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Election 2016
February 5, 2016
Laura Reston
Jeb! is bringing out the big gun: His brother.
February 5, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Donald Trump seems to have realized he could actually lose.
February 5, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Why is America’s most popular governor endorsing Chris Christie?
February 5, 2016
Laura Reston
Ad Wars 2016: Can John Kasich Score by Going Positive?
While the other Republicans assail each other in New Hampshire, the Ohio governor tries a radical experiment. Plus: This week’s ad round-up.
February 5, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Barbara Bush thinks Jeb is “relatively funny.”
February 5, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
That’s it for the fifth Democratic debate. Here’s what you missed.
February 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bill Clinton’s Legacy Haunts the Democratic Debate
In Thursday's debate, the Sanders-Clinton squabble over the progressive future was rooted in a dispute about the past.
February 5, 2016
Steven Cohen
Bernie Sanders can do better on foreign policy than bringing up Hillary Clinton’s Iraq War vote.
February 5, 2016
Jamil Smith
Bernie stole Hillary’s line on Flint.
February 5, 2016
Laura Reston
No one says “no” quite like Hillary.
February 5, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Hillary Clinton Wants You to Believe She’s Tough on Wall Street. She’s Not.
Clinton's ties to the financial industry were a central theme in her debate with Bernie Sanders.
February 5, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The Koch brothers make a record appearance in the Democratic debate.
February 5, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Both Bernie and Hillary will let an Iowa recount happen, if they must.
February 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
Hillary Clinton is still running on “Who do you want to answer the phone at 3 a.m.?”
February 5, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Here are just a few of the ways Hillary Clinton has defined herself as a progressive tonight.
February 5, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
The debate split screen has been fantastic thanks to Bernie’s plastic face.
February 5, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Why is it so hard for men to just not call Hillary Clinton shrill?
February 5, 2016
Rebecca Leber
We miss Martin O’Malley already.
February 5, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Hillary to Bernie: I can’t be the establishment because I’m a woman.
February 5, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Hillary calls the Sanders campaign’s attacks on her Wall Street ties an “artful smear.”

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