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This presidential campaign

From Slate, Barney Frank is not impressed by Bernie Sanders. Sanders, Trump, and Cruz all want dramatic changes to the US government — Clinton doesn’t. Does Hillary Clinton’s gender hurt her among male voters? Political scientists weigh in. Max Ehrenfreund on what some men have against Hillary Clinton. Most Clinton voters think trade deals are good— and so do most Sanders voters. Simmering for decades, anger about trade boils over in ’16 election. Can free trade survive the rise of the “New Right”? From the New Yorker, is Donald Trump self-destructing? How Anonymous hacked Donald Trump: Can hacktivism bring down The Donald? Ed Kilgore on how an obscure rule could limit the GOP convention to a choice of Trump or Cruz. Republic of Fear: Donald Trump has already transformed American culture — even if he loses the election, Trumpism is here to stay.

This presidential campaign is making Americans like Obama — and that’s good for Dems in November. Martin Longman on how Barack Obama destroyed the Republican Party. “It would be foolish to count unhatched chickens in our own coop. I’ll believe the Republican Party is destroyed and Ronald Reagan’s legacy dismantled when I see a stake driven through its fat black heart and not a moment before”.