1. early and often
    Key Moments of the 7th Democratic DebateAt least one Michigan debate actually focused on Flint’s water crisis.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. early and often
    Sanders to Clinton: ‘Excuse Me, I’m Talking’Things got heated at the Michigan Democratic debate (but not GOP-level heated).
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. early and often
    How Trump Is Making This Liberal Feel Strangely ConservativeI am suddenly more concerned about the dignity of the country than I’d ever imagined myself to be.
    By Noreen Malone
  4. the national interest
    Why, Exactly, Is Trump Driving Conservatives So Crazy?The answer is not his character.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. roundup
    Rubio Wins Puerto Rico, But Does It Even Matter?At this point, Rubio’s continued presence in the race is tantamount to supporting Trump.
    By Chas Danner
  7. obituaries
    Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Has DiedShe was 94.
    By Chas Danner
  8. early and often
    On Semi-Super Saturday, Cruz Reversed Trump’s Momentum, Rubio Fell FlatThe GOP contest is looking more and more like a two-man race.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. politics
    Ted Cruz Wins Kansas CaucusesHe also won the CPAC straw poll.
    By Chas Danner
  10. rules shmules
    Report: Donald Trump Has Been Regularly Cheating at the DebatesThe violation was so egregious on Thursday night that Fox News let all the other candidates cheat as well.
    By Chas Danner
  11. farewells
    Ben Carson Officially Suspends His Presidential CampaignHe will now go chair a Christian voter-outreach organization.
    By Chas Danner
  12. David Brooks May Soon Be Betrayed by His Trump-Fighting HeroesFinally, Republican leaders have launched the no-holds-barred personal attack on Donald Trump that columnist David Brooks has been begging for.  But they may abandon it at a moment’s notice if he wins a few more key primaries. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Preview of March 5–6 Primaries and CaucusesFive Republican events will test Trump’s momentum after a stormy debate, while four Democratic events will test Sanders’s persistence. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    Rubio: I’m Not Voting Trump in GOP PrimaryIn the general election, sure.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    Bobby Jindal: President Obama Caused Trump by Being Too Intellectual and MatureThanks, Obama.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. the national interest
    Non-Trump Republicans Break Out Into Turf WarsHow will the anti-Trump coalition divide up territory?
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. For Ted Cruz, Anti-Trump Cabal Could Be a Suicide PactShould Cruz help Rubio and Kasich and the Republican Establishment stop Trump, knowing they’ll cast him aside the minute they can?
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. early and often
    What You Missed in the 11th GOP DebateShameless flip-flopping, childish insults, and dick jokes. Yes, dick jokes.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. Trump Gets Hit, Kasich Gets Boost in Fox DebateThe Fox debate in Detroit provided a good start for the anti-Trump cabal that aims for victory — for somebody — in Cleveland.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. the national interest
    Rubio: Trump Is a Dangerous Con Man, and He’ll Have My VoteLonger Rubio slogan: NeverTrump, unless Trump is the nominee, in which case, sure, Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. Donald Trump’s New Health-Care Plan Will Let People Die in the StreetsIt’s not easy to make Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio look relatively progressive on health-care policy, but Trump’s underwhelming new “plan” does just that.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the national interest
    Obamacare Has Insured 20 Million PeopleLet’s dispel with the fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. politics
    Will Trump Force Bloomberg to Run for President?The two billionaires are a study in contrasts, but they share a dream. 
