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Republican Primary 2016
February 16, 2016
Jeet Heer
With Jeb flashing his gun on Twitter, the GOP race enters Freudian territory.
February 16, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Another key demographic Donald Trump is poaching from Ted Cruz: cigar smokers.
February 16, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
George W. Bush can’t save his brother.
February 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Republican Primary Is Now a Giant Kindergarten Spat
On Saturday night in South Carolina, as rivals tried to outshout Trump, the debate officially sunk to his level.
February 14, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Highlights from the ninth Republican presidential debate.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Here’s the exact moment CBS News lost control of the GOP debate in South Carolina.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Ben Carson’s got your chain email Josef Stalin misquotes right here.
February 14, 2016
Steven Cohen
Someone hit the SAP button on the Republican debate.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Mooning everyone could only help Jeb at this point.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Rubio’s child tax credit isn’t friendly to poor families (by design).
February 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
The anti-war movement of 2003 has finally found its voice: Donald Trump.
February 14, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Let’s dispel with this bogus Republican 80-year talking point about Supreme Court nominations.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Trump attacks the crowd, and the crowd loves it.
February 14, 2016
Laura Reston
The Republican debate audience booed the facts.
February 14, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Donald Trump wants the Senate to “delay, delay, delay” the confirmation of Antonin Scalia’s replacement.
February 14, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
John Kasich’s new, boring Snapchat filter does not bode well for his debate performance tonight.
February 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Antonin Scalia’s death will cause fireworks at tonight’s GOP debate.
February 13, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know about Saturday’s GOP Debate
February 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Can South Carolina Live Down To Its Reputation?
The state with a history of the dirtiest Republican primary politics faces a stiff challenge in the age of Trump.
February 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Journalists are taking their last chance to make fun of Jim Gilmore very seriously.

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