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Bernie Sanders
December 29, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Bernie Sanders just lost the NFL vote.
December 23, 2015
Laura Reston
Bernie Sanders spent more time speaking on the Senate floor this year than any of the other people running for president.
December 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Democrats Still Aren’t Having a Conversation About Race
Their rhetoric about structural racism is political boilerplate, not actual debate.
December 20, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley closed with nods to immigration reform, as ABC forgot to ask directly.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Got the Debate of Her Dreams
By focusing on national security, Clinton was able to turn the Democratic debate into a showcase of her strengths in the general election
December 20, 2015
Brian Beutler
Democrats Get Trump Better Than Republicans Do
In Saturday's debate, the candidates made clear they don't share the GOP establishment's wishful thinking that the Donald will fade away.
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Climate change only came up in the first and last minute of the Democratic debate.
December 20, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant, Laura Reston
Highlights from the Third Democratic Debate
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Obama played golf instead of watching the Democratic debate tonight.
December 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Maybe health care shouldn’t be a commodity, Sanders suggests.
December 20, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Sanders says Clinton is “too much into regime change.”
December 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Martin O’Malley inexplicably plays the age card; audience audibly groans.
December 20, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Bernie Sanders turned a question about profiling Muslims into a rant about income inequality, because of course he did.
December 20, 2015
Laura Reston
Bernie Sanders got testy in response to charges that he was soft on the gun industry in Congress.
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have the same position on America being the world’s policeman.
December 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Amidst almost total agreement on commonsense gun regulations, Martin O’Malley has an O’Meltdown.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
You know it’s a bizarre debate when Bernie Sanders is the one calling for calm.
December 20, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders make nice over the data breach controversy.
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Bernie Sanders has apologized to Hillary Clinton, proving wrong everyone who predicted major fireworks in the debate tonight.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
The DNC deserves credit for creative debate scheduling.

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