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Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about political events this week. Now that the Republican and Democratic conventions are out of the way, both Al Gore and George W. Bush are hitting the campaign trail with more vigor.

Noah talks to NPR's national political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold about the efforts by Republicans to repeal the gas tax, efforts by Democrats to raise the minimum wage, and the passage of the immigration bill in the Senate this week.

Two of the nation’s largest gun sellers announced they will take steps to curb firearm sales. Dick’s Sporting Goods says it will stop selling…

NPR's John Nielsen reports that Republicans are trying to divine the meaning of yesterday's political straw poll in Ames, Iowa, involving Republican candidates for President. Bob Dole and Phil Gramm tied for the number one spot...an outcome Gramm is calling a stunning victory.

Democrats and Republicans are getting ready for the next round of elections. The party chairmen, the Democrats' Howard Dean and Republicans' Ken Mehlman, both see a need to reach out to voters from the other's core constituencies.

Commentator Elvis Mitchell joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss a recent cinematic trend: movies that take a political stand. The Manchurian Candidate, Farenheit 9-11 and Outfoxed are among them.

between Alexander Lebed and ousted Yeltsin bodyguard Alexander Korzhakov.

As potential presidential candidates start to line up, voters will begin thinking once again about who will make the best leader for this country. Daniel talks with historian Michael Beschloss and Charles Cook, of the Cook Political Report, about what qualities the American public typically looks for in a leader. And whether those qualities are necessarily what it takes to be a good president.

We hear excerpts of stump speeches from Republican candidates Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan as they campaign on the eve of Tuesday's primaries.

There are now just two statewide Democratic officials, and one of them, Sen. Claire McCaskill, is in the midst of a hard re-election race.