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14 Lessons From 2012
Obama will get better. Politics keeps getting worse.
Obama will get better. Politics keeps getting worse.
Romney convinces America that the Republican Party is sane, and that he's ready.
John Ellis on the president's negative campaign. Romney hasn't figured out an antidote.
Republicans and Democrats look to November after a dramatic night in Wisconsin.
In the epic showdown between Big Blue and Big Red, Walker's margin may be the number being watched from Chicago and Boston. A Walker blowout means trouble for the president.
How can the Republican win the future? Fracking!
Etch A Sketch won't beat the Blue Social Model, BuzzFeed columnist John Ellis argues.
The cost is high. But it's not about logic, or even winning, any more.
The suits are taking charge, and they're killing the travel budgets. Sorry Newt, Rick, Zeke!
BuzzFeed columnist John Ellis tells Romney: Go to South Carolina, go all in, and kill the opposition before it's born. What Atwater told Bush: "When you have your opponent by the throat in presidential politics, you best finish the job."
Etch A Sketch won't beat the Blue Social Model, BuzzFeed columnist John Ellis argues.
The cost is high. But it's not about logic, or even winning, any more.
BuzzFeed columnist John Ellis tells Romney: Go to South Carolina, go all in, and kill the opposition before it's born. What Atwater told Bush: "When you have your opponent by the throat in presidential politics, you best finish the job."