1. Does John Kasich Have a Strategy, or Is He Just Meandering Around the Country?You’d think a candidate billing himself as an open-convention favorite would be focused like a laser on snagging second-ballot commitments while helping stop Donald Trump. You’d be wrong.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. the national circus
    Why Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Want Bernie Sanders to Drop Out Just YetHe’s making Clinton a stronger candidate by staying in the race. She’s going to need it against Trump.
    By Frank Rich
  3. the national interest
    Has Donald Trump Psyched Out His Republican Enemies?A punishing blow to the morale of #NeverTrump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. Ted Cruz and John Kasich Want Higher Interest Rates. Does Donald Trump?On that least-discussed of critical economic issues, monetary policy, Trump makes news with some mixed signals. His surviving fellow GOP presidential candidates are clearer: Bring on higher interest rates!
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. Voodoo Economists Bullish on Trump and CruzThe venerable tribe of supply-side economics boosters is having no trouble finding a candidate to love in this GOP field.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. early and often
    New York Win Keeps Trump on Track to GOP NominationA huge New York win gave Trump momentum, but he must play error-free baseball from here on. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Bernie Sanders Has Lost the Primary and It’s Making Him a Little CrazyThe rigged system turns out to include the Democratic primary.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. early and often
    Trump, Clinton Win New York PrimariesLess than an hour after polls closed.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  10. campaign coup
    How Paul Manafort Took Over the Trump CampaignHe’s supplanted Corey Lewandowski as the organization’s power center.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  11. Where Sanders-Friendly Indies Can and Can’t VoteThe upcoming primaries will be mostly hostile to indies. And then there’s California, where many who think they are independent aren’t.  
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Republicans Are Really Hoping to Red-Bait BernieInsiders say they’ve been nice to him in primary season in hopes of getting to run hammer-and-sickle spots this fall.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. flint water crisis
    Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Will Drink Flint Water to Prove Everything Is FineUnfiltered, even! 
    By Claire Landsbaum
  14. Ted Cruz’s Balancing Act: Anti-Trump or Trump Lite?He must position himself as a savior to the #NeverTrump movement but also as a second choice for Trump fans. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. Unraveling the Mystery of Bernie’s Independent SupportResearch shows that the Democratic-leaning independents Sanders is winning are relatively liberal but anti-status quo.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. politics
    Rex Ryan Will Introduce Donald Trump at His Buffalo Rally TonightThe two men have been compared in the past.
    By Joe DeLessio
  17. Donald Trump Is Right: The GOP Convention Needs More ‘Showbiz’There’s no inherent reason political conventions should revolve around people standing behind a podium and reading from a teleprompter. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. medical marijuana
    Pennsylvania Launches Medical Marijuana Program“Marijuana is medicine, and it’s coming to Pennsylvania.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  19. the national interest
    How the Trumpian Right and the Illiberal Left Feed Off Each OtherActivists both for and against Trump explain how they use each other to radicalize their own side.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. early and often
    Clinton Brushes Off Trump’s New ‘Crooked Hillary’ Insult“He can say whatever he wants to say about me, I really could care less.”
    By Chas Danner
  21. delegate race
    Ted Cruz Takes All 14 Delegates at Wyoming State ConventionCruz supporters also won contested delegate slots in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia. 
    By Chas Danner
  22. guantanamo bay
    U.S. Releases 9 More Guantanamo DetaineesEighty detainees now remain, the lowest population at the facility in 14 years. 
    By Chas Danner
  23. field trips
    Bernie Sanders Meets With Pope FrancisFor five whole minutes.
    By Chas Danner
  24. early and often
    Ted Cruz Says He Won’t Ban DildosStockpiling sex toys in anticipation of a Cruz win in November no longer seems necessary.
    By Chas Danner
  25. GOPers Have Self-Serving Views of Who Can WinThe Republican presidential candidates favor a circle of legitimate candidates just big enough to accommodate their own selves, and no bigger.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. To the Sanders Campaign, Some Voters Do Seem to Be More Equal Than OthersIt’s the political world of the Bill Clinton era turned upside down.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. early and awkward
    Everyone Ignored Ted Cruz at New York City’s GOP Gala. Sad!As a certain GOP front-runner would say.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  28. early and often
    The Democratic Contest Is Getting NastyThursday’s debate is proof.
