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Branden Camp / Getty The Ceiling Buster
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz claim that, as the field narrows, a more traditional candidate will emerge to overcome the Trump phenomenon. They’re wrong.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Why Clinton Is Connecting With Black Voters—and Sanders Isn't
The mothers of slain black men and women are stumping for Clinton at grassroots events for African Americans, while her rival relies on huge rallies.
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Chris Carlson / AP Twilight of the Super PAC
The campaign groups are enriching the people who run them—but are they helping anyone else?
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Chris Carlson / AP The Republican X-Men
The GOP presidential race has put two members of Generation X at center stage, signaling an era in which its members will run most institutions.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Does Ben Carson Suspect His Campaign Was a Scam?
“We had people who didn't really seem to understand finances,” he said. “Or maybe they did—maybe they were doing it on purpose."
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Jim Young / Reuters It's Trump's Race to Lose
The Republican frontrunner rolled to another dominating victory in Nevada, gathering steam as he heads into Super Tuesday.
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David Goldman / AP How 'Values Voters' Became 'Nostalgia Voters'
White evangelicals are culturally and economically disaffected—anxious to protect the conservative Christian culture rapidly disappearing in America.
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John Locher / AP My Love-Hate Relationship With Donald Trump
The Republican presidential candidate is disrupting a broken political system—but he’s doing so by exploiting fear.
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Steven Senne / AP Bernie Sanders's Case Against Hillary Clinton
Facing an intense fight for the Democratic nomination, the presidential candidate is going on the offensive. Will it hurt or help?
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John Locher / AP Ted Cruz Sacks His Spokesman
Under fire for “dirty tricks," the Texas senator abruptly fires his communications director for spreading a false story about Marco Rubio and the Bible.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Gaffe Track: Kasich Knew Where to Find Women in 1978—in the Kitchen
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Andrew Harnik / AP Donald Trump's Perfect Foil
How the real-estate mogul's attacks against Jeb Bush fueled his rise
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Is Sanders Writing Off South Carolina?
Thousands of adoring fans came to see Bernie Sanders on Sunday, but his challenge with black voters—and in the state overall—remains daunting.
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David Becker / Reuters Hillary's Challenge With Trust
Clinton continues to struggle to convince many Democratic voters of her authenticity—or at least, that she’s on their side.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The New Shape of the Republican Race
Marco Rubio’s coalition is still too shallow, and Ted Cruz’s too narrow, to challenge Donald Trump—can either build beyond that?
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Associated Press Jack Kemp's Power Lesson for Hillary Clinton
He eschewed pragmatism for vision and leadership. Then he went on the offense to change political dynamics. Sometimes, instead of compromising, you just have to go for the big play.
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Chris Keane / Reuters Marco Rubio's Recovery
The Florida senator bounces back to finish second in South Carolina. Meanwhile, Cruz is in trouble, Bush is out—and Trump is still on top.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Is Trump Unstoppable?
The frontrunner notches a dominating win in South Carolina’s Republican primary.
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Rainier Ehrhardt / Reuters An Elegy for the Jeb Bush Campaign
Betrayed by all of his apparent strengths, the Republican said he would not sell out his principles to win the election and then proved it.
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Darren Hauck / Reuters How Will the Nevada Caucus Change the Democratic Race?
The Silver State’s Saturday caucus is the first big test of Senator Bernie Sanders’s ability to win minority voters—and of Hillary Clinton’s firewall.
