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Ted Cruz isn’t the first political figure to invoke 'New York values' pejoratively. 

Outsiderism can draw attention, but at some point voters ask whether the outsider will make a good nominee. Wallace and Jackson are cautionary examples for Donald Trump.

For the most vulnerable Republicans, especially those senators who represent blue states, the president's executive order on gun control could cut hard against them at the polls. 

There will be no quick knockouts in the 2016 GOP presidential primary. The wide disparities within the Republican Party are not going to resolve quickly.

Obama can order executive agencies to expand background checks, but he can’t appropriate more money to implement his order without the Congress he has bypassed.

Why use English when there's a perfectly good Latin phrase at hand to add a touch of gravitas?

Even though there is data galore today, political oddsmakers actually don’t have much material to work with.

Yes, some insults have generated instant buzz, but the use of another phrase has continued unabated – by countless politicians as well as the journalistic hordes covering them.

Politicians increasingly like the word 'feckless,' because it sounds arch and smart. But Sen. John McCain – a man of undoubted feck – is the clear king. 

Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are going to have to face off at some point. If and when it happens, it could be the decisive moment that allows one of them to rise even further or impels the fall of both. 

The last Democratic debate marked a low point for debate viewership in this campaign cycle. Critics say that that the Democratic National Committee is putting its thumb on the scale to help the front-runner.

Most young people do not know enough to cast an intelligent ballot. Older people also have gaps in civic knowledge, but they learn through life experience.

But the phrase has become wearisome to non-Democrats, who consider it worthy of cliché status.

There is something to admire in candidates like Lindsey Graham and George Pataki, moving from Elks Lodge to Legion Hall to public library, crisscrossing the state to passionately make the case for why they should be elected president. 

How Hillary Clinton turned the marathon Benghazi hearings against her attackers, just by listening, and other canny twists.

Mass shootings are spectacular, but rare. The difference between public perception and reality on this point is stark. 

It might be time to start a new party and run hard against the Trump agenda. Let Jeb Bush run under the banner, 'Rational Republicans.'

Only a few current members have experienced an open, deliberative process on Capitol Hill. Attempts to reincorporate 'regular' processes in modern day have failed miserably. 

If events align a certain way, the 2016 race to succeed California Sen. Barbara Boxer could be a humdinger that political junkies talk about for years.