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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.
January 7, 2016
Brian Beutler
John McCain’s gone full birther!
January 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz Is All Alone
Now that he has fallen out of favor with Donald Trump, the Texas senator is left to fend for himself.
January 7, 2016
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz Is Exactly What the Political System Needs
Why Republicans and Democrats alike should welcome his nomination.
January 6, 2016
Laura Reston
Ted Cruz has released his weirdest campaign ad yet.
January 6, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump is a Ted Cruz birther and it’s fantastic.
January 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz’s anti-Obama ad plays on old wartime paranoia.
January 5, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Ted Cruz might not be Christian enough for the Christian right.
January 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is no longer the most extreme GOP candidate on immigration.
January 5, 2016
Brian Beutler
No, the Bundys Aren’t Terrorists
Let's not spoil the anti-Bundy consensus by playing the T-word game.
January 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz Won’t Be Burned Twice by the Bundys
Cruz was once eager to embrace their cause. Now he's just as eager to disavow them. What happened?
January 3, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The Bundys are back.
December 31, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Ben Carson raised more money than Ted Cruz in the latest quarter.
December 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz agree: ISIS is committing genocide against Christians.

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