If Trump is the white Catholic consensus candidate, late primaries look good for him.
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Trump shows Bloomberg the right way to beat the two-party system
A hostile takeover of GOP proves more effective than trying to rise above party.
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Trump and Clinton benefit from regional dominance
Clinton takes the old Confederacy and Trump sweeps Appalachia.
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Trump poised to triumph over Republican orthodoxy
The front-runner is promising not to let people “die in the streets.”
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Does Donald Trump have governing on his mind?
Winning the presidency may cut into the former wrestling star’s trash-talking time.
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South Carolina winnows GOP race to two
Donald Trump wins first two primaries but now faces the tough part.
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Pope comments on Trump may help him with evangelicals
Even if anti-Catholicism has abated, nativism remains in American politics.
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South Carolina unlikely to be Republican tiebreaker this year
The GOP primary comes after a late endorsement for Rubio and a papal scolding for Trump.
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Criminal Politics: Will criminal justice reform reach across the aisle?
One effort that transcends party lines is criminal justice reform.
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America is in denial about political parties
Presidential and Supreme Court politics can’t be avoided.
