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The Republican Presidential Primary Is About Only One Issue

The contest is really about who can best reflect voters’ anxiety back to them.

The fact that no matter what we do there will always be the possibility of terrorist attacks isn’t something presidents are supposed to say.

Manipulating the public’s emotions has never been Obama’s strong suit.

With hate and fear on the rise, the ugly atmosphere feels a bit familiar.

It’s worked before.

It isn’t “liberal bias” leading them to ask Ben Carson difficult questions.

The Bush Deathwatch is under way, and it bears only a partial relationship to reality.

In any other year, he might have been the logical GOP nominee. But this was the worst possible year for him to run.

What do you know, a major Democratic presidential candidate is going after the NRA.

The delusion that one person with a rifle can fend off doomsday explains how many on the right see their relationship with the government.