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Ted Cruz
February 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump asserted his dominance over Cruz early in the debate.
February 7, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Tonight’s debate will have six bullies and one persecuted nerd: Marco Rubio.
February 6, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz confirms that “New York values” is code for “Jewish.”
February 6, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know about Saturday’s GOP Debate
Donald Trump is beginning to realize he might lose, but the GOP establishment is still on the ropes.
February 6, 2016
Brian Beutler
Will Marco Rubio Finally Be Tested?
His positions are different in kind, and more extreme, than those of recent Republican nominees, but have received no scrutiny. Maybe that will change in Saturday's debate.
February 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
A naked Ted Cruz was once allegedly locked out of his Princeton dormitory.
February 4, 2016
Sasha Belenky
People are getting tattoos of their favorite presidential candidates.
February 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz’s super PAC can’t spell “country.”
February 4, 2016
Alex Shephard, Clio Chang
Everybody Hates Ted
Ted Cruz is so easy to hate that loathing him has become a form of political poetry.
February 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders Will Be Unelectable If He Keeps This Up
His Twitter feud with Hillary revealed a core issue that should dominate Thursday's debate.
February 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
Who’s the Ugly Loser Now?
Donald Trump can't accept defeat gracefully. That will hurt him at the polls.
February 3, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Republicans can’t keep their spanking fantasies about Hillary Clinton to themselves.
February 3, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump says Ted Cruz “illegally stole” Iowa, then claims he merely “stole” it.
February 3, 2016
Steven Cohen
Steve King Is the Happiest Man in Iowa
How the Iowa fire-breather helped drag the Republican Party into nativism.
February 2, 2016
Brian Beutler
Marco Rubio’s path to victory has an underpants gnome problem.
February 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ben Carson is the latest candidate to declare that he just doesn’t like Ted Cruz.
February 2, 2016
Brian Beutler
The GOP’s Donald Trump Nightmare Is Far From Over
Will he rebound from his underperformance in Iowa, or is his demise finally upon us?
February 2, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Donald Trump’s loss shows you can’t openly mock Christianity and still win the evangelical vote.
February 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Rubio-mentum is real. Are Jeb Bush and Chris Christie going to play spoiler?
February 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Five Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses
Cruz wins. Clinton and Sanders play to a virtual tie. And Trump isn't going anywhere...

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