Sep 22 Romney, Perry Provide Debate Preview By David Chalian Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are set to square off again at Thursday night's debate. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. The two men in what has become a two-man race for the Republican presidential nomination each conducted national interviews Wednesday… Continue reading
Sep 21 Perry, Romney Tee Off on Obama Over Israel, Palestinian Statehood By David Chalian President Obama arrives at a diplomatic event Tuesday in New York. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama may have thought he was leaving domestic political squabbles behind when he headed up to New York for the U.N. General Assembly… Continue reading
Sep 20 Obama’s Deficit Plan Rallies His Base By David Chalian President Obama presents his deficit reduction plan Monday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The political reaction to President Obama's deficit reduction plan has pretty much gone according to script. Republicans are charging the president with "class warfare" in light… Continue reading
Sep 19 Obama Calls for New Taxes on Wealthy in $3 Trillion Deficit Reduction Plan By David Chalian President Obama will call for $1.5 trillion in new taxes as part of plan to find more than $3 trillion in savings. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. If you're one of our many readers who had hoped the toxicity of… Continue reading
Sep 16 President Obama Puts Another Rough Week to Bed By David Chalian President Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, spoke about his jobs plan at the White House on Monday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. President Obama closes out another very tough week Friday, one in which he faced a continued… Continue reading
Sep 15 Speaker Boehner to Present GOP’s Economic Fixes By David Chalian House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is set to present the House GOP's "Plan for America's Job Creators." File photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call. One week after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,… Continue reading
Sep 14 Democrats Suffer Defeat on Home Turf By David Chalian In New York, Republican Bob Turner, above, defeated Democrat David Weprin in a House special election. Photo by azipaybarah via Flickr. Democrats went 0-2 Tuesday night in the House special elections in New York City and Nevada. The results,… Continue reading
Sep 13 Jim Lehrer on ‘Tension’ of Candidates, Moderators in Presidential Debates In his new book out Tuesday, NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer, known as "the dean of moderators," looks at more than 40 years of televised political debates in America and draws on his own presidential moderating experience since 1988. Continue reading
Sep 13 Perry Turns Into Punching Bag at Republican Debate By David Chalian Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, left, and Rick Perry spar during Monday night's debate; photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. It seems the old saying "Don't mess with Texas" doesn't apply to Republican presidential debates, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent… Continue reading
Sep 12 Perry Adjusts Approach to Social Security By David Chalian Texas Gov. Rick Perry. File photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is clearly seeking to "fix" a political problem he created for himself in the last Republican presidential debate. The front-runner for the GOP nomination previews his… Continue reading