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With just a quartet of Republicans remaining in the race and standing on the Michigan debate stage, there was an opportunity for each one to break though—but none fully seized the moment. Donald Trump was at the center of attention all night and took the bulk of the blows, but he never wilted or appeared cowed.

After 10 debates spent attacking each other, underdog Republicans finally focused virtually all their collective fire on Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner who was savaged by the last Republican nominee just hours earlier in a dramatic broadside.

Marco Rubio, who has spent the last week torching the Republican front-runner as a “con artist,” dismissed Trump’s immigration and foreign policies as unserious. Ted Cruz slammed the numerous checks he’s written to boost Hillary Clinton’s political career.

GOP debate winners and losers

The Republican presidential debate on Thursday night will be remembered for its insults, showdowns, and one very personal declaration from GOP front-runner Donald Trump about his anatomy.

Here’s a look at the winners and losers from a chaotic and memorable night in Detroit only two days before the next round of contests, as the challengers seek to shake Trump out of the top spot.

Rivals’ alliance is easiest way to force brokered convention, stop Trump nomination

The last best hope for Donald Trump’s three rivals to stop him may be for them to agree to a March 15 alliance in the hope of forcing a brokered convention, analysts say.

In a nor­mal polit­ic­al en­vir­on­ment, Don­ald Trump would have had a good night on Su­per Tues­day, es­tab­lish­ing him­self as the de facto Re­pub­lic­an pres­id­en­tial nom­in­ee. But this isn’t a nor­mal elec­tion year. And in a world where most of the party’s power­brokers are (be­latedly) try­ing to stop Trump at all costs, the ef­fort to block his nom­in­a­tion be­came more plaus­ible this week.

The Day After Super Tuesday

The results of yesterday’s caucuses and primaries played out about as expected – former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump won a majority of their parties’ contests, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders successfully defended their home turf and won a few other states as well. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finally won a contest (Minnesota’s caucuses) and ran a strong second in Virginia, but few seem to think he did well last night. ... Read More >>

5 takeaways from Super Tuesday

Democrats and Republicans ratified their respective front-runners on Super Tuesday — and the two winners revealed two parties galloping in radically divergent directions.

The Democrats’ top priority in coalescing behind Hillary Clinton: running the country.