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Wiretap: Low blows and dirty tricks mark South Carolina’s GOP race

Dirty politics Welcome to South Carolina, where dirty tricks and brawling are how they play the game in Republican primary politics. As Lindsey Graham put...

Littwin: Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump’s New Hampshire revolution

The winners in the New Hampshire primaries were, as you might have heard, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. In related news, the world has...

Reader’s view: Ed Gillespie’s anti-carbon-tax politics are “seductively simple”

Judy Weiss, a volunteer member of Citizens' Climate Lobby, wrote a response to former Republican National Committee chair Ed Gillespie's opinion piece, "Reader’s view:...

Hickenlooper offers full-throated support for Hillary Clinton

In a leafy neighborhood on the outskirts of Denver last night, supporters for Hillary Clinton crowded the living room of former U.S. Sen. Ken...

Littwin: Clinton’s Benghazi hearing: Tragedy or farce? Why choose?

If you somehow missed all 11 hours of the much-hyped, made-for-TV, Benghazi- committee grilling of Hillary Clinton, you don't need to go to the...

Wiretap: Alabama judge: Give blood or go to jail

Blood payment Facing prison time for a court-ordered fine you can't afford to pay? An Alabama judge says there's a way out: "Give blood or go to jail."...

Littwin: Now that Tim Neville’s running for Senate, how could George...

So, now the action finally begins. Tim Neville is in, sending shudders throughout the GOP establishment. George Brauchler will presumably be next, and, after...

Wiretap: How far can Bernie Sanders go?

Distance race In The Los Angeles Times, Doyle McManus tries to answer the question politicos have been asking since the so-called dark horse first jumped into...

Wiretap: Jeb’s flopping at the polls but winning at the bank

Big money Jeb! may not be doing as well as he hoped in the polls, but he's winning the money race, and by a lot....

Five videos about Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid

Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president yesterday. Unless you’re living under a rock, you already know that. And you know her campaign made...