Jan 31 Florida’s Time to Shine By Christina Bellantoni Ray Roy sets up a polling station in Tampa as Floridians prepare to vote in Tuesday's GOP primary. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Polls are open in Florida, which becomes the fourth state to weigh in on the GOP presidential… Continue reading
Jan 31 Gwen’s Take: 5 Things to Watch for in Florida By Gwen Ifill For some reason in modern politics, it always seems to come down to Florida. It is an irresistible destination. The northern panhandle is a sweet piece of the South. The I-4 corridor -- where half the state's registered Republican voters… Continue reading
Jan 30 Scenes From Florida’s Campaign Trail By Teresa Gorman (Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the Florida Republican Presidential debate Jan. 26 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images.) The PBS NewsHour's politics team is on the… Continue reading
Jan 30 Why the 2012 Hispanic Vote Doesn’t Matter … Yet By Ray Suarez When it comes to politics, I know a lot about The Decade of the Hispanic. I've been lucky enough to cover three of them. For as long as I've been a reporter, the Hispanic vote has been the next big… Continue reading
Jan 30 Gingrich, Romney Make Last-Minute Pitches on Eve of Florida Primary By Christina Bellantoni Ocean Drive, St. Lucie County, Fla. Photo by Christina Bellantoni/PBS NewsHour. Your Morning Line comes to you this Monday from economically distressed St. Lucie County, Fla., where shops have been shuttered and high-end beach resorts left abandoned. As many as… Continue reading
Jan 29 Florida Republicans, in Their Own Words By Judy Woodruff NAPLES, Fla. | Even with the hot lights of the national news media pointed in their direction, the majority of Florida's 18 or so million residents are managing not to focus on next Tuesday's Republican primary. From our vantage point,… Continue reading
Jan 27 Gwen’s Take: Taking Voters at Their Words By Gwen Ifill Pundits. Analysts. Historians. Political scientists. The landscape is lousy with them this election year, and I love talking with them. But in our PBS NewsHour political coverage this year, we are making a special commitment to seek out the opinions… Continue reading
Jan 27 Rivals Clash in Final Florida Debate By Christina Bellantoni Newt Gingrich, left, and Mitt Romney spar during Thursday night's debate in Florida. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed early and often during Thursday night's debate in Jacksonville, a reflection of Florida's importance to… Continue reading
Jan 26 Florida Dispatch: As Field Narrows, GOP Race Heats Up in Sunshine State By Judy Woodruff DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. | Florida Republicans seem to sense the heavy responsibility on their shoulders. Unlike December, when there were seven or eight candidates still in the presidential race, it's down to four, and one of those -- Ron Paul… Continue reading
Jan 26 Gingrich, Romney Slug It Out in Florida By Christina Bellantoni Lynn Coffin, creator of Bozo Party, shows off hand puppets of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney boxing during a campaign event this week in Sarasota, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. The race for Florida is on. A new CNN/Time/ORC… Continue reading