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- If Donald Trump can endorse dropping off undocumented immigrants in "sanctuary" cities, surely those cities can return the favor.
- Moore isn't the first political candidate with a history of sexual misconduct but that doesn't get him a pass now.
- What's both funny and sad is that there is remarkably little intellectual or ideological substance to the current populist fever, says Jonah Goldberg.
- The silver lining to Donald Trump's presidency, according to Leonard Pitts Jr.: It will likely destroy the GOP.
- Leonard Pitts Jr. asks: Since when is knowing things no longer a prerequisite to running for president?
- Jonah Goldberg: A little over a year ago, when Ben Carson was gearing up to run for president, I whether he was ready for what lay ahead. We now have our answer: No.
- This is the third presidential election cycle in a row in which a GOP star was shown to be spectacularly clueless, says Leonard Pitts Jr.
- Donald Trump is piggybacking on the political process to enhance his ability to make millions, says Jules Witcover.
- David Horsey: The six months leading up to the first presidential primary can now be aptly christened the Silly Season.
- Leonard Pitts Jr.: Increasingly, that tail now wags the GOP dog, evidence Donald TrumpĀæs No. 1 place in the polls.
- It's not just Donald Trump, the GOP has sought votes for years by stoking fear and anger toward Mexicans in the country illegally.
- The old adage that anyone can grow up to be president is being put to the test in this election cycle.
- Columnist's criticism of Ben Carson reflects his disdain for black conservatives
- There seems to be only one year that is not an election year, and that is the first year of a new president's first term.
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- Poll showing Carson at top in Republican field is a reminder of failed candidates past
- RNC Chairman Reince Priebus' effort to limit debates and curtail the primary schedule are well meaning, but they won't stop candidates from doing what they want in 2016.
- But the big story that seemed to mostly sail under the radar was the embattled channel's hour-long, full-right-wing, all-out, let's-give-a-big-big-hug coronation later in the evening of Dr. Benjamin Carson, the famous neurosurgeon at Baltimore's Johns Hospital, who made headlines for what he had to say Feb. 7 at the National Prayer Breakfast.
- The hiring of Cain, which was reported Friday, feels like an act of desperation, a move made in reaction to sinking ratings rather than one done as part of a larger vision.
- Leonard Pitts says Republicans' talk of a party makeover should be treated with wariness.
- Jonah Goldberg says accusations that the GOP is motivated by racism are absurd
- Leonard Pitts says the odds are against the party of angry, white men being able to change
- Jules Witcover says demographic trends are leaving the Republican Party behind
- Richard Cross says the candidate's ideological flexibility made it hard for voters to connect with him
- Maryland investment firms haven't followed Wall Street's dramatic shift of giving to Republicans dramatic shift
- A Koch-funded scientist has reversed himself on global warming; will the liberals' favorite villains follow?
- With little ideological diversity and a cautious candidate, don't expect much excitement at the GOP convention.
- The defeat of Sen. Richard Lugar and an establishment candidate in Nebraska by tea party conservatives should be a warning to Democrats.
- In a final puff of pomposity, the Newt Gingrich campaign comes to an end
- Chris Cichon's radio show covers sports and 'bro talk.' But now he must tackle our bro-queries
- The 35 Howard County Republicans that bussed to Washington Saturday did not let the rainy, dreary weather wash out their message.