Rising economic anxiety serves to benefit insurgents in both parties.
Election 2016
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Nine Battleground States that Could Flip the Senate — and the Supreme Court
A Democratic president needs a Democratic majority in the Senate to turn around the high court. Here are the states that could make the difference in 2016.
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‘Not My Money’: Hillary and Bernie Distance Themselves from Supportive Super PACs
The Democratic presidential candidates have talked quite a bit about the need for campaign-finance reform. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have gone back-and-forth on the merits of their respective reform proposals, which are very similar. But increasingly, who is or isn’t benefiting from outside spending has become a major point of contention in the race. […]
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Karl Rove’s “Dark Money” Machine Is Now Tax-Exempt. Here’s Why That Matters
If it wasn’t clear that the Internal Revenue Service has no intention of regulating politically active tax-exempt groups, it should be now. On Tuesday, news broke that the IRS awarded tax-exempt status to Crossroads GPS, a purported “social welfare” group that constitutes one-half of the big-spending political network masterminded by GOP operative Karl Rove. The […]
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Election’s Secret Theme: Letting Women Know Who’s Boss
Between Trump’s misogyny and Sanders’s demeaning of Planned Parenthood, this presidential contest is all about the role of women in society.
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The Establishment Tanks
The Donald? The Bern? What’s this country coming to?
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Jeb’s Campaign-Finance Solution Falls Flat with Reform Advocates
Jeb Bush caused a stir in New Hampshire Monday when he told CNN’s Dana Bash that he would “eliminate” Citizens United, the much-maligned Supreme Court decision that deregulated independent political spending. The former Florida Governor later called for a constitutional amendment to undo the ruling at a Nashua town hall. “If I could do it […]
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Informed Citizens and the Mob
In their final Granite State appeals, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders seek different kinds of followers.
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Generation Sanders
Maybe it’s time to stop being so dismissive of Sanders and the mass frustration that he is channeling.
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What Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Both Get Wrong About “the Establishment”
Changing the way business is done in Washington is harder than it sounds.
