Bob Schieffer

CBS's Bob Schieffer certainly wasn't in an Obama-loving mood Sunday. CBS's Bob Schieffer certainly wasn't in an Obama-loving mood Sunday. Having asked the President's senior campaign adviser "Whatever happened to hope and change" early in the program, the Face the Nation host in a subsequent segment laughed out loud after playing a clip of Obama bragging about his accomplishments on 60 Minutes last year (video follows with transcript and...  

Barack Obama's senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs certainly didn't expect this question when he agreed to go on CBS's Face the Nation Sunday. Right out of the gate host Bob Schieffer pressed his guest about all the negative ads the President's campaign is running until he finally asked, "Whatever happened to hope and change?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):VideoBOB SCHIEFFER: You know one of the refreshing changes when, when...  

Vice President Joe Biden promised the families of fallen soldiers one day "the thought of your son or daughter or your husband or wife" will bring a smile to their lips before it brings a tear to their eyes. Bob Schieffer joins him in hoping that day comes sooner rather than later for all.  

When journalist Bob Schieffer isn’t wearing his newsman suits, he dons blue jeans and joins the award-winning band Honky Tonk Confidential. They’ve even played the Grand Ole Opry. And on June 14, the band and Schieffer will perform in a special Flag Day event at the National Museum of American History. The retro/alt country band will interpret songs popular during the Civil War in conjunction with a gift to the Smithsonian of Broadcast Music...  

Our political Quote of the Day comes from CBS’s Bob Schieffer, who, as I’ve said before, was really person who should have succeeded Walter Cronkite: “But you know, I tell you something, Imus — what I find really interesting. What’s going on here, frankly, is you know, Mitt Romney, is not the robber baron that [...]  

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Clad in purple socks, a nod to Louisiana State University's trademark purple and yellow, and standing beneath a shimmering disco ball, veteran newsman Bob Schieffer told graduates of the LSU's Manship School of Mass ...  

Journalist addresses Manship graduates Purple lights twinkled down upon renowned veteran journalist Bob Schieffer Friday as he told a group of more than 100 Manship School of Ma...  

Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation," talks to Charlie Rose and Erica Hill about the flare-up over President Obama's criticism of Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital.  

I remember when my Mother died a friend said, "It takes a long time before you stop thinking of your Mother every day." My mother died decades ago, and I'm still waiting for that day. Somehow, some way, not a day passes that I don't think of her ...  

Bob Schieffer thinks the bipartisan uproar over a commissioning of racially charged campaign ads was a good sign that "in this era of anything goes, it's good to know at least a few things still don't."  

CBS's Bob Schieffer ended Sunday's Face the Nation by disgracefully connecting the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles to Trayvon Martin. After showing videos of the King beating as well as the aftermath of the criminal ...  

On Mother's Day, Bob Schieffer says, "The real core of our strength goes much deeper-to the mothers who teach us what is right and wrong," and thanks all moms for doing as much.  

Soon, viewers will be able to “Hang Out” with CBS “Face the Nation” moderator Bob Schieffer. At a party last night in Washington, CBS unveiled plans to do monthly Google+ “Hangouts” with Schieffer, correspondents and political guests. People that normally wouldn’t be able to be in the same room would be able to participate, with excerpts appearing on the show, which is now an hour long (which means more airtime to fill!). FishbowlDC’s Eddie...  

CBS News Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer and WBAL's Dave Durian took time friday to tell stories about news legend Mike Wallace who passed away last weekend. A special 60 Minutes broadcast honoring Mike Wallace will air this Sunday night.  

Nobody knows Washington better than Bob Schieffer, nor is there anyone more well liked and respected in the entire journalism world.  

In an interview with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bob Schieffer, host of Face the Nation on CBS, falsely claimed that the Affordable Care Act required religiously-affiliated institutions -- including churches -- to "buy birth control pills for their ...  

Moderator Bob Schieffer says he has long wanted an additional 30 minutes for the public affairs show that airs at 9:30 a.m. on CBS 58. He says Biden's interview is not to be missed, saying Biden suits the role of attacking opponents so President Obama can ...  

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Here at Today's THV, we often pause for our Craig O'Neill to give his take on the world... Tonight, in the form of Craig's Twist 59, he turns to none other than the venerable Bob Schieffer of Face the Nation as seen Sundays on CBS.  