    By Rebecca Traister
  29. early and often
    Cruz Won’t Say Whether He Supports Fetal ‘Personhood’ Laws“Different people mean different things about labels.”
    By Jonah Shepp
  30. early and often
    Democratic Debate Calls Superior Party Unity Into QuestionSome key differences between the candidates emerged during tonight’s debate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Should the GOP Establishment Be Rooting for Cruz to Lose in November?There are a couple of ways to think about this.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Bernie Sanders Reins in Insults Aimed at Democratic Centrists — Sort OfHe rebuked a supporter for referring to opponents of single-payer health care as “corporate Democratic whores.” But not in the strongest terms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. today in donald trump
    Trump Campaign Manager’s Battery Charge DroppedTrump personally called the prosecutor’s office and urged them to do “the right thing.”
    By Claire Landsbaum and Eric Levitz
  34. Clinton Should Tell Superdelegates to Support Pledged Delegate WinnerDoing so would help her seize momentum and start bringing the party back together. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    Trump’s Barbarians Were Inside the Conservative Castle All AlongThe myth of Buckley and the gatekeepers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. early and often
    Sanders’s Wife: NYDN Interview an ‘Inquisition’“It was a very odd interview.” 
    By Charley Lanyon
  37. today in donald trump
    Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump Meet, Are Maybe Friends NowIs Trump’s Fox feud over?
    By Claire Landsbaum
  38. gallery
    Scenes From a Sanders Rally in New YorkHardly a baby boomer in sight.
    By Konstantin Sergeyev
  39. Reince Priebus Should Be Updating His RésuméOnce considered a highly competent unifier of his party, the RNC chairman is now annoying pretty much everybody. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Do All of Bernie’s Voters Want Him to Win?An early impetus for a Sanders presidential campaign was the desire to “keep Hillary honest.” Could Bernie benefit again from that sentiment?
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. National Parties Don’t Control Nominating RulesProposals to change them often ignore the roles of state parties, state legislatures, and even the opposing party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. If Trump Loses First Ballot, What Will He Do?He might have to pick sides: Lyin’ Ted or the Establishment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    John Kasich Meets Talmudic Scholars, Tries to Explain Bible to ThemHe apparently does not consider the possibility that they know more about this subject than he does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    Trump Son-in-Law’s Newspaper Endorses Trump in Trumpiest Editorial Ever WrittenCan Trump’s family newspaper turn the message on his hat into a long editorial? Yes, it can!
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. The Myth of the Battleground-State Veep CandidateA new study confirms what common sense should have already taught us: The No. 2 on a ticket isn’t much help at home.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. de blasio’s new york
    FBI Corruption Probe Could Complicate de Blasio’s JobEven if no charges are filed, heightened scrutiny will make it harder for the mayor to govern.
    By Matt Taylor
  47. today in donald trump
    In Shocking Twist, Donald Trump’s Son-in-Law’s Newspaper Endorses Donald TrumpIt even listed some reasons besides “the boss is married to Ivanka.” Unfortunately, none of those reasons are good.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  48. the national interest
    The Hopeless Republican Establishment Plan to Stop Ted Cruz and Donald TrumpAn Establishment that couldn’t organize a two-car funeral plots a wildly elaborate scheme.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. Can Republicans Recover From Convention Chaos? Democrats Did in 1968 After polling at just 28 percent around Labor Day, Hubert Humphrey came back and almost beat Richard Nixon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. real estate
    Keith Olbermann Puts His Trump Palace Apartment Up for Sale at $3.9 Million“If they had changed the name of it to something more positive like Ebola Palace I would have happily stayed.”
    By Joe DeLessio
  51. Donald Trump’s Role Model Is an Ayn Rand CharacterWe’re used to GOP pols praising Atlas Shrugged. But leave it to the Donald to identify with the egocentric central character of her first novel.
    By Ed Kilgore
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