Nov 2nd, 2008 · For this week's assignment, host Andrea Seabrook and our listeners give you ideas for planning a gaffe-free election night party. Next week, we'd like to hear your stories about the smartest thing your pet has ever done. E-mail your stories to Homework@NPR.org, or call the Homework Hotline at 202-408-5183
Oct 29th, 2008 · After nearly two years of campaign ads, gaffes and laughs, the 2008 presidential election is less than one week away. Some of the campaign's greatest hits have been put together in a compilation not available in stores. Here's a very special offer for all you news junkies and political flunkies.
Sep 27th, 2008 · John McCain and Barack Obama met in their first debate Friday night and clashed over the financial crisis, taxes, spending and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The theme of the night was supposed to have been foreign policy, but the Wall Street meltdown and continuing negotiations over a federal bailout forced their way onto the agenda.
Aug 23rd, 2008 · During three decades in the U.S. Senate, Joseph Biden, 65, has honed a reputation as a heavyweight on foreign policy and national security, and as a strong debater, if one sometimes prone to verbal gaffes.
Jul 8th, 2008 · The White House has apologized for a biography of Silvio Berlusconi that calls the Italian leader "one of the most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for government corruption and vice." The bio was distributed at the G-8 summit.
Apr 19th, 2008 · As the Pennsylvania primary approaches, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have both adopted a TV ad saturation strategy. The ad barrage began with warm and fuzzy spots, but recently, both candidates have begun focusing on the other's public gaffes.
Apr 16th, 2008 · In the 21st Democratic debate, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama traded barbs about "bittergate," Rev. Jeremiah Wright and a certain Bosnia tarmac. Neither candidate would say if they share the ticket with the other. The debate falls just before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary.
Apr 14th, 2008 · Host Alex Chadwick talks to NPR senior Washington editor Ron Elving about costly gaffes made by presidential candidates. After Senator Barak Obama's "bitter" comment, is he successfully moving past it?