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2008: The Critical Election That Wasn’t (Part II)
This is the conclusion of a two-part article. For Part One, click here. Looking back on it, what’s striking about the 2008 election is the shallowness of Obama’s victory. It was a great victory for a...
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Is the Republican Party Dying?
The question is in the air, so why not ask it? I think the answer is no. But the question is out there because the Republican party is badly divided, in a way that many of us have never seen. As a...
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The GOP’s marriage of convenience turns sour
Back in the spring of 2012, I wrote a post, Is the Republican Party Dying?, in which I surmised that the GOP, despite its already apparent fissures, was unlikely to collapse any time soon, because of...
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The list of powerful figures Trump has alienated, injured, and offended is growing. Paradoxically, many of them are members of his own, rather than the opposing, party. How many such enemies can...
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The Incredible Shrinking GOP
The results of Tuesday’s election, in which Republicans failed of their two principal goals, and indeed lost ground even in the House, indicate that the GOP is in danger of becoming a minority party....
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Should Republicans Dump the Tea Party?
The answer is yes, unquestionably. Dump the Tea Party, and the Republican Party may survive; the faction that is the Tea Party will die. As it is, the Republican Party is imploding. Yes, on the...
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