Mar 19 Race Moves to Illinois, Louisiana After Romney Wins Puerto Rico By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney greets a crowd outside the Machine Shed Restaurant in Rockford, Ill., on Sunday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Mitt Romney pulled further ahead in the race for the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the Republican Party nomination with… Continue reading
Mar 16 Shields, Brooks on Presidential Effects on Gas Prices, March Madness Mascots By Hari Sreenivasan Tonight we tackle a topic that has been bandied about for weeks as citizens across the U.S. face sticker shock at one gas pump after another. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on… Continue reading
Mar 16 Politics by the Numbers: Countdown to Chaos By Gwen Ifill Almost every Tuesday night this year, political junkies everywhere have gathered by the flickering light of their computer screens. We have pored over exit polls, tallied the minutes until results from Vermont to Hawaii and crunched delegate allocations. Invariably, we… Continue reading
Mar 16 New Romney TV Ad: Santorum Is an ‘Economic Lightweight’ By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney released a new television ad Friday in Illinois hammering Rick Santorum as an "economic lightweight." You can watch the ad here or below: The new spot comes ahead of Tuesday's primary in the Land of Lincoln, where… Continue reading
Mar 16 Obama Confronts GOP Candidates, Pushes Message in Documentary By Christina Bellantoni President Obama speaks at a rally in Largo, Md., on Thursday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. After months of dipping their toes in the re-election waters, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have jumped full-on into the general election… Continue reading
Mar 15 Biden Kicks Off Re-election Campaign Touting Auto Rescue By Christina Bellantoni Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Prime Minister David Cameron laugh as Vice President Joe Biden gives a toast at the State Department on Wednesday. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. Updated 2:30 p.m. ET: Vice President Biden hit the… Continue reading
Mar 14 Pew Poll: Obama’s Approval Rating Climbs, Has Lead Over GOP Candidates By Terence Burlij President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House last week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. What a difference a day makes. In Tuesday's Morning Line, we wrote about the New York Times/CBS News poll that… Continue reading
Mar 14 Santorum Sweeps Alabama, Mississippi; Romney Takes Third By Christina Bellantoni Rick Santorum addresses supporters in Lafayette, La., after winning Tuesday's Alabama and Mississippi primaries. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images. In the battle for the hearts and minds of Republican voters, it appears that the hearts won out on Tuesday. "The… Continue reading
Mar 13 Santorum Wins Alabama, Mississippi; Gingrich Takes Second By Christina Bellantoni GOP hopeful Rick Santorum greets patrons at Dreamland Bar-B-Que on Monday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Updated 12:28 a.m. ET Wednesday | Rick Santorum on Tuesday night scored a pair of victories in Alabama's and Mississippi's presidential… Continue reading
Mar 13 Divining the Demographic Terrain in Mississippi, Alabama Primaries By Dante Chinni Mitt Romney speaks with comedian Jeff Foxworthy following a campaign appearance at the Whistle Stop cafe on Monday in Mobile, Ala. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. At first glance, the polls leading into the next set of Republican primaries --… Continue reading