The GOP Establishment Now Faces Its Nightmare Scenario: Trump Versus Cruz The GOP Establishment Now Faces Its Nightmare Scenario: Trump Versus Cruz
Republican elites wanted an appealing alternative to Trump, but they now face the prospect of a race between an unsettling billionaire and a scary senator.
Mar 6, 2016 / John Nichols
The Trump Obsession Neglects (and Obscures) What Is Really Happening in 2016 The Trump Obsession Neglects (and Obscures) What Is Really Happening in 2016
There are real issues and real trends in play that are bigger than one man.
Mar 4, 2016 / John Nichols
Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway—to the Tune of $400 Billion Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway—to the Tune of $400 Billion
Why isn’t anyone talking about it?
Mar 4, 2016 / William Greider
The Donald Trump Show Preempts Yet Another Republican Debate The Donald Trump Show Preempts Yet Another Republican Debate
GOP candidates and commentators engaged in another long, drab waste of time that did nothing to weaken the front-runner.
Mar 4, 2016 / John Nichols
Mitt Romney Just Gave the Most Pointless Speech of the 2016 Race Mitt Romney Just Gave the Most Pointless Speech of the 2016 Race
His address did not answer the essential question for Republicans in 2016: Will those who oppose Trump as a candidate for the nomination oppose Trump as the nominee?
Mar 3, 2016 / John Nichols
Who Will You Vote for as Drone Commander in Chief? Who Will You Vote for as Drone Commander in Chief?
Every major candidate from both parties has plans to maintain some version of Washington’s drone campaigns.
Mar 3, 2016 / Mattea Kramer
Mitt Romney Should Be Apologizing for Donald Trump Mitt Romney Should Be Apologizing for Donald Trump
In 2012, Trump was to Romney what David Duke is now for Trump—a conduit to Obama-hating white voters.
Mar 3, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Start Making Sense: Donald Trump, Master of Hate Start Making Sense: Donald Trump, Master of Hate
The front-runner’s terrifying supporters, the state of the GOP field, and American Muslims and Trump.
Mar 3, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
It’s Trump’s Party Now It’s Trump’s Party Now
The old GOP is crumbling away as the real estate mogul remakes it in his image.
Mar 2, 2016 / George Zornick
How Pro-choice Republicans Are Helping Donald Trump How Pro-choice Republicans Are Helping Donald Trump
Once again, he’s willing to buck Republican orthodoxy when it’s helpful to him.
Mar 1, 2016 / George Zornick