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AP Photo CNN’s three-hour debate from hell Marathon encounter tried the patience of candidates, operatives, and viewers. By Hadas Gold 09/17/15, 02:12 AM EDT By the third hour of CNN’s GOP presidential debate, the candidates looked like long-distance runners fading in the final lap: A sweating Marco Rubio ran his hands through his hair, Chris…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was tweeting up a storm during the Republican presidential debate. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was tweeting up a storm during the Republican presidential debate. Win McNamee/Getty Images This post was updated at 8:30 a.m. ET…
Republican presidential hopefuls, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and real-estate mogul Donald Trump talk about childhood vaccines during the second Republican presidential debate. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Republican presidential hopefuls, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and real-estate mogul Donald Trump talk about childhood vaccines during the second…
As the candidates gather at the Reagan Library for the second 2016 presidential debate, a longtime conservative consultant says the Tea Party has morphed into the Troll Party—and it’s a fight for the soul of the GOP. All my life, the Republican Party has been my political home. Helping it succeed has been my work…
Don’t let the comb-over fool you. Donald Trump’s rhetorical style is straight out of middle school. “He’s like an eighth-grade girl,” Rosalind Wiseman told me. “As an educator who works with children, it’s an amazing thing to watch,” she said, “because you really wish the adults would be the adults and be able to check…
Expect to see this smile again on Wednesday. Donald Trump participates in the first prime-time presidential debate hosted by Fox News on August 6, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ding, ding: Round 2. The Republican presidential contenders are in Southern California on Wednesday for the second pair of primary debates. CNN’s…
There are many, many reasons to abhor Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, but there’s at least one reason to appreciate it, for now: his constant and merciless trolling of Jeb Bush that is currently tanking Bush’s shot at the presidency. In some sense, Trump is doing democracy a service by helping ensure we will not have…
If you’re a fan of good television, you know Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development. If you’re a fan of bad politics, you know Donald Trump. These two seem to have a lot in common. Who Said It: Donald Trump Or Lucille Bluth.
Tuesday night was the debut of the new “David Letterman Show, Starring Stephen Colbert!” and for a night of such fanfare, you’ve got to call Jeb! Bush, because he’s the only candidate with an exclamation point after his name. There was much to laugh about, like when Colbert told Jeb, “You are, with one exception…
It’s the morning of Friday, January 20, 2017, and it’s Inauguration Day. Donald John Trump Sr. has his hand on a Bible, and America looks on, agape, as he swears to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” How we got to this point isn’t important. The question now is, what the…