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Ted Cruz
January 15, 2016
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz turns on his former law professor.
January 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
The one thing the Republican candidates can agree on is that the world is a scary place.
January 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
What if you threw a Benghazi and no one came?
January 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
As we head into the GOP debate, the primary is starting to resemble the end of Reservoir Dogs.
January 14, 2016
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz has the same “dead broke” problem that dogged Hillary Clinton.
January 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz Will Be a Big Fat Target at Tonight’s Debate
Leading in the polls in Iowa, and reeling from a controversy surrounding his connections to Goldman Sachs, Cruz finds himself in the crosshairs.
January 14, 2016
David Dayen
Ted Cruz Is a Perfect Example of Why the 1% Runs Washington
January 14, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know About Thursday’s GOP Debate
January 14, 2016
Brian Beutler
Thursday’s Debate Is Make-or-Break for the GOP Establishment
Short of a Rubio miracle, party insiders will need to start thinking about which of two evils they fear less.
January 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Fear of a Canadian Planet
Republican concerns about Ted Cruz's citizenship are part of a long history of apprehension surrounding the Great White North.
January 14, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Did Ted Cruz really pour his life savings into his 2012 Senate campaign? Or did he just ask for a huge loan from Goldman Sachs?
January 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Republican Party elites are starting to indicate that Rubio should be the guy to take on Cruz and Trump.
January 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Everything’s coming up Ted Cruz.
January 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz is playing with fire.
January 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
David Brooks decries Ted Cruz’s “tribalist” politics but engages in some of his own.
January 11, 2016
Brian Beutler
Will the GOP’s Identity Politics Doom Marco Rubio?
The Republican base is old, cantankerous, and white. Senator Rubio is not.
January 9, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Republican Party is running the first X-rated presidential primary in American history.
January 8, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Here’s today’s Ted Cruz birther watch.
January 8, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Jeb Bush has reached a new level of unpopularity.
January 7, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Ted Cruz birtherism is tearing the conservative movement apart.

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