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April 14, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 9: Divide and Flounder
April 14, 2016
Bill Scher
Is the Republican Party Too Cowardly to Stop Trump?
Paul Ryan has taken his name out of the mix, proving the GOP isn’t serious about derailing Trump's candidacy at the convention.
April 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz’s college days as a widely hated masturbator have come back to haunt him.
April 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Depriving Donald Trump of the Republican nomination will not be pretty.
April 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Either Paul Ryan Means It, or He’s Lost His Mind
What all the speculation surrounding his potential nomination missed.
April 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan as speaker makes much more sense than Paul Ryan as GOP presidential nominee.
April 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Paul Ryan is not running for president—in 2016.
April 8, 2016
Laura Reston
New York Campaign Ads Are a Tale of Two Cities
Ahead of the April 19 primary, we're seeing a kinder, gentler side of the Big Apple.
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
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 1, 2016
Laura Reston
Ted Cruz Is a Damn Good Actor
As Wisconsin TV viewers are discovering this week, nobody’s better at the “talking directly to you” ad than the Texas senator and former thespian.
March 31, 2016
Alex Shephard
This phallic anti-Ted Cruz ad is the stuff of nightmares.
March 31, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 8: R@tfucking, How Does It Work?
March 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
The GOP loyalty pledge is dead.
March 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump: I hope the National Enquirer, which often gets things right, is wrong about Ted Cruz, who is a liar.

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