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Republican Debates 2016
January 15, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant, Gwyneth Kelly, Meaghan Murphy
Highlights from the Sixth Republican Debate
Here's what you missed from the debate in North Charleston, South Carolina.
January 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
The one thing the Republican candidates can agree on is that the world is a scary place.
January 15, 2016
Jamil Smith
We need to hear the Republican candidates talk about the Flint water crisis.
January 15, 2016
Steven Cohen
Rick Santorum: Deporting immigrants is a “gift” to their native countries.
January 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
As we head into the GOP debate, the primary is starting to resemble the end of Reservoir Dogs.
January 15, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Yes, it’s safe to Google “Rick Santorum.”
January 14, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Is Carly Fiorina’s dig at Hillary Clinton the most sexist comment yet in the Republican primary?
January 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
For a bunch of people who definitely won’t be president, the undercard debaters sure are taking this thing seriously.
January 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Donald Trump’s mouth is a lot like Kim Kardashian’s derrière, according to Carly Fiorina.
January 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz Will Be a Big Fat Target at Tonight’s Debate
Leading in the polls in Iowa, and reeling from a controversy surrounding his connections to Goldman Sachs, Cruz finds himself in the crosshairs.
January 14, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know About Thursday’s GOP Debate
January 14, 2016
Brian Beutler
Thursday’s Debate Is Make-or-Break for the GOP Establishment
Short of a Rubio miracle, party insiders will need to start thinking about which of two evils they fear less.
December 18, 2015
Brian Beutler
Democrats Should Squash the Ginned-Up Right-Wing Panic
Saturday's debate is a chance for Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley to deflate the Republicans' politics of paranoia.
December 16, 2015
Brian Beutler
There’s Nothing Radical About Republicans’ Foreign Policy
Only xenophobia and blustering rhetoric set their ideas apart from Hillary Clinton's.
December 16, 2015
Laura Reston
Hillary Clinton boogied with foreign dictators last night—on Snapchat.
December 16, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Curious who won the Republican debate? Let’s ask Politico’s “GOP Insiders.”
December 16, 2015
Jamil Smith
How Rand Paul Proved His Usefulness
While the other Republicans spent debate night measuring their manhood, the senator from Kentucky provided the lone voice of reason.
December 16, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Read Donald Trump’s stirring soliloquy on the senselessness of war.
December 16, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Who won the GOP debate?
December 16, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Jeb Bush’s Empty Triumph Over Donald Trump
He landed a lot of punches, but also exposed the Republican Party's lack of a credible alternative to the front-runner's bellicosity.

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