Republican Debate Reaction
Anna Sale, It's A Free Country political reporter, to offer her quick take on last night's first debate of the 2012 election season. She will be joined by Charles (Chuck) Dunn, professor of government...
View ArticleRepublican Debate Reaction: How Do We Look?
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Anna...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Debate Recap
Reihan Salam, columnist for The Daily and blogger for National Review Online, discusses what we learned in the first Republican debate last night.→ Add Your Comments, Listen, and Read A Recap at It's A...
View ArticleIowa Turning Point
From the debate tonight through to the Ames Straw Poll on Saturday, the next 48 hours in Iowa are a critical test for GOP presidential hopefuls. Congressional correspondent for Bloomberg NewsLisa Lerer...
View ArticleWatch and Chat: First Iowa Republican Presidential Debate
The Iowa Republican Party, Fox News, and The Washington Examiner hosted the first Iowa presidential debate on Thursday, August 11th, at Iowa State University in Ames. The debate set the stage for the...
View ArticleRecapping the GOP Presidential Debate
Last night, eight GOP presidential hopefuls gathered at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California for the fourth Republican debate this year. It was the first presidential...
View ArticleOpinion: Watching the GOP Debate—A Visit to The Twilight Zone
In the famous Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder," we the audience see a strange alternate universe where conventional notions of beauty are turned upside down. What we consider attractive,...
View ArticleRecapping Last Night's Republican Debate
The latest Republican presidential debate was held in New Hampshire on Tuesday night. Perhaps it was the mahogany table's influence but, unlike some of the more recent GOP debates, the atmosphere was...
View ArticleNew Hampshire GOP Debate
The GOP candidates squared off again last night in New Hampshire. Anna Sale, political reporter for It's a Free Country, discusses the debate, which focused on the economy.→ Add Your Comments, Listen,...
View ArticleGOP Candidates Debate Economy, 999 (and 666) in New Hampshire
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show,Anna Sale,...
View ArticleExplainer: Herman Cain's 999 Tax Plan - Is it Really That Simple?
Herman Cain has been getting a lot of attention lately, not least for his "9-9-9" tax plan. (Not "6-6-6", as Bachmann has devilishly suggested.) He explains the plan on his website with short, sharp...
View ArticleObama and GOP Hopefuls Set Their Sights on Swing States
The 2012 Election is more than a year away, but the president and Republican presidential hopefuls are already campaigning, and setting their sights on potential swing states. Tuesday night, the...
View ArticleRick Perry Revives Debate on Flat Taxes
When Herman Cain introduced his 999 plan, it put him in the spotlight and helped vault him to the top of the polls. It was just a matter of time before another Republican presidential contender offered...
View ArticleLiking Newt, Warts and All
Recap from It's a Free Country.Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on...
View ArticleAhead of Caucus, Paul Surges in Iowa
With less than two weeks before the January 3 Iowa caucus, the GOP presidential hopefuls are making their final push in the Hawkeye state. Recent days have seen libertarian candidate Ron Paul surge to...
View ArticleGOP Candidates Battle in Florida
The remaining Republican presidential candidates — Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum — will debate in Florida on Thursday evening. A new CNN poll shows the two frontrunners, Mitt...
View ArticleThe Audience's Role in a Debate
With 23 debates held thus far, the GOP candidates have conjured a great deal of applause, cheers, boos and laughter. But whether or not audience reactions are allowed is largely dependent on the...
View ArticleUnivision's Jorge Ramos on Latino Voters in the 2012 Presidential Race
It's getting down to the wire in Florida, with Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney neck-and-neck in the polls. The Latino vote is essential to win the Sunshine State, but it might be even more important for...
View ArticleAhead of Debate, Arizona Voters Confess Concerns
Ahead of the Republican presidential debate in Arizona, KJZZ reporter Paul Atkinson has been talking to Arizona voters. He tells The Takeaway about what they hope the candidates will address, next.
View ArticleCain's Tax Plan Comes Under Fire at GOP Debate
Republican presidential candidates hammered away at Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan during Tuesday's GOP debate. They argued it was a tax increase waiting to happen, as they aimed to curtail Cain's rise...
View ArticleRichard Florida; Pell Grants for Prisoners; Looking Ahead to the GOP Debate
The first televised Republican debate is coming up this week. Slate columnist and National Review Online executive editor Reihan Salam previews the event. Plus: Pell Grants for prisoners; Richard...
View ArticleDebate Grades From Candidates’ Beat Reporters
Three public radio reporters - each of whom has been closely following their local candidate - "grade" the candidates' performances in last night's GOP debate.Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio’s...
