Election 2016 Needs a Radical, But Bernie Sanders Isn't It
Despite his intentions, Sanders is an unwitting defender of the status quo.
Despite his intentions, Sanders is an unwitting defender of the status quo.
Tax cut promises are divorced from actual spending discipline.
Rand Paul can balance the budget, he blames the Fed, he'll talk rather than start wars we can't afford, and generally seemed the most thoughtfully radical guy up there.
Rubio's mischaracterization may have been a good applause line but it's the kind of lack of thinking sinking Republicans.
After the circus in Colorado, did Fox Business deliver a debate of ideas?
If Congress cut the Pentagon's budget in half, the U.S. would still be "the strongest military power in the world."
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In the debate tonight, Paul needs to sell his foreign policy, but he's got nothing fresh on immigration
Tonight's debate is also the first to come in the wake of widespread dissatisfaction from the campaigns about the ways the debates have been handled.
Industry-funded poll shows gamers as likely voters, party members.
Well, you see, it's just like alcohol, and so sends a confusing message about...whatevs.
Some questions informed by reporting on the campaign trail...
The Republican presidential contender is keen to pretend he never said drugs should be legalized.
As the media intensify their scrutiny of the new Republican frontrunner, the candidate turns their attention to his advantage.
Moving pot to Schedule II is weak tea compared to Bernie Sanders' support for repealing federal prohibition.
It's a really, really fantastic collection of videos. Believe me.
The story makes a prominent mention in his bestselling memoir, Gifted Hands, but the military academy found no record of his application.
Only eight candidates will compete in next week's primetime debate on Fox Business.
Pyramids, rap songs, intensive & inconclusive investigations into childhood events from a half-century ago, etc.
Compared to these concepts, Carson's theory is downright banal.
The bill, the first of its kind in the Senate, would let states decide whether to ban or regulate marijuana.
Another day, another shameful defense of eminent domain abuse by Trump.
Election Day 2015 did not go smoothly for pollsters.
Matt Bevin's big surprise win the Kentucky governor's hints at trouble for both Democrats and the larger political system.
Politicians in Washington want to tell you what to do and take your money for it.
Why should mediocre candidates get the benefit of forced balloting?
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This candidate promises to "take a hard look at licensing requirements from state to state" and simplify small-business taxes.
Republicans are moving rightward while Democrats are moving leftward.
Is honesty relevant in an election about punishing the enemy?
Repealing the national ban is a logical implication of federalism.
It's hard to determine a winner in last night's awkward debate, but there was one clear loser.
Ohio's governor is also worried about "mixed signals" and "overdoses." Huh?
It won't stop a terrible budget deal, but it will send a message about spending that will eventually be heeded.
'We have people out of work. We have ISIS and al Qaeda attacking us. And we're talking about fantasy football?'
Nobody went full libertarian, but belief in limited government started to show around the edges.
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Leave it to the states, he says.
Trump vs. Carson! Budget-deal bluster! Entitlements, pot, and more...