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October 1, 2020
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Matt Ford
Trump Never Answered the Debate’s Most Important Question
Let there be no “both-sidesing” of the primary cause of American anxiety.
February 26, 2020
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Jason Linkins
Why Warren Is Out for Bloomberg’s Blood
She has been criticized for declining to attack Bernie Sanders. But there’s a very good reason to focus on the billionaire former mayor instead.
February 26, 2020
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Alex Pareene
The Selling of the Democratic Primary
The South Carolina debate was more like a buyers’ showroom than a public service.
February 20, 2020
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Heather Souvaine Horn
The Radicalism of Warren’s Unapologetic Aggression
The senator’s evisceration of her competitors at the Las Vegas Democratic debate hinted at an ability to shatter a long-standing political convention.
February 20, 2020
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Osita Nwanevu
The Democrats Are Finally Brawling Over the Party’s Future
The knives came out in Wednesday’s debate, a portent of much more consequential fights to come in 2020.
February 20, 2020
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Matt Ford
America’s Founders Did Not Worry About Politicians Like Michael Bloomberg
The former New York mayor isn’t subverting the American electoral system. He’s exploiting its intentional flaws.
January 16, 2020
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Libby Watson
Let Them Fight!
A great nation deserves a raucous and argumentative primary, not a fake demonstration of unity.
January 15, 2020
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Walter Shapiro
The Perils of Going Negative
Why the candidates, wisely, refused to go for the jugular in the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses
January 15, 2020
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Libby Watson
CNN Unleashes Another Exercise in Diminishing Marginal Utility
A long night of wan questions and worn tropes raises the question: Can't Democrats find a better way to stage their primary debates?
January 9, 2020
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Libby Watson
A Better Health Care Debate Is Possible
For all the time spent inciting spats among Democrats, moderators have barely scratched the surface of a vital policy dispute.
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