Ben Jacobs is the managing editor of the Daily Download and a former reporter for Newsweek/Daily Beast.
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Will Ron Paul Ever Give Up?
Ron Paul could still cause trouble for Mitt Romney at the Tampa convention.... MORE
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Is Our Amercian Leaders Learning?
Ben Jacobs runs down five classic political typos and misnomers. MORE
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Bachmann’s Very Small Step
A 48-year gap between women collecting a single delegate underscores the reasons Republicans can’t... MORE
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Texas Primaries’ 5 Key Results
From Tea Party Senate survivor Ted Cruz to Romney sealing the nomination, Ben Jacobs on the big... MORE
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Obama Avoids Wisconsin
As national Democrats keep their distance, Gov.... MORE
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5 Fringe White House Hopefuls
If you really can’t stand to pull the lever for either Obama or Romney, there will be at least five... MORE
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How Texas Executed an Innocent
Ben Jacobs on the 10 most gripping bits from ‘Los Tocayos Carlos,’ a new book on Texas’s wrongful... MORE
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What Does Ron Paul Have Against Gary Johnson?
They're the two most ideologically similar candidates in the 2012 Presidential race, but when asked... MORE
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Ron Paul’s Sneaky Maneuver
Ben Jacobs says by ‘no longer spending resources,’ Paul may be able to build power without taking... MORE
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Did Russian Authorities Shut Down a US Company?
Ben Jacobs and Anna Nemtsova on how attackers targeted Ustream MORE
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Labor Falters in Wisconsin
Republicans turned out in droves to support embattled Gov. Scott Walker in a primary.... MORE
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What to Watch Tuesday
The stakes are high in Tuesday’s down-ballot contests, writes Ben Jacobs. MORE
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Let the Pentagon Run Wall Street
A new book argues that what the finance industry needs isn't more regulation—it's military... MORE
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ALEC Tips Right, Says Former Chair
Ben Jacobs talks to one of the last Democrats to chair the group that helped craft “stand your... MORE
