Oct 07 Mitt Romney to Rick Perry: Show Us Your Economic Plan By News Desk // After outlining his foreign policy vision Friday at The Citadel, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sat down with Judy Woodruff and discussed the war in Afghanistan, his GOP rivals and how he would get more Americans back to work. Continue reading
Oct 07 Controlling The Stage: A Politicians' Primer By Gwen Ifill Politics is not an ego-free business. And why should it be? I got a taste of that this week as New Jersey's Chris Christie and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took themselves out of presidential consideration. I saw the other… Continue reading
Oct 07 Romney Blasts Obama's Foreign Policy in Major Speech By David Chalian Mitt Romney speaks to a group of veterans in Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 6. Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images Foreign policy, specifically the war in Iraq and U.S. anti-terrorism efforts, were front and center in both the Democratic and Republican… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Romney Hopes for Faster Afghanistan Withdrawal if Generals OK Plan After outlining his foreign policy vision Friday at The Citadel, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sat down with Judy Woodruff and discussed the war in Afghanistan, his GOP rivals and how he would get more Americans back to work. This… Continue watching
Oct 06 The Palin Primary Begins By David Chalian Perhaps the most astonishing part of Sarah Palin's decision not to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is how easily and completely it was overshadowed by the death of Steve Jobs. It was three years ago, on the eve of… Continue reading
Oct 03 Political Checklist: Shifting GOP Primary Calendar and Rick Perry's Sign Problem By Quinn Bowman // Senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill and Political Editor David Chalian are back for another edition of the Political Checklist. This week they consider whether the accelerated Republican primary calendar benefits the front-runner candidates at the expense of… Continue reading
Sep 30 Florida Moves Primary to January, Others Likely to Follow By Terence Burlij Miami voters weigh in on a 2010 primary. Photo by AFP/Getty. Florida is now first on the 2012 calendar, but it's not expected to stay there for very long. The Sunshine State Friday set its primary for Jan. 31, 2012,… Continue reading
Sep 23 Debate Night: When the Questions Count as Much as the Answers By Gwen Ifill If you are a political junkie like me, there can never be too many candidates' debates. FOX? CNN? MSNBC? Have at it. The more they talk, the more we learn. But as someone who has gotten the chance to moderate… Continue reading
Sep 23 Perry Delivers an Unsteady Performance at Republican Debate By David Chalian A large monitor shows Texas Gov. Rick Perry at Thursday night's GOP Debate. Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack/Pool/Getty Images. Here are your three Friday morning truisms about the race for the Republican nomination: 1) Debate performances will not determine who… Continue reading
Sep 22 GOP Hopefuls Get Warmed Up for Florida Showdown By Terence Burlij GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry speaks to reporters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images ORLANDO, FLA. | Seven of the nine Republican presidential contenders who will take to the debate stage in Orlando Thursday night… Continue reading