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Election 2016
January 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Fear of a Canadian Planet
Republican concerns about Ted Cruz's citizenship are part of a long history of apprehension surrounding the Great White North.
January 14, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Did Ted Cruz really pour his life savings into his 2012 Senate campaign? Or did he just ask for a huge loan from Goldman Sachs?
January 13, 2016
Jamil Smith
Barack Obama’s Quixotic Quest
The first black president was never going to be able to fix our politics.
January 13, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Chris Christie says a journalist misquoted him about Planned Parenthood. That journalist is now his spokesperson.
January 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
How Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Can Unite on Health Care
It's the public option, stupid!
January 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Republican Party elites are starting to indicate that Rubio should be the guy to take on Cruz and Trump.
January 13, 2016
Laura Reston
This Ted Cruz ad is a model for how Republicans can attack Marco Rubio’s most glaring weakness.
January 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Everything’s coming up Ted Cruz.
January 13, 2016
David Dayen
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Challenger Has a Chance
Thousands of Democrats want the DNC chair to resign. Populist Timothy Canova has another idea.
January 13, 2016
Suzy Khimm
Obama: America Is Great Again Already
The president rejected the Republican narrative of decay and weakness in his last State of the Union address.
January 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Nikki Haley’s Two-Front War
In her State of the Union response, Haley had to fight both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
January 13, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Republicans are trolling President Barack Obama with their State of the Union guests.
January 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
Nikki Haley Will Be Responding to Trump, not Obama
The South Carolina governor is the GOP's answer to Trumpism—but it's not enough.
January 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
Why aren’t Hillary and Bernie pushing the public option?
January 12, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Explains the Trump-Sanders Crossover Vote?
They speak to the same American anxieties—even though they offer radically different solutions.
January 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
The new anti-Rubio ad by Jeb Bush’s super PAC is hilariously bad.
January 12, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
What’s worse, having a father that helped the Nazis or blackmailing your gay brother?
January 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
The First Speech of Obama’s Post-Presidency
Tuesday’s State of the Union is an opportunity for him to begin writing the next chapter.
January 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
Iowa Will Not Be Donald Trump’s Waterloo
Despite the pundits' almost universal predictions, the mogul and his white identity politics can weather a few losses.
January 11, 2016
Rebecca Leber
This endorsement secures Marco Rubio’s spot as 2016’s most dangerous candidate for the climate.

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