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Election 2016
December 23, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Rand Paul’s #festivus tweetstorm is amusing but also a tad desperate.
December 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz is exploiting a cartoon that made fun of him for exploiting his family to raise money.
December 23, 2015
David Dayen
America Is Not Becoming More Liberal
The public might be moving left, but the Democratic and Republican parties are not.
December 22, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Donald Trump and Fox News to kiss and make up, sing Auld Lang Syne together on New Year’s Eve.
December 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
You say “tomato,” I say “racism.”
December 22, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Hillary can’t stop courting women voters.
December 22, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump might be a putz, but he’s not meshuggeneh.
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
Here are the most notable Donald Trump quotes of the past 15 hours (or so).
December 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
People really don’t like the Bushes.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
Byron York is old enough to remember that Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have remarkably different immigration records.
December 21, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Marco Rubio is now the GOP’s most progressive presidential candidate on immigration reform.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
It’s almost as if many people in America harbor deep antipathy to minorities.
December 21, 2015
Laura Reston
Watch Ted Cruz read Christmas classics like “How Obamacare Stole Christmas” and “Rudolf the Underemployed Reindeer.”
December 21, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Lindsey Graham, one of the only presidential candidates who seemed to enjoy campaigning, is dropping out of the 2016 race.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
An impossible bind.
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The Case for Taking Martin O’Malley Seriously
The debates haven't done him any favors, but he's still had an important role in the Democratic primary.
December 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Democrats Still Aren’t Having a Conversation About Race
Their rhetoric about structural racism is political boilerplate, not actual debate.
December 20, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Hillary Clinton Is Already Running a General Election Campaign
Her economic message is tailored for a Republican opponent, not to reassure progressives.
December 20, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Hillary Clinton closes the third Democratic debate by saying, “May the Force be with you.”
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Got the Debate of Her Dreams
By focusing on national security, Clinton was able to turn the Democratic debate into a showcase of her strengths in the general election

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