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Robert David Sullivan
Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine.
Articles by Robert David Sullivan
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a CNN town hall at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Pope comments on Trump may help him with evangelicals
Robert David Sullivan
Even if anti-Catholicism has abated, nativism remains in American politics.
Gov. Nikki Haley campaigns with Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
South Carolina unlikely to be Republican tiebreaker this year
Robert David Sullivan
The GOP primary comes after a late endorsement for Rubio and a papal scolding for Trump.
Politics & Society(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Criminal Politics: Will criminal justice reform reach across the aisle?
Robert David Sullivan
One effort that transcends party lines is criminal justice reform.
The Father of Our Country really screwed up in dismissing political parties.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
America is in denial about political parties
Robert David Sullivan
Presidential and Supreme Court politics can't be avoided.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Clemson University on Wednesday in Pendleton, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Trump tailors his pitch to Granite State
Robert David Sullivan
Rubio fails to adapt after Iowa.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures to supporters on Tuesday night in Hooksett, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Clinton needs a youth offensive after New Hampshire
Robert David Sullivan
Sanders sweeps all but the oldest and richest
Former president Bill Clinton explains it all to young Democrats. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Bill Clinton does some boomersplaining
Robert David Sullivan
Younger Democrats may not like the sarcasm.
Not all New Hampshire counties are of equal weight in predicting the party nominees.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
The top vote-getter in New Hampshire means nothing
Robert David Sullivan
Clinton and Rubio need only the right part of New Hampshire.
Hillary Clinton says "only" Bernie Sanders could consider her part of the establishment.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
The plot twists before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary
Robert David Sullivan
Clinton flicks off establishment label, while GOP faces realignment
Ray Goulding and Bob Elliott
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Bob and Ray were masters of fraud
Robert David Sullivan
The comedy duo could have created Donald Trump.