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Election 2016
May 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump has won Indiana—and delivered a decisive blow to Ted Cruz’s campaign.
May 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
Sanders needs a better argument for continuing the fight.
May 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Where does Ted Cruz go from here?
May 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump, who loves right-wing chain letters, implies that Ted Cruz’s dad helped kill JFK.
May 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Case for Lucifer
By choosing Donald Trump as the lesser evil over Ted Cruz, the GOP is painting itself as the party of bigotry.
May 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Hillary Clinton wants to have it both ways with clean energy.
May 3, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is today the day Ted Cruz calls it quits?
May 3, 2016
Nathaniel Rakich
What Makes a Presidential Nominee ‘Presumptive’?
Clinton and Trump have just about sewn up their respective races. But the media isn't using the p-word.
May 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is Trump Bro the new Joe the Plumber?
May 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Ted Cruz’s selection of Carly Fiorina as his VP backfiring?
May 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Ted Cruz can’t stop talking about spanking his kids.
May 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
At this point it looks like the Democrats will have a more divisive convention than the Republicans.
May 2, 2016
David Dayen
Why Hillary Clinton Won’t Offer a Bold Economic Agenda
Against Donald Trump, she won’t have to.
May 2, 2016
Bill Scher
Can Hillary Win Sanders Supporters and the Never-Trump Faction?
As Clinton heads into the general, she will be tempted to woo voters both on her left and her right.
May 1, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Obama saved his most stinging criticism for the press.
April 29, 2016
Adam Peck
Indiana Governor Mike Pence just gave Ted Cruz the most tepid endorsement possible.
April 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump’s general election strategy is to literally start a gender war.
April 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz knows he has to win Indiana, but he has no idea how to do it.
April 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
It’s becoming painfully clear the GOP doesn’t have the stomach to fight Donald Trump.
April 29, 2016
Laura Reston
Why “Electability” Is a Useless Argument Against Donald Trump
Both Ted Cruz and John Kasich are making the case that they're more viable in November than the frontrunner. It won't work.

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