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Presidential health: Do we know enough about our candidates?

The best "worst president": What the right gets wrong about Barack Obama

Mike Pence makes perfect sense: The Indiana governor is close to religious right, Koch brothers — and that's great for Trump

Enough of the "Us vs. Them" binary: Why I'm writing in Bernie Sanders on election day

The myth of the Democratic rift: Despite media hot air, the data show Sanders supporters will embrace Clinton

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