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Election 2016
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.
December 20, 2015
Laura Reston
Bernie Sanders got testy in response to charges that he was soft on the gun industry in Congress.
December 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
No refugee religious tests for Clinton and O’Malley, thanks.
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have the same position on America being the world’s policeman.
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Martin O’Malley is clearly the third wheel at this debate.
December 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
You know it’s a bizarre debate when Bernie Sanders is the one calling for calm.
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Is ISIS using Donald Trump to recruit?
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Bernie Sanders has apologized to Hillary Clinton, proving wrong everyone who predicted major fireworks in the debate tonight.
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Martin O’Malley is pitching himself as the anti-Islamophobia candidate.

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