Michelle Cottle

member of the New York Times editorial board

Guest/Host

Washington correspondent for Newsweek and the Daily Beast; former Senior Editor for The New Republic

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Democratic presidential candidates spent the last two nights throwing accusations at one another in the party’s second round of debates.

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When he withdrew yesterday and endorsed Mitt Rommey , Jon Huntsman said of the Republican campaign for president, "Rather than trying to advance our common goal, this race has…

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