“America’s presidential primaries, explained,” a Vox video by Madeline Marshall, Li Zhou, Adam Freelander, and Dion Lee.
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On Super Tuesday Donald J. Trump, reality TV star, failed mortage banker, and threat to American democracy, won more states than any other Republican primary candidate, ever. God save the Republic.
More:
“Trump is the GOP’s Frankenstein monster. Now he’s strong enough to destroy the party,” Robert Kagan, Washington Post
“Donald Trump Is Transforming the G.O.P. Into a Populist, Nativist Party,” John Cassidy, The New Yorker
“For the Republican party, it’s Trumpocalypse Now,” Christopher R. Barron, The Guardian
In the recent GOP debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, Chris Christie pointed out that Marco Rubio keeps mechanically repeating a few rehearsed phrases over and over. Critics and protesters are calling the Florida Senator “Robot Rubio,” “Marcobot,” Rubio Bot,” and “Robo-Rubio.” That’s unfair.
Marco Rubio is not a robot. Robots are smarter than that.
If you’re a registered Republican, you’re probably old enough to recognize what Mr. Rubio really is. He’s not a robot and not a broken record. He’s Chatty Marco.
In 1960, Mattel Inc. introduced the Chatty Cathy doll. It had a pull-string voicebox; when the string was pulled it “spoke”and played back one of a dozen pre-recorded phrases at random. Cathy was not designed to respond to changing circumstances with new utterances. Robots, however, can do that through AI, and they are constantly learning new responses.
See? Marco Rubio is not a robot.
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Fox News has selected the contestants for Thursday’s Republican Presidential Primary ‘Debate’ event, aka “Beat the Trump.” The Donald will be joined by Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, and John Kasich at 9:00 PM EDT. You can also watch it on Facebook somehow.
Warm-up entertainment — provided by “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore — will commence at 5:00 PM EDT.
Fun for the whole family.
More:
“Clowns on the Campaign Trail,” Ian Burma, Project Syndicate
“Is game theory the key to success in the Republican presidential debate?” Alan Yuhas, The Guardian
“How to Win a 10-Person Debate,” Seth Masket, Pacific Standard
“The Undercard,” Ed Kilgore, Political Animal
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