editor David Chalian, the newest addition to PBS NewsHour's team. Continue watching
Jun 25 Shields and Brooks on What Obama, Democrats Can Tout in 2010 Campaigns Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by The Rundown again for "just one more thing" to discuss what message President Obama and the Democrats might be able to use to persuade voters in this fall's elections. Will voters care… Continue reading