Here’s what the Democratic nominee—and all of us—should consider in thinking about the vice presidency.
Election 2016
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Fighting Over Secret Money
Curbing undisclosed political spending can be tricky, but unilateral GOP opposition is at odds with public opinion and with the Supreme Court.
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Charles Koch Bemoans Money in Politics But Lobbies Against Reform
The latest front in the Koch brothers’ perpetual public relations campaign (which recently included a feeble admission that climate change is real) found Charles Koch sitting down with ABC News for an exclusive interview. The conversation with Jonathan Karl that aired last Sunday cast Koch in the unlikely role of benevolent billionaire. The man who […]
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How Winning the Nomination Could Be Trump’s Worst Nightmare
The blustery billionaire could lose the biggest game of his life—to a woman.
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Pennsylvania Primary Puts Regional Loyalties to the Test
Increasingly nationalized politics and media coverage scramble traditional allegiances in Pennsylvania’s senatorial and attorney general primaries.
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Let’s Hear It for Tax and Spend
Sanders and Clinton should stop bashing each other as big taxers.
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Maryland Senate Race Comes Down to Turnout
High voter turnout, especially in Baltimore and among Sanders supporters, could give Donna Edwards the edge in the competitive Democratic primary.
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Why Republicans Couldn’t Make 2016 Their Version of 2008
If Obama embodied Democrats eight years ago, who embodies today’s Republicans?
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Vice President Elizabeth Warren?
The Boston Globe has reported that Hillary Clinton is considering picking a woman running-mate, and the optics suggest that this means Elizabeth Warren. The Globe quotes an on-the-record interview with no less than Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. So what’s this about? Is it the Clinton campaign signaling to Sanders supporters that she would reach […]
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New Yorkers Against Wall Street
The exit polls reveal bipartisan anger at the big banks.
