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To Take Out Trump, Hillary Clinton Must First Dispense With Her Inner Politician

The Democrat’s strategy will have to be modified for the general election

By Joe Klein March 17, 2016

The Media Came Too Late to the Promise of John Kasich

He has the substantive side of the campaign covered

By Joe Klein March 10, 2016

The Republican Party's Trump Slump

Mitt Romney spoke up because his party is being taken to the cleaners by an obvious charlatan

By Joe Klein March 4, 2016

What a Year of Racial Strife Has Taught Bernie and Hillary

The candidates have taken different approaches to the black community

By Joe Klein March 3, 2016

An Unhealthy Republican Debate

The Republican candidates' views on how to improve our heath care system are weird and misleading

By Joe Klein February 26, 2016

Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome and the Lizard-Brain Campaign

The candidate has been able to control the news cycle

By Joe Klein February 25, 2016

Donald Trump's Lizard Brain

On “Morning Joe” Thursday, I got into a bit of a kerfuffle with the host when I said that Donald Trump was operating out of his lizard brain. Joe Scarborough apparently thought I was denigrating...

By Joe Klein February 18, 2016

Donald Trump: Truth Teller?

If Trump doesn't fizzle now, Republicans will have to ask themselves what their party actually does stand for

By Joe Klein February 15, 2016

Finding Moments of Republican Grace Amid the Ugly Bluster of Donald Trump

On the day before the New Hampshire primary, Jeb Bush addressed a Rotary meeting at the Nashua Country Club. It was the sort of event that has, for the past 100 years, defined the Republican...

By Joe Klein February 11, 2016

How Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Can Lose by Winning

Donald Trump wilts. Jeb Bush wonks. Marco Rubio wobbles. And Chris Christie won't date you. What TIME's political columnist learned ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary

By Joe Klein/Concord, N.H. February 8, 2016

Hillary on the Race, Her Rivals, and Angry Voters

‘It’s Always Hard’

By Joe Klein February 4, 2016

Finally a Worthy Republican Debate in World Without Donald Trump

Glints of substance, detail and grit

By Joe Klein January 29, 2016

Can the Republican Party Avoid a Crack-Up?

The GOP’s infighting could jeopardize its future

By Joe Klein January 28, 2016

The Democrats Stumble Toward 50 Shades of Socialism

How much should the government redistribute?

By Joe Klein January 21, 2016

How Donald Trump Lost—and Won

The upshot of his showdown with Ted Cruz

By Joe Klein January 15, 2016

President Obama's Playground Grievances at the State of the Union

If the purpose of the speech was to reassure a jittery country, I’m not sure he succeeded

By Joe Klein January 14, 2016

Trump — The Incoherent Demagogue

Trump has nothing of substance to say

By Joe Klein January 10, 2016

Why Race and Tribe Trump Economics In the Current Presidential Campaign

The Big Dog is getting old, and a little scruffy. Bill Clinton returned to New Hampshire, a natural adrenaline boost in the past, on the first working day of the new year and could barely...

By Joe Klein January 7, 2016

The Republican Governors' Advantage

A Trumpless day in New Hampshire was also a nice reminder why governors have a presidential advantage: they know stuff

By Joe Klein/Hooksett, N.H. January 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton Is Strong on Fighting ISIS — but Democrats Don’t Seem to Care

Hillary Clinton held a town meeting in Salem, N.H., on the December evening after Donald Trump made nearly everybody crazy by proposing that Muslims be barred from entering the U.S. The event was well attended...

By Joe Klein December 21, 2015