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Even Republicans Are Coming Around on the Confederate Flag
(Photo: AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)Protesters gather on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse on June 20.Sixty-three years after South Carolina raised the Confederate flag over its statehouse, a...
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Republicans Need to Find a New Culture War to Fight
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisIn this Friday, June 26, 2015 file photo, people gather in Lafayette Park to see the White House illuminated with rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court's...
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How Donald Trump Changed the GOP Debate on Immigration
AP Photo/Jim ColeRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at a house party Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Bedford, New Hampshire. Here's how the immigration issue was supposed to...
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Clinton Tries to Move the Economic Conversation Beyond Jobs
(Photo:AP/Charlie Neibergall)Hillary Clinton speaks to residents of Iowa City, Iowa, during a July 7 campaign stop.As most of us understand, "Do I have a job?" is not the only question you might ask...
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The GOP Finally Finds the Courage to Attack Donald Trump
AP Photo/Danny JohnstonRepublican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Arkansas Reagan Rockefeller dinner in Hot Springs, Arkarsas, Friday, July 17, 2015. The GOP may...
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Why Donald Trump Matters
(Photo: AP/Charlie Neibergall)In Oskaloosa, Iowa, on Saturday, Trump said to his supporters, "I'm very good with contracts. Don't you want that?"The political press is struggling over how exactly to...
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Why the Koch Brothers Are Heroes In Their Own Minds
AP Photo/Mark LennihanDavid Koch, Executive Vice President of Koch Industries, Inc., attends The Economic Club of New York, Monday, December 10, 2012. When Charles E. Wilson appeared before a Senate...
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The Party Strikes Back—Or Tries to, Anyway
(Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik)Donald Trump speaks during the Fox News Republican presidential debate in Cleveland on August 6, as Jeb Bush watches."It amazes me that other networks seem to treat me so much...
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The GOP Primary Is a Mess. Can Anyone Unite This Party?
(Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik)The Republican presidential candidates stand on stage before the first GOP primary debate in Cleveland on August 6.Jeb Bush is starting to remind me of someone. Tall guy,...
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Republicans Find Their Next Anti-Choice Innovation
(Photo: AP/Tony Dejak)A woman walks past an abortion clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican Governor John Kasich has overseen some of the strictest anti-abortion measures in the U.S.If you're looking...
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Why Nothing Can Quell the Media's Addiction to Clinton Scandals
AP Photo/John LocherDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a town hall meeting Tuesday, August 18, 2015, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.If there's any constant in presidential...
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Donald Trump Could Actually Be the Republican Party's Nominee for President
(Photo: AP/Sipa USA/Olivier Douliery)Donald Trump attends a Tea Party rally against the Iran deal at the U.S. Capitol on September 9.Though there are many Republican presidential candidates whose...
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Pay Close Attention to What the Republican Candidates Are Saying About Abortion
AP Photo/Mark J. TerrillRepublican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, left, speaks as John Kasich looks on during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan...
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The GOP's Delusions
AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaRepublican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz waves to the crowd before he speaks, during the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Washington,...
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Regarding Bernie
AP Photo/Michael DwyerDemocratic presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders waves during a campaign rally in Springfield, Massachusetts, Saturday, October 3, 2105. It wasn't a surprise that Bernie...
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Ben Carson, American Gun Advocates, and the Fantasy of Individual Heroism
(Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik)GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, October 9.Chances are that you are not a hero. That is to say that you...
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Is Hillary Clinton Showing Actual Courage on Guns?
AP Photo/Mary SchwalmDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to a question during a town hall meeting Friday, October 16, 2015, in Keene, New Hampshire. For a candidate known...
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Jeb Bush's Terrible Timing
(Photo: Las Vegas Sun via AP/Steve Marcus)Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks in Las Vegas on October 21.It's not easy being Jeb. Or it least it hasn't been easy this year, when the...
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Why the Media Are Digging Jeb Bush's Grave
AP Photo/Charles KrupaRepublican presidential candidate, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addresses a gathering during a campaign stop outside Geno's Chowder and Sandwich Shop in Portsmouth, New...
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What the Right Still Doesn't Get About the Media
(Photo: AP/Alan Diaz)GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks at a new conference in Florida on November 6.Ben Carson now faces the intense scrutiny every front-running presidential candidate gets,...
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