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Michael Barone is the senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, a resident fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, and the longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

The United States has the world's best freight rail, run by the private sector. The United States has crappy passenger rail, run by the public sector. (AP Photo)
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California’s “High-Speed” Rail boondoggle: Getting worse all the time

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Donald Trump's Republican opponents charged that his nomination could produce a landslide defeat like 1964 and 1972, when Barry Goldwater and George McGovern got 38 percent of the vote. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
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Will the Trump nomination change our polarized partisan patterns?

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Given the demonstrated incapacity of government to manage programs and deliver services — think of VA hospitals, the Flint water supply, Washington's Metro — does Hillary Clinton really plan to defend this proposal on the stump and in debate? (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton’s proposal for bureaucrats to ‘help’ illegal immigrants

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These are striking findings, suggesting that Donald Trump is more competitive against Hillary Clinton than the national polling average indicates. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Quinnipiac target state polls: No slam dunk for Hillary Clinton

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Donald Trump has taken a hard stance on immigration. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Beltway Confidential

Increase in illegal border crossings could help Trump

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The rivalry between Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida boiled over on Thursday. (AP Photos)
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Cruz and Rubio, the also-rans

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I tend to agree that Marco Rubio's campaign was defeated by
Beltway Confidential

Trump wasn’t inevitable — what could have been

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Paul Ryan seems to be acting in the same spirit as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in 1964. (AP Photos)
Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan provides cover for abstainers: A historic precedent

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Trump, despite his complaints about a
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Can Trump disrupt the general election as he did the primaries?

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The lower classes have seen significantly slower income growth than the rich and the upper-middle class, a dynamic that a scholar suggested could cause resentment and might be behind the strong support for outsider political candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. (AP Photos)
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Republicans should have adopted Democrats’ rules — and vice versa

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