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Why the culture of college debate explains Cruz’s greatest strength — and his greatest weakness

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First of all, as a Democrat, this needs to be said: to Hell with Joe Manchin. He has […]

Journalist Lauren Duca received a lot of criticism in the Twitterverse from more moderate and conservative Democrats for […]

Carolyn Bourdeaux is an associate professor of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies […]