OUR GIRL DONE GOODHow Indians See Nikki HaleyA politician who can straddle the cultures of South Carolina and the Subcontinent knows a thing or two about winning popular support. She may have even more in India than the U.S.Bobby Ghosh
We Good?Steve Bannon to House GOP: Love MeDonald Trump’s newly minted senior strategist has embarked on a charm offensive to shore up his support with the people he used to publicly scorn.Asawin Suebsaeng
BATON ROUGE BADDIESWas Bobby Jindal Worse Than Katrina?How the erstwhile governor spent all his state’s rainy-day money and left it in massive debt. Michael Tomasky
Operation: Get NoticedKasich Doesn’t Want to Play Nice AnymoreBanking off his attack Tuesday on Trump and Carson (‘I’ve had it’), the formerly amiable Ohio governor went straight for the billionaire’s jugular at the CNBC debate.Gideon Resnick
OUR BODIESBobby Jindal’s Abortion ObsessionBobby Jindal is barely a blip in the primary polls and will leave the Louisiana governor’s mansion next year, but his anti-abortion legacy will last long after him. Samantha Allen
OWN GOALThe GOP’s Endless War on Muslim VotersMuslim Americans are a natural fit for the GOP. But as the recent attacks on Carly Fiorina show, they’re not over Islamophobic rhetoric. Dean Obeidallah
‘War on the Vulnerable’Crime Is Down in My Sanctuary CityBobby Jindal says he wants mayors of sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants to be ‘criminally liable.’ One such mayor says Jindal is ‘trying to incite the mob.’Luke O’Neil
Lo-o-ong TrailRepublicans Flail at N.H. Cattle CallThree piped-in senators. Rick Perry calling the moderator the wrong name. And no future President Trump. Monday night’s forum is a sad harbinger of an epically painful primary season.Betsy Swan
EPIDEMICTheater Shooting Stuns America Yet AgainA gunman opened fire inside a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, last night. The police chief says three people are dead.Julie Dermansky
Sell, Sell, SellCan His Rivals’ Ads Stop the Trumpnado?When Lindsey Graham smashed his cellphone in scorning homage to Trump, it certainly livened up the field of cloying GOP campaign videos.Lloyd Grove
THE BIG TIMEKasich Enters the Race for RelevanceDonald Trump stepped all over the Ohio governor, which just goes to show how hard it can be to break through in a crowded, crazy field.Jackie Kucinich
