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Trump Enabling Far-Right Takeover of Republican Party: Clinton

The Democrat lambastes her opponent for giving the “paranoid fringe” a national megaphone.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 27, 2016November 27, 2021

Conservatives Come to Terms with What They’ve Done

Some right-wing commentators are owning up to their responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 17, 2016November 27, 2021
Theresa May

May Seeks Middle Way for British Conservatism

Between the liberalism of David Cameron and the Tory paternalism of the past.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 18, 2016November 15, 2021
Mariano Rajoy

The Rajoy School of Political Science

The Spanish prime minister’s strategy is always to wait and wait until circumstances change in his favor.

Shaun RiordanShaun RiordanJune 28, 2016November 15, 2021
François Hollande David Cameron

Cameron’s Resignation the End of a Project

There is a risk the Conservative Party will now abandon the center ground where it has won two elections.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 24, 2016November 27, 2021
United States Capitol Washington

End of the Road for America’s Republicans

This year’s presidential contest is the culmination of years of Republican surrender to the hard right.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 20, 2016February 18, 2022

Never Trust These Vichy Republicans Again

Some conservatives are putting ratings, sales and their careers over principle. Let’s stop listening to them.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 9, 2016November 28, 2021

Donald Trump and the Republican Schism of 2016

The Republican Party is unraveling. Donald Trump is the straw that broke the elephant’s back.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 29, 2016November 27, 2021

Rubio Is the Last Hurrah of Bush Republicanism

Let’s dispel with this fiction that Marco Rubio represents the future of the Republican Party.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 22, 2016November 27, 2021
Jeb Bush

Something Is Rotten in the Republican Party

The fact that Jeb Bush didn’t get far in the Republican contest is an indictment of what his party has become.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 21, 2016November 29, 2021
David Cameron Pedro Passos Coelho

What Other Conservatives Can Learn from Cameron

The British Conservative Party leader won reelection by appealing to voters in the middle.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 7, 2016April 20, 2022

Republicans Overpromised (And Some Know It)

Republican leader Paul Ryan urges lawmakers to stop making promises they know they can’t keep.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 5, 2016November 30, 2021

Conservatives, You Are the Republican Establishment

America’s conservative movement continues to define itself against an establishment it vanquished long ago.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 26, 2016November 27, 2021

Movement Conservatives Urge Voters to Stop Trump

Conservatives from the loony right to the pro-business center call on voters to dump Donald Trump.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 22, 2016November 27, 2021

Republicans Push Back Against Trump’s Pessimism

Few of the candidates dispute Donald Trump’s declinism. But other Republicans are pushing back.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 18, 2016April 20, 2022

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