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Attendees hold up a life-sized cardboard printout of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, former President Ronald Reagan and actor John Wayne at a Trump campaign rally in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2016.

Conservative purists surrender by supporting Donald Trump

May 11, 2019 at 3:07 a.m.

What a short, strange trip it's been for Donald Trump's conservative supporters. Ever since the Goldwaterite takeover of the GOP, the party has tried to convert voters to conservatism. This...

A Rubio-Cruz ticket might be the only way to stop Trump

May 11, 2019 at 3:04 a.m.

As things stand, Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee. That's awful news, and depressing to contemplate. But terrible possibilities don't become less terrible if we refuse to contemplate them....

Trump, Sanders feed a conspiracy-hungry audience

May 11, 2019 at 3:02 a.m.

Welcome to Infomercial America, or, if you prefer, the United States of Spam. Whenever political conspiracy theories break out into the open, pundits and intellectuals name-check the brilliant but flawed...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is introduced by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., during a campaign event at Rundlett Middle School, in Concord, N.H., Saturday Feb. 6, 2016.

Hillary Clinton’s use of the gender card isn’t working

August 21, 2019 at 6:10 p.m.

Hillary Clinton is not a woman, and that's a triumph for feminism and a problem for Hillary. Let me clarify. Yes, technically she is female. But when millions of Americans...

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks during a town hall meeting in Laconia, N.H., Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016.

Marco Rubio is a ‘Republican Obama’? As in, he can win?

May 11, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

"The Republican Obama." That's the new hot attack on Sen. Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz leveled the epithet at Rubio just days before the Iowa caucuses, which is a little ironic...

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a campaign event at High Point Bulls Oswald Barn Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Osceola, Iowa.

Kill Iowa’s caucuses, aka a subsidy for its ethanol-dependent political establishment

May 11, 2019 at 2:59 a.m.

First, kill the Iowa caucuses. Please note: I didn't say, "Kill the Iowans." I like Iowans and I like Iowa. But we need to get Iowa's boot off our neck....

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Jan. 26, 2016, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the anti-immigration sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, today announced his support for Trump's presidential bid.

After years of false alarms, the ‘conservative crackup’ is here

May 11, 2019 at 2:58 a.m.

I've been hearing about the impending "conservative crackup" for nearly 25 years. The term was coined by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., founder of the American Spectator. He meant that conservatism...

Americans for Prosperity Foundation chairman and Koch Industries Executive Vice President David H. Koch, center, listens to speakers during the Defending the American Dream Summit at the Washington Convention Center in November 2011 in Washington, D.C.

The Kochs’ great sin: disagreeing with the liberal narrative

May 11, 2019 at 2:58 a.m.

Jane Mayer of The New Yorker has a new book out: "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right." It's mostly about those...

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during an Affordable Care Act repeal enrollment ceremony on Jan. 7.

Can Congress get its swagger back?

May 11, 2019 at 2:57 a.m.

According to the Constitution, the legislature is the first and most powerful branch of government. And yet, many believe — on the left and the right — that the institution...

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz speaks in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Dec. 23, 2015.

It’s time to retire the term ‘neocon’

May 11, 2019 at 2:55 a.m.

In interviews and on the stump, Sen. Ted Cruz likes to attack President Obama, Hillary Clinton and "some of the more aggressive Washington neocons" for their support of regime change...

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