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Republican Primary 2016
January 29, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Two key takeaways from the seventh Republican debate and Trump’s rally.
January 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Who won the GOP debate?
January 29, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
How Trump Is Romancing the Christian Right
Evangelical leaders have lost control of their flocks.
January 29, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The GOP can’t be bothered with Flint’s water crisis.
January 29, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Wants You to Believe He’s the Commander-in-Chief in Waiting
January 29, 2016
Brian Beutler
Ted Cruz Can’t Take the Heat
Thrust into the limelight by Donald Trump's absence, Cruz gave his worst performance of the cycle at Thursday night's debate.
January 29, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Donald Trump won the debate he didn’t attend.
January 29, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Marco Rubio swears there will never be cap-and-trade if he’s president. He might want to check the news.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
We just got another classic Ben Carson foreign policy answer.
January 29, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Marco Rubio is not literally Jesus Christ, and other Christian revelations from the debate.
January 29, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Donald Trump is still picking on poor Jeb.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and the other Republican presidential candidates need each other.
January 29, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
What would Chris Christie cut from the federal budget? Planned Parenthood.
January 29, 2016
Jamil Smith
There was a question about body cameras. Only Rand Paul got to answer.
January 29, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Ted Cruz’s Donald Trump impression sucks.
January 29, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is this a GOP debate or a public group therapy session for politicians with dad issues?
January 29, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump will always says what he’s not about to say.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz still doesn’t understand carpet bombing.
January 29, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Protesters interrupted Trump’s event, but it’s OK because he loves protesters.
January 29, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump has turned Fox News’s populism against itself.

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