Tag: Commentary

Donald Trump courts Washington as Washington plots to stop him. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Trump visits Washington Monday

Dan Friedman · March 21, 2016 1:56 am

The huge boom in Democratic primary voting in 2008 has not carried forward, whereas Republican turnout is considerably more robust than it was in either 2008 or 2012. (Justin Sellers/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

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Primary turnout does have some significance for November

Michael Barone · March 21, 2016 12:43 am

John Kasich at the top of the ticket with Ted Cruz as a running mate is the best bet to beat Hillary Clinton, and also the least likely of the scenarios. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

How Republicans can beat Clinton in November

Hugh Hewitt · March 20, 2016 9:28 pm

Cruz has run extremely well in counties with large Dutch-American populations. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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Ethnic politics: Ted Cruz’s Cuban-Dutch alliance

Michael Barone · March 20, 2016 12:15 pm

Some may believe that Trump's favorable numbers could improve and make him more competitive. That hasn't happened so far. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Donald Trump has won 37 percent. Hard to get to 270

Michael Barone · March 20, 2016 4:17 am

Presidential race comes to AIPAC at a precarious time for U.S-Israel relations

Philip Klein · March 20, 2016 4:01 am

In response to grave moral and strategic threats, Obama, Clinton and Kerry alternated between damaging silence, misleading innuendo and enabling verbal gestures. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The power of words in American foreign policy

Anne Pierce · March 20, 2016 4:01 am

Price: Getting to the business of protecting workers’ rights

Rep Tom Price · March 19, 2016 4:01 am

At the annual SXSW conference in Austin last weekend, President Obama has made it clear that he is siding firmly with law enforcement. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

The second Crypto War is in full swing

Ryan Hagemann · March 19, 2016 4:01 am

In this file photo taken, Friday, April 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, congressional candidate and former Harry Reid foe Sharron Angle, right, sings during a rally by tea party supporters. Leaders of the loosely organized, sprawling tea party effort say they hope to wield influence in 2012, when both Congress and the White House will be up for grabs. And Nevada, one of the first states to birth a hearty community of tea party followers and the home of the third presidential nominating contest of 2012, is one place where tea party followers hope to make a difference. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Is Sharron Angle running for Senate again?

W. James Antle III · March 18, 2016 11:47 pm

Science hopefully isn't suddenly going to lurch toward explaining almost every behavior as having to do with sexism. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Finding sexual harassment everywhere, even among birds

Ashe Schow · March 18, 2016 6:28 pm

Protesters at UC Berkley wanted to rename Barrows Hall after Black Panther member Assata Shakur, who was convicted for the murder of a New Jersey state trooper and multiple other felonies. (AP Photo)

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Let ‘snowflakes’ change campus building names and they’ll demand more

Ashe Schow · March 18, 2016 5:01 pm