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Republican Debates 2016
October 28, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Stakes in the Third GOP Debate: Jeb Bush at an Existential Crossroad
October 27, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know About Wednesday's GOP Debate
October 27, 2015
Jamil Smith
Ben Carson Is Saying All the Right Things
The one-time iconoclast has become a parrot for the hard-right agenda.
October 27, 2015
Suzy Khimm
The Republicans Still Have No Middle-Class Agenda
October 26, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Five Republican Delusions About the Environment
October 19, 2015
Jeet Heer
How Donald Trump Peddles Populism for the Rich
September 21, 2015
Steven Cohen
Scott Walker Failed Because He Followed the Republican Party's Playbook
September 18, 2015
Brian Beutler
Trump Is Far from the Only Republican to Let Supporters Spout Crazy
His critics need to look in the mirror
September 17, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Choosing Your Mother or Daughter for the $10 Bill Isn't Endearing. It Shows You Can't Name a Historic Woman.
September 17, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Republican Party Has Given Up on Hispanics
The second debate showed how far the GOP has strayed from its post-2012 strategy
September 17, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Even Ben Carson’s Biggest Fans Worry He’s Too Mellow
September 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Second Republican Debate Was Just Like Seinfeld's 'Festivus'
'Twas an airing of old grievances, at the expense of pressing contemporary problems
September 17, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Carly Fiorina Is the Best Thing to Happen to the Republican Party This Year
September 17, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Republican Hunger Games Have Only Just Begun
The second GOP debate showed how the favored candidates are vulnerable to dark horses
September 17, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Republican Candidates Chose Nativism Over Christian Rhetoric
September 17, 2015
Dave Cullen
Why Does the Columbine Myth About "Martyr" Cassie Bernall Persist?
September 17, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Highlights from the Second Republican Debate
September 16, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Live Blog: The Second Republican Debate of 2016
September 16, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Fighting Donald Trump’s Sexism Doesn’t Make Carly Fiorina a Feminist
September 16, 2015
Brian Beutler
What's at Stake in the Second Republican Debate: Full Panic in the GOP

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