Republicans are surely hoping that reporters will lock in a frame in which Hillary Clinton is presumed to be dishonest, and reporters appear poised to oblige.
Paul Waldman
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Pity the Purist in the GOP Primaries (A Tear for Bobby Jindal)
To win the presidential election will require selective dissents and little blasphemies.
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The Self-Contradictory Argument All Republicans Are Making on the Indiana Discrimination Law
The cases in question are essentially zero-sum conflicts of claimed rights.
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Those Rootin’ Tootin’ Shootin’ GOP Presidential Candidates
Most of the Republicans running for president are gun-owners. It isn’t going to help them.
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3 Trends Driving Liberal American Jews Away From Israel
Netanyahu’s re-election—and the way in which he won it—is but one touchstone of a crisis of the spirit.
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Why Liberals Don’t Trust Hillary Clinton
An open letter to the likely Democratic nominee.
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CPAC, Congress and 2016: How Immigration Continues to Pull the Republican Party Down
For Republican primary voters, immigration is a cultural issue, every bit as much as abortion or gay marriage. Candidates have gotten the message.
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GOP Response: The Breadbags of Empathy
Memo to Joni Ernst: You really need to follow up the tale of long-ago hard times with some specifics about what you want to do now.
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The GOP’s 2016 Demographic Challenge Is Even Worse Than You Thought
Is it going to take a miracle for the Republican nominee to win the electoral college?
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The Bush Doctrine Lives
Almost all the GOP presidential candidates will embrace it in one way or another, even those not named Bush.