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Why is Michael Bennet still running for president?

WASHINGTON – In the field of Democratic presidential candidates in 1992, a relatively unknown, centrist governor from Arkansas wasn’t the obvious frontrunner.  New York Magazine...

Primary season is upon us. Here’s how you participate in Colorado.

  Today, voters across snowy Iowa will gather in neighborhood caucus meetings to help pick the nation's next president. Then, onward to New Hampshire, where flinty Granite...

Littwin: What if Bernie Sanders wins Iowa?

Late polls show Hillary Clinton has a small lead over Bernie Sanders in Iowa.   It is the morning of the Iowa caucuses, and hope - if not...

March for Bernie brings the presidential race to the streets

Bernie Sanders's supporters marched from Cheeseman Park to the state Capitol to show their support for the democratic socialist from Vermont who's rattling Hillary...

Wiretap: GOP ponders who’s worse — Cruz or Trump

Who's worse? We're a week and a half from the Iowa caucuses and war has broken out in the Republican Party over who is the...

Littwin: Could Bernie win? Hillary seems to think so.

In the last Democratic debate before Iowa, Bernie Sanders had his best performance yet, and Hillary Clinton seemed nervous.   Bernie Sanders had his best debate,...

Wiretap: How Bernie Sanders could beat Hillary Clinton

Sanders' strategy The polls in Iowa and New Hampshire are tight. Here's how Bernie Sanders could beat Hillary Clinton. Via The Washington Post. Natural born It's not just Donald Trump...

Wiretap: How the Founding Fathers protected Muslim rights

Guarding Muslims The fascinating history of how Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers made certain to protect the religious rights of Muslims. It might be...

Wiretap: Why lifelong Zionists are boycotting Israel

Zionist boycott Lifelong Zionists explain why they're boycotting Israel to save it from the harm it has caused itself by continuing the occupation and refusing to give all...

Wiretap: Minimum wage hike popular with public, good for economy, likely...

According to a National Journal poll, Americans overwhelmingly (71 percent) want a hike in the minimum wage. What do you think Congress will do? OK, you know what Congress will do -- nothing.