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The Ticket: The Second GOP Debate

This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott look back at key moments from the 2016 campaign, and they talk with Jennifer Rubin, writer of The Washington Post's Right Turn blog, about how the GOP field is handling Donald Trump.

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The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT NewsFind it on SoundCloud and Stitcher

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This week on The Ticket: It's debate time once again for the Republican presidential candidates. So to help us explain how the candidates have done so far and what each needs to do to strengthen their campaign, we'll talk with We'll talk with Jennifer Rubin, writer of the Right Turn blog for the Washington Post. And with most of the candidates not named Trump, still trying to get their campaigns off the ground, we'll revisit some of the defining moments so far in the 2016 race.

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