View ArticleAre we as scared of terrorism as GOP candidates say we are?
In recent weeks, fears over the Islamic State’s rise have dominated the GOP side of the presidential election. Photo by Reuters.Nearly two hours into last night’s Republican debate, the candidates had...
View ArticleThe GOP Debate: Did the Candidates Capture South Carolina Republicans?
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Last night, the Republican presidential candidates gathered in Charleston, South Carolina for their second to last debate before the Iowa...
View ArticleThe Story of Last Night: The Sixth GOP Debate
If you were following Twitter during the Republican debate last night, you may have noticed something...lyrical about our tweets.That's because we were tweeting using only lyrics from Hamilton The...
View ArticleListen to a Mashup of the Republican Debate and Hamilton the Musical
If you were following Twitter during the Republican debate last night, you may have noticed something...lyrical about our tweets.That's because we were tweeting using only lyrics from Hamilton The...
View ArticleRepublicans battle to stay in the mix at the New Hampshire debate
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View ArticleThe latest: Candidates spar during GOP debate in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, NH – FEBRUARY 06: (L-R) Republican presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) participate in the Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm...
View ArticleCruz, Rubio face barrage of attacks during debate
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) participate in the Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College February 6, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Sponsored by ABC News, the Independent Journal Review and...
View ArticleDebate takeaways: Rubio stuck in a loop, Christie on the attack
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump passes between rivals Governor John Kasich, former Governor Jeb Bush and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio at the conclusion of the Republican U.S....
View ArticleThe latest: Republican presidential candidates battle in South Carolina
Republican U.S. presidential candidates Senator Marco Rubio (R), businessman Donald Trump (C) and former Governor Jeb Bush (L) take the stage before the start of the Republican U.S. presidential...
View ArticlePolitical Obfuscation and the 9th GOP Debate
Molly Ball, political reporter for The Atlantic, rounded up the latest political news, starting with the politics of obfuscation after the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin...
View ArticleA High Stakes (and High Volume) GOP Debate
The stakes (and the volume) were high at last night's Republican debate, the last one before Super Tuesday.Jamil Smith, now a Senior National Correspondent at MTV News, breaks down the debate.He...
View ArticleViewer’s Guide: GOP debate about Trump vs. everyone else
File photo of the Jan. 28 Republican debate held by Fox News. Photo by Jim Young/ReutersWASHINGTON — And then there were four.Ben Carson’s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of...
View ArticleViewer’s Guide: ‘Softer’ GOP debate? So says Trump, maybe
Photo of CNN’s December debate by Mike Blake/ReutersWASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Party has declared that he wants Thursday’s Republican presidential debate to be “more of a G-rated”...
View ArticleThis Week in Trump: Trump, Race and the Ghost of George Wallace
This week, Donald Trump continued his march toward an increasingly likely nomination with wins in the Mississippi and Michigan primaries. His rust-belt win in the north is reminiscent of the 1972...
View ArticleWatch: New Jersey's 2nd Republican Gubernatorial Primary Debate
State Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno face off tonight in their second and final primary debate. They're the two Republican candidates for New Jersey governor who've raised...
View ArticleLast Night in New Jersey: Racapping the Final Republican Gubernatorial...
The two Republicans running in the New Jersey gubernatorial primary took the stage in Newark last night for their final debate before the June 6 primary.Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno entered the...
View ArticleGOP Governor Contenders to Debate
In advance of Monday night's debate among the Republicans facing off in the June 28 primary to run for New York governor, Laura Nahmias, senior reporter covering New York City and state politics at...
View ArticleAt a Trumpless G.O.P. Debate, Trumpism Dominates
The Washington Roundtable: In the first debate of the Republican Presidential primary, which took place in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, six of the eight potential nominees onstage raised their hands...
View ArticleRepublican Debate No. 1: How Do You Limit Demagogues?
Vivek Ramaswamy labeled Trump the best president of the 21st century. Chris Christie compared Ramaswamy to ChatGPT. Conservative callers share their reflections on the first Republican presidential...
View ArticleGOP Candidates & the UAW Strike; A Controversial NYPD Recommendation; The...
On today's show: Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter for The Washington Post, talks about how the GOP presidential hopefuls address the issues raised by the UAW strike as they meet for a second...
View ArticleThursday Morning Politics - Ukraine Aid, Border Politics, Another GOP Debate
Joseph Zeballos-Roig, domestic policy and politics reporter at Semafor, talks about the latest national political news, including the failed Senate vote to send aid to Ukraine without a border security...
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