This Week's Agenda: Republican Debate, Corporate Earnings, and Immigration...
Every Monday on The Takeaway, hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee guide you through what to keep an eye on for the coming week. Today, they're joined by WNYC's Charlie Herman and the Cleveland...
View ArticleAs Cain Suspends Campaign, Newt Moves Forward
Newt Gingrich gets a bump in the polls as one-time front-runner Herman Cain "suspends" his campaign. With just a month til the Iowa Caucus, WNYC political reporter Anna Sale and Republican strategist...
View ArticleDays Before Caucuses, Iowa Voters Uninspired by GOP Candidates
With less than two weeks until the caucus, many voters are unenthusiastic about the Republican presidential hopefuls. Ron Paul, a libertarian Texas congressman, is in the lead, but many voters don't...
View ArticleA Look at the GOP Field Before the Iowa Caucus
The Iowa caucus is a week away, and it seems that Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul are the front-runners for taking this crucial victory. Yet none of them have a distinct lead. Recently...
View ArticleA Ground-Level Look at the Iowa Caucus
Most Americans probably won't start receiving the flood of presidential campaign materials until May or June of next year. But Iowans, as they do every four years, get inundated with...
View ArticleWhere Do Bachmann Supporters Go From Here?
Despite only carrying five percent of the vote in the GOP caucus, Michele Bachmann rallied a base of evangelical supporters and successfully cultivated an image of political outsider looking to clean...
View ArticleWith Romney in Lead, LDS Leaders Launch Mormon Marketing Campaign
According to a June Gallup poll, 18 percent of Republicans say that they would not vote for a Mormon. But for their part, Mormon GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are often quiet...
View ArticleRon Paul's Youth Appeal
With neatly combed white hair, conservatively cut suits, and solid military service, Ron Paul may not seen like the fiery political outsider that all the kids are rallying around. But looking ahead to...
View ArticleWhat's in Store for the New Hampshire GOP Primary?
In Iowa, Mitt Romney just squeaked by, winning the state's caucus with an eight vote margin over former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum's late in the game surge from behind. But New Hampshire is a...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: New Hampshire Primary, Congressional Recess, Egyptian...
This week marks the 1st anniversary of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' shooting, the 2nd anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, and the 10th anniversary of first Afghan prisoners arriving at Guantanamo...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Voters Prepare to Go to the Polls
The University of New Hampshire Survey Center estimates that 56 percent of the people voting in the Republican primary will be registered Republicans. This means that 44 percent of voters who will...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Super PAC
As a result of the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, rules regarding corporate and union campaign spending were significantly eased. Super PAC ads...
View ArticleVoters Discuss Past and Future GOP Races
Three voters give their thoughts on the past two tests of presidential mettle and on what lies ahead. When Iowan Brad Cranston last joined the program, he was disappointed by Bachmann withdrawing her...
View ArticleRomney Tries to Win Over Evangelical Conservatives
After the Iowa caucuses, a group of high-profile conservatives sent out invitations to evangelical leaders for a gathering at the Texas ranch of Paul and Nancy Pressler on January 14 and 15. The...
View ArticleGOP Candidates Go Anti-Corporate for Anti-Romney Ads
Newt Gingrich’s ad campaign against front-runner Mitt Romney has been all about attacking his record at the private equity firm Bain Capital. Most recently, a pro-Gingrich super-PAC released a 28...
View ArticleWhat Next for the Tea Party in South Carolina?
South Carolina is in many ways the epicenter of the Tea Party movement. Junior senator Jim Demint and Governor Nikki Haley were put into office by their Tea Party supporters. So next week when...
View ArticleThe Agenda: South Carolina GOP Debates, Congress Returns from Recess,...
The Agenda: South Carolina GOP Debates, Congress Returns from Recess, Earnings Reports
View ArticleJon Huntsman Drops Out, Rick Santorum Picks Up Evangelical Support
This seems to be the race of late deciders, sudden reversals, and surprising distractions. And perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend was that it wasn't Rick Perry who dropped out of the race....
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary
While political mud-slinging is de riguer in primary races, 2012 has brought several not-so-thinly-veiled anti-Muslim soundbytes from its frontrunning candidates. Last week, Newt Gingrich said that he...
View ArticleA Look Back at Newt Gingrich's Career
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has had a long political career. But along the way, as Mitt Romney's SuperPAC Restore our Future gleefully points out, he accrued 84 ethics complaints during...
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