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Election 2016
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.”
February 5, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Here is some comic relief before you have to watch candidates actually say these things and mean them in the Democratic debate.
February 5, 2016
Jamil Smith
Hillary Clinton needs to make a better case for pragmatism.
February 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
The question of whether Clinton is a real progressive will be at the heart of tonight’s debate.
February 4, 2016
Sasha Belenky
People are getting tattoos of their favorite presidential candidates.
February 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
How Hillary Clinton Can Win Over Millennials
After a dismal showing with young voters in Iowa, the Democratic frontrunner needs to show in Thursday night's debate that she can effectively address young voters' economic anxieties.
February 4, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton’s Bet on Flint
There's more than one reason the Democratic candidate has jumped on the city's water crisis.
February 4, 2016
Alex Shephard, Clio Chang
Everybody Hates Ted
Ted Cruz is so easy to hate that loathing him has become a form of political poetry.
February 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
Marco Rubio might want Rick Santorum to stop endorsing him.

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