It's not breaking news that Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has been engaging in some serious false witnessing when it comes to women's health care and the Church's full assault on it in ...  

Bob Schieffer asks, "Is it too much to wish that at least one or two" of the serious issues - jobs, the nation's deficit, foreign policy - be addressed in the presidential campaign?  

NEW YORK — Bob Schieffer has always wanted CBS’ ”Face the Nation” to be an hour-long show, and this weekend he gets his wish — and Joe Biden, too. Schieffer traveled to Milwaukee on Thursday to interview the vice president for Sunday’s show.  

Guests entering Fathom art gallery last night encountered purple socks hanging on a makeshift laundry line. The socks bore logos of Google Inc. (GOOG) and the CBS (CBS) Sunday morning fixture “Face the Nation,” which were celebrating a new partnership.  

Bob Schieffer likes Gov. Jerry Brown's 1979 assessment of what a president should be. Brown told Schieffer, "I don't think presidents function as managers, they should function as a leader." It's a debate that hasn't gone away in the past 30 years.  

Bob Schieffer expects some or all of the Affordable Care Act to be struck down by the court, likely the mandate on health insurance ... and we benefitted from listening to Bob Schieffer. Tom Campbell is a former assistant North Carolina treasurer and ...  

Shortly after Schieffer started as host two decades ago, he said his competitor, the late Tim Russert of "Meet the Press," went to his NBC bosses to urge that the show be expanded to an hour. Give me three months, Russert said, and if the ...  

CBS News chief Washington correspondent and "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer offers analysis of Newt Gingrich's time in the GOP presidential contest.  

Bob Schieffer thinks baseball's great lesson is how to deal with failure. But the miracles it produces are always fun to watch - like seeing the Colorado Rockies' 49 year-old Jamie Moyer became the oldest major league pitcher to win a ball game this week.  

Schieffer visits Philly CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer was ... I do not knock Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett for slashing a budget. I also believe my baby, the arts, has to mingle in the bathwater with other people’s pets. The Upper Darby ...  

Sixty-five years ago Jackie Robinson stepped out of the Brooklyn Dodgers dugout and became the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues. Bob Schieffer says his bravery wasn't just good for baseball, it was good for America.  

NEW YORK (AP) — Five years ago, just off a bout from cancer, Bob Schieffer was set to retire from CBS's "Face the Nation." That never stuck, and now he's doubling his workload. Starting Sunday, the public affairs program expands to an hour. Vice President Joe Biden, whom Schieffer interviewed Thursday in Milwaukee, is the featured guest. Republican presid...  

The Sunday interview show hosts all reacted with disbelief toward House Speaker John Boehner’s pledge to demand spending cuts equal to the debt ceiling increase, with CBS’s Bob Schieffer the most derisive as he declared “it was a week when you couldn’t believe your ears” because, when Boehner said the same thing last year, “Congress tied itself in such a knot that America’s credit...  

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bob Schieffer has always wanted CBS' "Face the Nation" to be an hour-long show, and this weekend he gets his wish - and Joe Biden, too. Schieffer traveled to Milwaukee on Thursday to interview the vice president for Sunday's show. Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are also scheduled guests.  

Beginning Sunday, April 1, "Face the Nation" expands to one full hour. Bob Schieffer offers a glimpse of what you may see LESS of.  

(CBS News) After bowing out from the Republican presidential race Wednesday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is no worse off than he was before he ran for president, says CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer. Mitt Romney ...  

CBS’s Bob Schieffer, who in February asked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie whether the Republican presidential candidates “are pushing your party too far to the right to make the nomination worth anything when you get to November?”  

On the broadcast, Bob Schieffer interviewed Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), former Secret Service Director Ralph Basham, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Schieffer also interviewed ...  

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Veteran "60 Minutes" journalist Mike Wallace has died, CBS News said Sunday. "Face the nation" host Bob Schieffer announced the death of Wallace, who was 93, on his program. No cause of death was immediately released, although Schieffer said Wallace died at a care facility in New Haven, Conn., where he lived in recent years. Wallace had worked as a correspondent on the CBS News program "60 Minutes" since its inception...  

Pelley: Bob, what do you see? Schieffer: Scott, I think most people who follow politics, including me, have always thought this presidential race was going to be close. But the deeper you get into these numbers, the closer it appears to be.