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Election 2016
February 9, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump continues to turn the Republican primary into a Quentin Tarantino movie.
February 8, 2016
Steven Cohen
This is what Bernie Sanders means when he talks about corruption.
February 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Gloria Steinem begins her apology tour for suggesting young women support Bernie for “the boys.”
February 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump asserted his dominance over Cruz early in the debate.
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 5, 2016
Laura Reston
Donald Trump no longer looks inevitable, and Republican PACs are stepping in to tank his campaign.
February 5, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Donald Trump seems to have realized he could actually lose.
February 5, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Here is some comic relief before you have to watch candidates actually say these things and mean them in the Democratic debate.
February 4, 2016
Sasha Belenky
People are getting tattoos of their favorite presidential candidates.
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
Steven Cohen
Anderson Cooper makes up for red-baiting Bernie Sanders in the last CNN debate.
February 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Rubio-mentum is real. Are Jeb Bush and Chris Christie going to play spoiler?
February 1, 2016
Jamil Smith
The Curious Blackness of Iowa Week
Why was Hillary Clinton in a black church in Philadelphia? Why did Bernie Sanders share the stage with Cornel West?
February 1, 2016
MagazineBrian Beutler
This Year’s Republican Primary Is a Gamble Seven Years in the Making
Republicans have been demanding an anti-Obama for years—and tonight, they'll begin the process of nominating one.
January 29, 2016
Clio Chang
Hillary Clinton’s surrogates keep making the most ridiculous claims.
January 29, 2016
Laura Reston
Ad Wars 2016: The Ultimate Iowa Ad
As the candidates flood the airwaves, they're hoping to convey their connection with "real" Iowans. What comes across is often just the opposite. Plus: This week's ad round-up.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
We just got another classic Ben Carson foreign policy answer.
January 27, 2016
Brian Beutler
The Republican Establishment Needs a Miracle to Stop Trump
Prayer would be a safer bet than the strategies the party is actually employing.
January 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Watch these Trump bros bro out about Trump.
January 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
While you were distracted, the Prince of Light was inching up the New Hampshire polls.

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