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Can the Republican Candidates Recover From Their Recent Implosion?

Republican strategist Karen Hughes and Democratic pollster Mark Penn in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

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The GOP Wheel of Misfortune

Why Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are next in line to play the anti-Romney

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Racism is Fun?

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Why Rick Perry’s flirtation with birtherism is racist

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Help Wanted: Evaluating Economic Recovery Plans

Why we need to vet the policies of presidential candidates before it’s too late

Mitt Romney’s Faith Has Been Called Into Question. That’s Bad for All of Us.

When Rick Perry supporter and Dallas Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress called Mormonism a cult, it turned politics into a religious test

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Wake Up Rick Perry — And Smell the Fumes

If Rick Perry wants to lead America to energy independence, he should clean up his act at home

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Can Whites Say the N-Word?

Illustration by Alexander Ho for TIME

Short answer: no. Unless it’s in a movie or a play or stand-up comedy or music.