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Republican Primary 2016
February 12, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Vladimir Putin is the shadow candidate of the Republican primary.
February 11, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 1: The New Hampshire Primary
Yes, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump won. But there's more to it than that.
February 11, 2016
Laura Reston
Why Are All the Candidates Talking About Addiction?
Twenty years ago, scoring political points with personal tales of drug-addicted relatives would have been frowned upon. Now, everybody from Donald Trump to Jeb Bush is doing it.
February 10, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Carly Fiorina, the anti-Hillary, is dropping out of the presidential race.
February 10, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Here are seven sentences that explain American politics better than this one from Donald Trump.
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Marco Rubio won Iowa by coming in third. What about Ted Cruz’s third-place New Hampshire victory?
February 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Chris Christie was the Babe Ruth of the 2016 race.
February 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is this Jeb Bush’s moment?
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
It was a three-man Republican race after Iowa. How many men is the race now?
February 10, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Marcobot has become self-aware.
February 10, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Jeb! finds a couple people to clap for him after all.
February 10, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Enormous New Hampshire Victory Is a Crippling Blow to the GOP
His critics thought he would fade away after his loss in Iowa. Instead he came roaring back.
February 10, 2016
Jeet Heer
Iowa was not Donald Trump’s kryptonite, after all.
February 10, 2016
Laura Reston
John Kasich upended expectations Tuesday night, finishing second in the New Hampshire primary.
February 10, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Chris Christie’s takedown of Marco Rubio now looks like a murder-suicide.
February 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Jim Gilmore’s watch party is the coolest place to be in New Hampshire tonight—for the approximately five people who attended.
February 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Trump is back.
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have won the New Hampshire primaries.
February 9, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Don’t forget, the third-place winner in the 2012 New Hampshire primary was Jon Huntsman.
February 9, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
How independent are New Hampshire’s voters really?

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