For months, the Democratic presidential field has seemed to relish expanding the universe of policy possibility, but that energy stalled in Thursday night's debate.

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It's a mystery why the Massachusetts senator won't plainly state the truth about single-payer health care.

Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg came out swinging during the fourth Democratic debate. Is it enough to dent Warren's momentum?

Four debates in, the candidates have yet to address the ballot barriers and purges that threaten their chances in the next election.

The Democratic field's centrists spent Tuesday's debate working through their status anxiety.

With less than four months before the Iowa caucuses, none of the leading contenders have been able to overcome the obstacles in their paths.

Guardians of civility are shocked when, at a Democratic debate, a debate occurs.

On Thursday night, Democratic voters were getting snatches of the policy fights they deserve—just not on the topic that could matter most.

Their radically different approaches to the filibuster prove that the two candidates are different sorts of radicals.

The Democratic debate reveals that the vice president has only a shaky grasp on his competitors' plans—as well as his own.

They're refusing to hold a debate on global warming. Voters have the power to punish them for it.

The 2020 presidential candidate's quest to rid the country of "dark psychic forces" recalls America's Civil War–era need for healing.

Candidates should be focusing on retail politicking in Iowa and New Hampshire. Instead, they're wasting money trying to meet arbitrary debate requirements.

After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.

This crisis deserves far more than 15 minutes of airtime.

If Democrats vying for the presidency want to enact any of their proposals, countering recent assaults on voting rights has to be a top priority.

With three septuagenarian Democrats vying to take on the 73-year-old Trump, age is more than just a number.

From her role in a California prison labor debate to her prosecutions of sex workers, the 2020 presidential hopeful has a past of her own to defend.

Laugh all you want. Then remember who the president is.