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Jill Lawrence, managing editor for politics for National Journal, is an award-winning analyst, columnist and commentary writer who has covered every presidential election since 1988.

Lawrence has been a contributor to The Daily Beast, Atlantic.com and other online and print publications and was a senior correspondent and columnist for PoliticsDaily.com. Her other positions have included national political correspondent for USA Today and national political writer at the Associated Press. She has also written about politics for the Boston Globe, the Atlanta Constitution, the Washington Post Magazine, Humanities Magazine and other publications. More about Jill Lawrence

Selected articles:

The Republican War of Words on College

Obama’s Message to GOP Rivals: I'm No Sitting Duck

Gingrich Unloads on Paul: Worse Than Obama

Who's More Radical, Gingrich or the Courts He Wants to Abolish?

Newt Gets Religious, Santorum Cries: Only in Iowa

Has the GOP Overreached?

Rick Perry's Dogged Damage Control

The GOP's Nightmare Debate

The Two GOP Candidates Being Shut Out

Romney's Killing It in New Hampshire

Can Obama Win as a War President?

Can Rick Perry Come Back?

The GOP's Campaign Whisperers

Occupy Wall Street Comes to D.C., but Can It Take Root?

Romney Plays Hardball

Rick Perry's Missing Piece

'I Wasn't Born at Harvard': Elizabeth Warren Meets the Voters

Why Is the GOP Fussing Over Social Security? Medicare Is the Real Problem

Rick Perry's Jobs Strategy: Raiding Other States

Obama on Jobs: Leading from Out Front

Romney vs. Perry: Worth Waiting For

Rick Perry's Swing-Voter Problem

Michele Bachmann's Tough Fall

The GOP's Two-Man Race

Obama's Boeing Union Headache

The Awkwardness Olympics

Jon Huntsman Goes 'Crazy'

Rick Perry's Domino Effect

The GOP's Three to Beat

Michele Bachmann's Promise and Peril

How Congress Can Redeem Itself

Health-Care Law Could Give Rise to Entrepreneurs

Romney's Failed Jobs Record

The Submissive Michele Bachmann

Why 'Obamacare' May Live

Why Do GOP Candidates Have So Many Kids?

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