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Moving beyond Obama: How a transformational president became an impediment to change
Elias Isquith
His romantic vision of America was once his greatest asset. But now it's holding Obama and his country back
Ted Cruz has a huge birther problem — and it is much bigger than Donald Trump
John Stoehr
It's not just Trump and Lawrence Tribe. The legal meaning of "natural-born citizen" has never become "settled" law
Exclusive! Sneak peek at the Official Republican National Convention Agenda!
T.R. Reid
If you can't wait for Cleveland, check out this first look at the star-studded GOP agenda -- well, one star, anyway
Ben Carson accuses Obama of not living in 21st Century, proceeds to talk about “existential threats” from ’90s techno-thrillers
Scott Eric Kaufman
He also admitted that he usually sleeps through these debates, and thanked the moderators for waking him up early
Rubio’s desperate Iran spin: In his twisted neocon logic, dodging an international crisis is somehow a bad thing
Simon Maloy
Diplomacy secured the release of U.S. sailors held by Iran, and Marco Rubio contorted himself to call it a failure
Hillary Clinton’s attacks spur a massive Sanders fundraising surge
Sophia Tesfaye
Bernie's seen a fourfold increase in campaign donations since Clinton launched her two-pronged offensive
The violent contradictions of the Obama doctrine: How to plead for peace while bombing your enemies to hell
Marcy Wheeler
For all the talk of a more measured foreign policy, the president has continued to enforce a failed paradigm
They make Cheney look like Chomsky: Cruz, Trump, Rubio and the frightening bellicosity of today’s GOP
Lou Dubose
They want to "carpet bomb," "bomb the shit" out of them & make "sand glow." GOP field somehow makes Cheney moderate
Requiem for a middleweight: Barack Obama’s witty, eloquent and upbeat speech — about failure
Andrew O'Hehir
Obama's oddly sunny SOTU took on the GOP blowhards and bigots -- but under the rhetoric lay an admission of failure
The depressing lesson of Obama’s final State of the Union address: Everything is still broken
Jack Mirkinson
The president's speech last night was full of bothersome contradictions & accurate but easily ignored admonitions
“I believe in change, because I believe in you”: Obama brings his Jed Bartlet game to his final State of the Union
Sonia Saraiya
The speech gives the president a chance to go out on a high note—and makes everything around him look so much worse
“Democracy in Black”: A conversation about race in America with Eddie Glaude Jr.
Elias Isquith
Black America and U.S. democracy are in crisis — and time's running out, Princeton professor and author tells Salon
Don’t underestimate Bernie Sanders: The Vermont senator is poised for two historic victories
Steven Rosenfeld
New polls find him all but tied with Hillary in Iowa and New Hampshire. Stop calling her the prohibitive favorite
State of the Union: Obama rebukes GOP demagogues while making broad defense of his presidency
Sean Illing
In his final State of the Union address, Obama touts seven years of achievements made in arduous circumstances
Anti-Clinton misogynists: If Bill’s attackers are “defenders of women,” why do they have a history of sexism?
Amanda Marcotte
For such self-appointed defenders of women, Bill Clinton's attackers have a serious and ugly history of misogyny
Obama’s just like us — he knows he shouldn’t, but can’t help but laugh about Trump’s dangerous campaign
Scott Eric Kaufman
He warned Americans not to "become complacent," but could only imagine Trump delivering SOTU in one situation
These guys are just this desperate: Christie, Carson & Paul sign onto for the dumbest gimmick in politics
Gary Legum
The centrist No Labels group is back, and as substance-free as ever. Yet they still locked in five candidates
“Obama has no more f*cks to give”: “Daily Show” preps for Obama’s final State of the Union
Sarah Burris
The State of the Union is basically Twitter with unlimited characters.
I am tired of fighting racists: This is what white people tell you when you write about race in America
Chauncey DeVega
We know where Fox News and Trump vitriol comes from. Getting slimed by idiots in comments and online is maybe worse
Hurricane Donald is destroying the GOP coalition: How Nixon & Reagan’s “Southern Strategy” finally imploded
Conor Lynch
After years of cynically exploiting poor whites' racial animus, the GOP's chickens have finally come home to roost
Hubris takes them all down: This is why every president makes the same dumb mistakes
Mike Lofgren
We fight on both sides of wars. We think we can identify good terrorists and moderate rebels. We are always wrong
Oil, money, politics and evil: Our leading Middle East ally is the worst country imaginable
Andrew O'Hehir
America's BFF relationship with the corrupt, vicious and oil-rich Saudi despots might be our worst mistake of all
This is the end of John McCain: Why the Arizona senator could finally be facing retirement
Paul Blest
The GOP nominee just 8 short years ago, John McCain is now fighting off yet another strong primary challenge
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