Vice presidents clash in generation game debate
Washington Correspondent Matt Frei looks at who came out top of the Veep debate and the implications it will have on the race to the White House.
Washington Correspondent Matt Frei looks at who came out top of the Veep debate and the implications it will have on the race to the White House.
He certainly controlled the night: Vice President Joe Biden came out fighting in his debate with Republican Paul Ryan, a man 27 years his junior. But did Biden’s constant smirks turn voters off?
The two men vying to be vice president of the United States are preparing to meet on the debate stage. It’s taken on new significance since the shift in the polls last week’s presidential debate.
Senator John McCain talks to Channel 4 News about a possible Mitt Romney presidency, international policy towards Syria and the upcoming vice-presidential debate.
Until last week’s presidential debate, the US electorate had been flirting with a robot. That robot has now sprung to life and displayed unmistakeable traces of humanity.
How does the rhetoric of the first presidential debate square with the ads that the Obama and Romney campaigns have been running? Brand consultant James von Leyden takes a look.
His supporters are furious: his rivals are gleeful. As President Obama struggles to recover from his lacklustre debate performance, has Mitt Romney changed the state of the race for good?
It is the last chance to persuade voters to change their minds, as Obama and Romney face off in three televised encounters. But have these debates ever influenced an election result?
It is not going well for Mitt Romney. His efforts to get his campaign back on course have been derailed by a leaked video piling scorn on Obama’s supporters for being too poor to pay tax.
There’s fear, there’s loathing, and there’s electoral politics. Top Republicans say President Obama’s foreign policy triggered the attacks on US diplomatic staff – calling it “disgraceful”.
A pizza shop owner in Florida got so excited when Barack Obama stopped by, that he lifted the president up in a giant bear-hug. But is Obama embracing a new, more laid-back image?
This was not a time for soaring rhetoric: not for a country in the grip of an economic downturn. President Obama’s speech was carefully modulated – but did it leave voters wishing for more?
In a bravura performance from the ultimate comeback kid, Bill Clinton embraces Barack Obama on stage at the Democratic convention after urging voters to give the president four more years in the job.
Not just a leader, but a family man, a man of faith: this was Mitt Romney’s chance to introduce himself, not just to Republican activists, but to the nation. So how well did he do?
It is the story of a mid-western state that has undergone a tumultuous conversion, from a laid back, progressive liberal vibe, to a virulent conservatism, writes Felicity Spector.