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Glenn Greenwald called me out for saying (over at Plum Line) prior to the Ames debate that Tim Pawlenty was still a viable candidate , and ...

What's the job of the press with regard to presidential candidates? That's a very tricky question. It comes up because there's...

Steve Benen calls out WaPo's Richard Cohen -- the " hackiest pundit in America ' -- for saying that Rick Perry looks like a pre...

Nate Silver continued the argument about Ames today by presenting data that show the limited effect not of Ames, but of the Iowa Caucuses -...

What should we think of the Ames Straw Poll as part of the nomination process? Polls and Votes and the Monkey Cage's Joshua Tucker arg...

Wisconsin: two Republican state senators were defeated this week in recall elections, but four others survived, leaving Republicans with a s...

Putting aside the various fringe and protest candidates, if I'm correct we're basically talking about two plausible nominees right n...