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Democratic Debates 2016
January 26, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Hillary Clinton has just one thing on her mind tonight.
January 25, 2016
Brian Beutler
Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble?
Hillary Clinton's supporters have yet to make a persuasive case that Sanders is too great a risk.
January 20, 2016
Brian Beutler
How the Bernie-Hillary Fight Over Obamacare Is Putting the GOP to Shame
The very existence of the Democratic debate over health care indicts the Republican Party's near-total indifference to the issue.
January 18, 2016
David Dayen
The Divide That Could Decide the Democratic Primary
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton don't agree on financial reform. Whose side will voters take?
January 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Democrats finally got around to mentioning “structural racism” Sunday, but they still didn’t debate it.
January 18, 2016
Suzy Khimm
To Fend Off Sanders, Clinton Bear-Hugs Obama
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bernie is tired of talking about Bill Clinton.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton delivered the best environmental answer of the night, unprompted.
January 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
The Democratic Debate Was Substantive, Respectful, and the Harbinger of a Long Primary
Bernie Sanders proved he'll be a tough competitor in Iowa and New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton showed she's up to the challenge.
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why does Bernie always come back to economics?
January 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
You Say You Want a Revolution, Bernie?
Sanders's theory of political change isn't as plausible as Hillary Clinton's.
January 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
Here is Martin O’Malley’s “I’m a bad widdle boy” face.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
NBC could have asked Democratic candidates 1,000 smarter questions on climate change than this.
January 18, 2016
Gabriel Snyder
What do you want? Bernie’s “guts” or Hillary’s “experience”?
January 18, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Watch Bernie Sanders lol when Hillary Clinton said he attacked Obama.
January 18, 2016
Suzy Khimm
Hillary Clinton finally affirmed a positive vision for health care by bear-hugging Obama.
January 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
Young people still love Bernie Sanders, even though he desperately needs a Werther’s Original right now.
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bernie Sanders: It’s not about conservatives versus liberals, but money versus democracy.
January 18, 2016
Steven Cohen, Laura Reston, Meaghan Murphy
Highlights from the Fourth Democratic Debate
Here's what you missed.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders said Hillary Clinton is being “disingenuous” about his position on guns.

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