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Election 2016
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
December 20, 2015
Brian Beutler
Democrats Get Trump Better Than Republicans Do
In Saturday's debate, the candidates made clear they don't share the GOP establishment's wishful thinking that the Donald will fade away.
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Hillary Clinton is doing her best to avoid taking responsibility for Libya.
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Hillary made a lot of feminists cringe tonight.
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Climate change only came up in the first and last minute of the Democratic debate.
December 20, 2015
Steven Cohen
Why can’t Democrats speak out against the Ferguson Effect?
December 20, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant, Laura Reston
Highlights from the Third Democratic Debate
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Obama played golf instead of watching the Democratic debate tonight.
December 20, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Hillary: Everyone should love Hillary—including Wall Street!
December 20, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Martha Raddatz is the best part of the Democratic debate.
December 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Martin O’Malley inexplicably plays the age card; audience audibly groans.
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Where did Hillary Clinton go?
December 20, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Bernie Sanders turned a question about profiling Muslims into a rant about income inequality, because of course he did.

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