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A briefing on the National Enquirer’s story about Ted Cruz’s “5 Mistresses”

Summary: Campaign 2016 takes yet another surprising turn with the National Enquirer’s allegations about Ted Cruz’s five mistresses. This post summarizes what little we know. It ends with a reminder about a similar incident in our past. In 2007 the Enquirer made accusations about a candidate’s infidelity, political experts sneered, candidate John Edwards indignantly denied …

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It doesn’t matter if Trump wins. 2016 is already a revolutionary election

Summary: The public, and so journalists, focus on the presidential elections as races, reasonable since the political consequences of each party’s victory are large but predictable. The 2016 election is different. Focusing on Trump’s latest outrageous sound-bite conceals the massive change made by his success to date. What if the parties’ control of political money …

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