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Former President Clinton campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on Jan. 7in Dubuque, Iowa.

Is Bill Clinton’s past fair game? You bet it is.

Is Bill Clinton's sexual history fair game in the 2016 campaign? Donald Trump certainly thinks so. "Hillary is an enabler," he said in one interview. "She's married to an abuser!"...
Republican President candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at Liberty University, on Nov. 11, 2015 in Lynchburg, Va.

Ben Carson’s deep confusion

I don't really mind that Ben Carson thinks the pyramids in Egypt were used to store grain; that's a folk belief that's been around since the Middle Ages. At least...
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a town hall meeting at William Penn University, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Bernie Sanders has some explaining to do

Bernie Sanders, the insurgent candidate for president, says he plans to give "a major speech" soon explaining what he means when he calls himself a democratic socialist. "I think there...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, during a campaign stop at the Westfair Amphitheater in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Can Hillary Clinton change the gun debate?

Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a list of tough new gun control measures this week, seeking to channel public outrage after yet another mass murder on a school campus. Her package...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at a news conference on Monday, Sept. 21, in Madison, Wis., where he announced that he is suspending his Republican presidential campaign.

Why voters abandoned Scott Walker

Five months ago, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker stood atop the national polls for the Republican presidential nomination. Less than two months ago, he was the front-runner in Iowa, where the...