The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics  —  On Monday, Donald Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he merrily repeated a woman in the crowd who called Ted Cruz a pussy.  Twenty-four hours later, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide.

GOP establishment stares into the abyss  —  MANCHESTER N.H. - For the establishment wing of the Republican Party, the picture just keeps getting bleaker.  —  Far from winnowing the crowded field of mainstream GOP contenders and allowing it to unify around a standard-bearer, New Hampshire thrust it further into chaos.

Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and the Republican Establishment's Tragedy of the Commons  —  The richly deserved collapse of a rotten party elite.  —  “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,” goes the old saying.  In the case of Donald Trump's candidacy, step one, ignoring, never happened.

Chris Christie expected to suspend presidential campaign  —  Chris Christie is expected to formally suspend his campaign later on Wednesday, according to a source close to the campaign, after finishing a disappointing sixth in the New Hampshire primary.  —  The New Jersey governor was expected …

Bush and Rubio race to the bottom  —  New Hampshire was supposed to be the nail Marco Rubio would drive into Jeb Bush's coffin.  —  Now, it might be the beginning of Rubio digging his own political grave.  —  The two warring Floridians spent much of the New Hampshire campaign eyeing each other …

Explaining Bernie's ‘Socialism’  —  He perfects the strategy of denying the funding dilemma of the welfare state.  —  In the 1940s, many Western societies began adopting single-payer health systems as a way to expand access to the relatively few things medical care at the time could do for patients.

Bernie Sanders Wins Every Demographic Group  —  Senator Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton among nearly every demographic group in the Democratic New Hampshire primary, according to exit polls.  —  He carried majorities of both men and women.  He won among those with and without college degrees.