    By Gabriel Sherman
  24. the national interest
    Mitt Romney and the Probably Doomed Revolt Against Donald TrumpWhat Romney’s speech actually shows is that, for all its righteous anger, the anti-Trump backlash is unlikely to survive for long.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Trump Renews Indie ThreatAs his Republican enemies get ever more frantic in efforts to “stop Trump,” the mogul publicly reminds them he can end-run them if he so chooses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Conservatives for BernieBernie’s coalition of white voters includes (in some states) a surprising number of people who probably aren’t jazzed about democratic socialism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. early and often
    Cruz to Rubio: I Would Drop Out If I Were YouThough, he failed to mention that before he won his home state.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. early and often
    What You Need to Know About the 11th GOP DebateCome for the desperate attempt to stop Trump, stay for his rematch with Megyn Kelly.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. Did Donald Trump Break Political Journalism?Or maybe he’s its savior. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Trump Now Leading Among Crucial ‘Republicans Who Hate Trump’ DemographicTrump truly can get along with anybody.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. It’s Marco Rubio — Not Trump — Who Is Attempting a Hostile Takeover of the GOPHe seems ready to blow up the organization if he doesn’t get his way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. early and often
    After Super Tuesday, Can the GOP Establishment Still Stop Trump?Pundits say it’s not looking good.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. Super Tuesday Moves Clinton Toward Nomination, Sanders Toward Symbolic VictoriesTeam Clinton will gladly continue to offer Sanders the fool’s gold of ideological gestures in exchange for a position on the November ballot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. jesus christie
    Twitter Rallies Around Donald Trump Hostage Chris ChristieHis mouth said Trump will be president, but his eyes said “send help.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. the national interest
    Good-bye, Rubio TuesdayWho could hang a name on you, Donald Trump?
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. No More Loyalty Pledge for Rubio — or for TrumpBy promoting #NeverTrump, Rubio’s broken the loyalty pledge and liberated Trump to do the same. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. Super Tuesday Surprises: Possible Outcomes That Would Freak Out the PunditsA Trump majority in Massachusetts? A Rubio win in Alaska? A Sanders win in Oklahoma?
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. fox news news
    Anticipating Big Super Tuesday, Trump Mulled Skipping Next Fox News Debate But the Donald’s long-awaited face-off with Megyn Kelly will apparently happen after all.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  39. the national interest
    How Donald Trump Made Republicans Half-Aware of RacismHow could this happen to the movement founded by segregationist William F. Buckley?
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. early and often
    Imagining President Trump: A ConversationNew York Magazine’s team of political writers game out the once-fantastical but now quite possible prospect of a Trump presidency.
    By Jonathan Chait, Rebecca Traister, and Ed Kilgore
  41. today in donald trump
    Black Students Removed From Trump Rally Over Silent DemonstrationThey say they had no intention of disrupting the event.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. early and often
    Can Bernie Sanders Bounce Back on Super Tuesday?Lowered expectations give him a chance to look relatively good on March 1 — but it won’t necessarily happen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. early and often
    4 Big Questions About the Republican Race on Super TuesdayTrump is shooting for a majority of delegates in 11 states tomorrow, while his opponents hope not to fall off the map.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. today in donald trump
    Goldman Sachs Foils Employee’s Trump Hat SchemeWriting commandments on hats only works if you’re Trump.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. ‘Nuclear Option’ for SCOTUS Picks in Play in ’16If Republicans control the Senate after November, they may get to decide whether the next president gets to appoint a Supreme Court member — or several of them.  
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    Why the Winner of Marco Rubio Versus Donald Trump Might Be John KasichIf Rubio takes down Trump, will he survive himself?
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. early and often
    Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Release Partial Tax ReturnsThey are trying to bully Trump into releasing his. Good luck with that.
    By Chas Danner
  48. pranks
    Trump Falls Into Gawker Trap, Retweets MussoliniYou can’t make this stuff up, but you can make it happen.
    By Chas Danner
  49. the national interest
    Trump Knows Nothing, or Making Clever AllusionThe Trump joke gets either funnier or scarier.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. today in donald trump
    Trump Doesn’t Reject White Supremacist Support“You wouldn’t want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about.”
    By Chas Danner
  51. south carolina primary
    Clinton Hit All Her Marks in South Carolina; Sanders Hit Almost None of HisClinton won a higher percentage of South Carolina’s black vote than Barack Obama had against her in 2008. Pretty amazing. 
    By Ed Kilgore
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