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Republican Debates 2016
February 26, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
“We are the party of diversity,” says Marco Rubio, completely without irony.
February 26, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Donald Trump burned Marco Rubio with his own dang burn.
February 26, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Is Telemundo Trump’s new Fox?
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Whoever programmed Marco Rubio did a good job.
February 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why is Donald Trump obsessed with shame?
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is going in on the fact that everybody hates Ted Cruz.
February 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Can you imagine two worse people to stop Donald Trump than Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio?
February 25, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know About Thursday’s GOP Debate
February 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Republican Primary Is Now a Giant Kindergarten Spat
On Saturday night in South Carolina, as rivals tried to outshout Trump, the debate officially sunk to his level.
February 14, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Highlights from the ninth Republican presidential debate.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Here’s the exact moment CBS News lost control of the GOP debate in South Carolina.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Ben Carson’s got your chain email Josef Stalin misquotes right here.
February 14, 2016
Steven Cohen
Someone hit the SAP button on the Republican debate.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Mooning everyone could only help Jeb at this point.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Rubio’s child tax credit isn’t friendly to poor families (by design).
February 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
The anti-war movement of 2003 has finally found its voice: Donald Trump.
February 14, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Let’s dispel with this bogus Republican 80-year talking point about Supreme Court nominations.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Trump attacks the crowd, and the crowd loves it.
February 14, 2016
Laura Reston
The Republican debate audience booed the facts.
February 14, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Donald Trump wants the Senate to “delay, delay, delay” the confirmation of Antonin Scalia’s replacement.

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