The Third-Party Factor: Will 2012 Look Like 2000?
As the presidential race enters its final weeks, there are many factors that could affect the outcome: a great — or terrible — debate performance by one of the candidates on Monday in Florida; the next...
View ArticleCandidates Inject Economy Into Foreign Policy Debate
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep.The third and final presidential debate was less dramatic...
View ArticleDo Political Ads Actually Work?
Democrats and Republicans are on track to spend about $1 billion each on television advertising in the presidential race. Most of it is negative, and almost all of it is concentrated in nine...
View ArticleRe-Election Campaign Reveals A President Looking For The Right Balance
As this long election comes to end, Superstorm Sandy is offering a chance for President Obama to showcase his leadership skills one last time.For Obama, this campaign has truly been a fight against the...
View ArticlePolls Start To Close In Big Battleground States
Lynn Neary talks to Mara Liasson for an election update as polls start to close.
View ArticleObama Promises To Follow Through With Sandy Rebuilding
President Obama traveled to New York Thursday to assess the damage from Superstorm Sandy. He promised to help the affected residents until the rebuilding effort is complete.
View ArticlePost-Election, GOP's Immigration Message Evolves
After an election in which Hispanics voted overwhelmingly for President Obama, the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill are making overtures about immigration reform.House Speaker John Boehner...
View ArticleObama Changes Tack With Congressional Republicans
Throughout his first term, some of President Obama's critics said he wasn't a tough enough negotiator. They felt he caved to Republicans too early, too often. Since his re-election, Obama has subtly...
View ArticleObama And House GOP Engage In Fiscal Cliff Talks, Only Briefly With Each Other
The president and House Republicans continued to snipe at each other Wednesday over the impending set of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff.
View ArticleGun Issues Return To Political Debate
For almost 20 years, Democrats have been convinced that gun control is a sure way to lose elections. And in his first term, President Obama never proposed any new gun legislation. But in the aftermath...
View ArticleLow-Profile Power Player Jack Lew May Be In Line For Treasury Post
Ask the average person — even in Washington — who serves as President Obama's chief of staff and you'll probably get a blank stare.Jack Lew hasn't been heard or seen in the "fiscal cliff" drama...
View ArticleObama Calls On Congress To Act To Reduce Gun Violence
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.President Obama says he's done what he could on his own. Yesterday he...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Leaving The Stage — At Least For Now — And On A High Note
Hillary Clinton leaves her job Friday as secretary of state with sky-high approval ratings, and there's already a superPAC established urging her to run for president in 2016.She's one of the most...
View ArticlePublic Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy
Gun control historically has been one of the most divisive issues in Congress, between the parties and even inside the Democratic coalition. Yet some in President Obama's own party say he has put...
View ArticleObama Speech To Set Second Term's Tone
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renée Montagne. President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address...
View ArticleAutomatic Budget Cuts Near As Democrats, GOP Stand Firm
It looks like the across the board spending cuts that were never supposed to happen are going to — at least for a while. It's another sign of Washington's dysfunction.
View ArticleOne Strategy For A GOP Overhaul? Follow The Democrats' Example
These are difficult times for the Republican Party.
View ArticleObama's Second Term Cabinet Nears Completion With New Nominations
President Obama named a new Department of Energy secretary, a new budget director and a new head for the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday. All three will require confirmation by the Senate.
View ArticleRepublicans Face Off Over Strategy For Picking Candidates
Republicans have a steep hill to climb if they want to take control of the Senate next year. The GOP would need to pick up six seats in 2014.There are plenty of open seats and vulnerable Democrats up...
View ArticleIt's Still Early, But GOP Hopefuls Test The Waters For 2016
During the annual Conservative Political Action Conference that begins Thursday, a slew of men who appear to want to try their hand at leading the GOP back to the White House in 2016 will be speaking,...
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