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Election 2016
February 29, 2016
Jeet Heer
The GOP race enters strange territory as Rubio jokes about Trump’s small penis.
February 28, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is Donald Trump bossing Chris Christie around in this clip?
February 28, 2016
Adam Peck
Hillary Clinton did better among black voters than Barack Obama did in 2008.
February 28, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the South Carolina primary as soon as the polls closed.
February 27, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Marco Rubio’s campaign against Donald Trump has turned into bad stand-up.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Today’s the day the 2016 Republican race became a hallucination.
February 26, 2016
Brian Beutler
Marco Rubio’s Trump Attacks Expose Uncomfortable Truths for the Right
They raise the question of how a crooked demagogue managed to commandeer the Republican Party, almost without trying.
February 26, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Rubio insults Trump and immigrants for being bad spellers, while proving he can’t read.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The GOP race has boiled down to two men: The con artist vs. Mr. Meltdown.
February 26, 2016
Laura Reston
Ad Wars 2016: The Search for the Elusive Silver Bullet
With Super Tuesday looming, candidates like Marco Rubio are spending millions on the long-shot hope of producing one game-changing ad. Plus: This week’s campaign ad round-up.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Highlights from the tenth Republican presidential debate.
February 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Bloodied But Unbowed
At Thursday's debate, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally scored points against the front-runner. But why did they wait so long?
February 26, 2016
Laura Reston
This is the moment Donald Trump tried to sweep months of racism under the rug.
February 26, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Here are all the weird things Ben Carson said at tonight’s GOP debate.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Even Glenn Beck, a Ted Cruz supporter, thinks Marco Rubio is “killing it” at tonight’s GOP debate.
February 26, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
“We are the party of diversity,” says Marco Rubio, completely without irony.
February 26, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Is Telemundo Trump’s new Fox?
February 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why is Donald Trump obsessed with shame?
February 25, 2016
Adam Peck
Hillary Clinton regrets using the term “superpredator” in a speech 20 years ago.
February 25, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Hey, Marco Rubio has hit upon a campaign strategy that might actually work.

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