Aug 01 Swing-State Numbers Look Good for Obama By Terence Burlij Obama campaign volunteers prepare to canvas a Tampa, Fla., neighborhood last week. Photo by Angel E. Valentin/The Washington Post via Getty Images. President Obama appears to have a clear advantage in three battleground states heading into the final stretch of… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch Analyzing Cruz’s Texas Victory and the 2012 Senate Landscape In a primary runoff, former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz captured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat. And he isn't the only Tea Party candidate winning primaries. Judy Woodruff talks to Texas Tribune's Ross Ramsey and Rothenberg Political… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch Overlooked Asian-American Vote Could Factor in Nevada, Other Battleground States Overlooked Asian-American Vote Is Pivotal in Nevada, Other Battleground States… Continue watching
Jul 31 Romney’s Comments in Israel Overshadow Visit to Poland By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney gives a speech Tuesday at the University of Warsaw. Photo Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images. Suffice it to say Mitt Romney's overseas tour has not gone exactly to plan. First, there was the controversy over his comments about London's preparedness… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Will Mitt Romney’s Israel Trip Help Win Over Jewish Voters in the U.S.? Will Mitt Romney's Israel Trip Help Win Over Jewish Voters in the U.S.?… Continue watching
Jul 30 During Visit to Israel, Romney Endorses Hard Line Against Iran By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney delivers a speech Sunday outside the Old City in Jerusalem. Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images. During his visit Sunday in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney endorsed the use of "any and all measures" by the United States and Israel to… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch In Israel, Comments by Romney Provoke Some Palestinian Frustration Hoping to bolster his foreign policy credentials, presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a stop in Israel during a diplomatic trip abroad. He discussed how he would approach Iran, but he also caused a stir when he made political comments about… Continue watching
Jul 27 Romney’s Trip Abroad: Campaign Peril or Credential Maker? By Margaret Warner Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at 10 Downing Street in London, on July 26, 2012. Photo By David Bebber/ AFP/ Getty Images. Mitt Romney's folks were feeling pretty sure of themselves Tuesday evening… Continue reading
Jul 27 Campaign 2012 Panoramas By Online DA Zeke Miller of BuzzFeed, Jon Ward of Huffington Post and PBS NewsHour's very own Travis Daub snapped panoramic photographs of campaign and political events over the last several months. Get a sense of what it would feel like to look… Continue reading
Jul 27 Let the Games Begin: Romney Tries to Rebound From Olympics Gaffe By Christina Bellantoni The Olympics! Quite the biannual celebration of international camaraderie. But the two-week event, played in the shadows of Parliament and Big Ben this year, won't escape American politics. Continue reading