Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Just 5 days to go and the McCain people have been claiming a tightening of the polls of late. In today's episode of TPMtv we break down the numbers and see if they have a case.
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Every cycle it seems there's one numbskull pol who comes up with an out of the blue unforced error which takes them from safe reelection to top on the endangered species list overnight. This year it's Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), execrable congresswoman from Minnesota. And in today's episode we tell her very, very sorry tale.
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In yesterday's episode of TPMtv, we surveyed the big Senate campaigns and how likely the Democrats are to put together a 60 vote majority. In today's episode we look at the prospects in the House. Just how many new seats will the Dems win?
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In the wake of a significant defeat in the presidential election and a second straight cycle of substantial House and Senate losses, the Republican party is starting to ask itself some serious questions.
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: 60? Still a very long shot. But 59 could totally happen. In today's episode of TPMtv, we bring you up to speed on the very latest on the still-to-be-decided Senate races.
Retired Colonel and foreign affairs expert Andrew J. Bacevich on Bill Moyers speaks about the crises that are threatening our democracy.
(Premiers August 15, 2008 at 9 p.m.
on PBS, check local listings)