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Republican Primary 2016
April 6, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Reminder to conservatives: Ted Cruz would be a terrible general election candidate!
April 6, 2016
Jeet Heer
When You’re a Trumpkin, You’re a Trumpkin All the Way
Ted Cruz won big in Wisconsin, but the staying power of Trump's base is the real story of the night.
April 6, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Ted Cruz is so confident he’s “uniting” the GOP that he quoted JFK.
April 6, 2016
Laura Reston
The Republican establishment can breathe easy: We’re headed toward a brokered convention.
April 6, 2016
Jeet Heer
Wisconsin is do-or-die for Ted Cruz.
April 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s new plan to pay for a Mexican border wall would upend the lives of thousands of Mexicans and destroy U.S.-Mexico relations.
April 5, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Ted Cruz’s favorite cheese is “all of them.”
April 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Default Messiah
Ted Cruz has become some establishment Republicans' last, strange hope. But can he knit together a coalition of purists and pragmatists?
April 4, 2016
Bruce Murphy
Why Talk Radio Is Donald Trump’s Sworn Enemy in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin primary unmasks the contempt some Republicans have for a key part of their base.
April 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
In a bleak election season, Bill Kristol takes comfort in dingbat Marxism.
April 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Does Ben Carson have buyer’s remorse?
April 4, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
A very angry Donald Trump campaign memo was titled, “Digging through the Bull S--t.”
April 1, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The picture of Donald Trump’s war room is hilarious.
April 1, 2016
MagazineJeet Heer
Republic of Fear
Donald Trump has already transformed American culture. Even if he loses the election, Trumpism is here to stay.
March 31, 2016
Adam Peck
Breaking his pledge to support the Republican nominee could cost Donald Trump delegates.
March 31, 2016
Alex Shephard
This phallic anti-Ted Cruz ad is the stuff of nightmares.
March 31, 2016
Alex Shephard
Wisconsin voters hate Donald Trump.
March 31, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
It sure looks like Donald Trump is going to be a disastrous general election candidate.
March 31, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 8: R@tfucking, How Does It Work?
March 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump doesn’t know anything about abortion politics. But we can still learn a lot from what he has to say.

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