From WSJ, Donald Trump has done something rare in politics: Create a new coalition of voters. Donald Trump is the harbinger of the Republican Party apocalypse — and the GOP paved the way for its own destruction. Tucker Carlson on how Donald Trump is shocking, vulgar and right — and, my dear fellow Republicans, he’s all your fault. Low-information candidate worried about low-information voters: “They don't have a clue what you’re talking about, and yet these are people who vote”, something Ben Carson actually said. The Republican establishment can fix its problems by picking a name out of a hat — seriously: Game theory concepts of “focal points” and “credible commitment” provide a simple — albeit radical — solution to the problem facing moderate/establishment Republicans.
Potemkin ideologies: Paul Krugman on how the Republican and Democratic parties, as revealed by their primaries, are not at all symmetric. Ezra Klein on Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are actually fighting about Barack Obama; it’s a debate over what Obama accomplished — and what he didn’t. No more Mr. Nice Bernie: To go negative, or not to go negative — that is the question facing the Bernie Sanders campaign. Andrew Prokop on Bernie Sanders's political revolution, explained. Bernie’s Wall Street plan is actually not enough: Mike Konczal on three ways he can make his plan a real threat to the finance industry. Dana Milbank on why Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders.
Why do the Iowa caucuses matter? Because everyone thinks they do. Jennifer Daniel on what it’s like to live in Iowa before the caucuses.
