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If Libertarian candidate can make it a 3-way race, House can choose next U.S. president

Martin O'Malley formally withdrew his name from the Maryland presidential ballot on Friday, avoiding the potential for an embarrassing home state result in the April primary.

By John Fritze

Feb 6, 2016

Dispute between Donald Trump and Fox News is all about media manipulation

Midwestern voters may have trimmed the zombie candidates but presidential race is just beginning.

After years of anticipation, and now months of aggressive campaigning, aspirations for Martin O'Malley's presidential bid feel distant as Iowans prepare to embark on the nation's first caucus on Monday.

By John Fritze

Jan 31, 2016

After years of anticipation, and now months of aggressive campaigning, aspirations for Martin O'Malley's presidential bid feel distant as Iowans prepare to embark on the nation's first caucus on Monday.

By John Fritze

Jan 31, 2016

There was nothing seriously wrong with the Republican debate Thursday night on Fox News. It was lively, somewhat contentious and the moderators were exemplary in maintaining control.But I have to admit, I kept shifting my attention whenever I thought I could get away with it to the screen showing Donald Trump¿s counterprogramming event for veterans.

By David Zurawik

Jan 29, 2016

Less than month before the first votes of the 2016 presidential election are cast in Iowa, both major parties find themselves in the grip of revolution, says Jules Witcover.

By Jules Witcover

Jan 18, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Jim Gilmore will not make the Maryland primary ballot unless he gathers thousands of signatures by next month, state election officials said Thursday.

By John Fritze

Jan 14, 2016

Donald Trump is perhaps the most divisive, dangerous, racist candidate in our history, says Bill Press.

Donald Trump may, or at least should, face sharp questioning from two separate quarters in Tuesday night's Republican debate in Las Vegas. His opposing candidates need to target him to salvage their own campaigns, and the CNN moderators need to expose his demagoguery for the sake of the political process' own reputation.

By Jules Witcover

Dec 14, 2015

For years, Americans and U.S. policymakers have made punching bags of France, says John Kass.

U.S. climate talks represent a repudiation of terrorist and of those who would deny science and diplomacy

The travesty in the first four rounds of Republican debates of relegating some of the candidates to the "undercard" never should have happened, says Jules Witcover.

By Jules Witcover

Nov 16, 2015

With less than 100 days to go before the Iowa caucuses, presidential hopefuls with dwindling bank accounts and bottom-scraping poll numbers are beginning to weigh the risks of staying in the race versus getting out.

Donald Trump is winning in media coverage, but he won't win the GOP nomination, says Jules Witcover.

Like it or not, Donald Trump isn't going to be easily knocked from the head of the GOP pack, but several other candidates emerged as ones to watch in Thursday's debate

Does a person who acts loving only when high on weed really love you? My live-in boyfriend of three years acts sweet, loving, and caring when he's high, but when the weed runs out, he's mean, angry, hurtful, and horrible to be around.

C-SPAN's "Voters First Forum" lacked Donald Trump but featured Ben Carson, Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham, Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul Marco Rubio at St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire.

By David Zurawik

Aug 3, 2015

Public-opinion polls, once employed by political consultants to gauge the concerns of voters as a means to shape their candidates' campaigns more effectively, have become the tail that wags the dog.

By Jules Witcover

Aug 3, 2015

Whenever I get too depressed about all the media institutions that have lost their sense of mission during the last tumultuous decade, I turn on C-SPAN.

By David Zurawik

Aug 3, 2015

Note to the GOP: Unless a principle is applied equally it is not really principle at all, says Leonard Pitts Jr. referring to the party's condemnation of Donald Trump.

Mock all you want, Republicans, but O'Malley is dead-on about the global security threats of climate change.

America may moving toward a transformational moment: the end of mass incarceration, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Anti-Latino rants by Trump and others are not only vile but badly misrepresent the realities of immigrants in the U.S.

Republicans consider it an article of faith to deny that human activity has anything to do with climate change, largely due to the influence of the energy sector of the economy, and also in part to the issue's association with a very prominent Democrat, Al Gore, and so the responses they offered to the Pope's call were predictable.

Reacting to climate change, despite the expense, is worth the risk that it is all a hoax, writes Leonard Pitts.

David Horsey: Two things are at work in the reactions to the Charleston massacre on the right, and both are a bit sickening.

In order from most recently announced, here are the announced candidates for the 2016 presidential election.

Newspaper covers Republican candidate but not the Vermont independent running for president

Republicans fear having Democrats control the White House longer than eight years for the first time since the days of Harry Truman. Above all else, that fear will be the animating feature of the 2016 GOP primary.

By Thomas F. Schaller

May 26, 2015

Times certainly have changed in the Republican Party. Gone are the times when patience was its own reward and loyal leading members would await their turn in the list of aspiring presidential candidates.

By Jules Witcover

May 11, 2015

The old adage that anyone can grow up to be president is being put to the test in this election cycle.

Instead of nonstop attacks on Obama, GOP candidates should adopt a positive and future-focused agenda.

Ted Cruz is disregarding the general election by targeting the conservative right wing for the primary, says Jules Witcover.

The GOP "establishment" is scrambling for money from Mitt Romney backers now that he's out of the 2016 race.

Jeb Bush easily chased off Mitt Romney from running for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, Witcover writes.

The GOP continues to be dominated by right-wing ideologists convinced that purity can triumph over political reality.

If Jeb Bush's early disclosure that he's clearing the decks for a 2016 presidential bid was meant to scare off all Republican opposition, it appears to have backfired on him.

By Jules Witcover

Jan 19, 2015