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Republican Primary 2016
May 12, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 13: The Destruction of the Parties Is Nigh
A #NeverTrump operative and a liberal commentator discuss the futures of the Republican and Democratic parties.
May 11, 2016
Jeet Heer
Are Donald Trump’s supporters idiots?
May 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Haters and Losers Who Now Support Trump
They're eating their words.
May 6, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Jeb Bush broke his pledge to support the Republican nominee.
May 6, 2016
Brian Beutler
Let’s not normalize Trump; but let’s not otherize him either.
May 5, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 12: Andrew Sullivan Says Trump Will Ruin Us. Is He Right?
May 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Kasich might actually be more of a narcissist than Trump.
May 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ben Carson is in a perfect position to become Trump’s vice presidential pick.
May 4, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Goodbye, John Kasich.
May 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is John Kasich a masochist?
May 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz didn’t see this coming.
May 4, 2016
Adam Peck
The six days of Carly Fiorina’s vice presidential campaign, ranked.
What an incredible journey it's been.
May 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
Trump the nominee is surprisingly low-energy.
May 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz’s Time for Choosing
Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee, but will Cruz endorse him? If he does, the conservative movement is dead.
May 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump has won Indiana—and delivered a decisive blow to Ted Cruz’s campaign.
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
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.

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