After Trump’s Defeat, Republicans Must Purge His Insurgents
Republicans need to slay the monster they have created or cede the center ground to Democrats.
Republican Party 2.0
If the Republican Party is to retake power at a time when America’s demographics, labor market and social norms are undergoing profound change, we believe it must relax its attitudes about such issues as gay rights and immigration and tailor its economies policies to the concerns of the middle class. Some in the party recognize as much; others cling to what worked in the past.
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.
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.
Realignment Less Likely Than Republican Split
Before the two major parties in the United States can realign, the Republicans need to split up.
Donald Trump and the Republican Schism of 2016
The Republican Party is unraveling. Donald Trump is the straw that broke the elephant’s back.
Rubio Is the Last Hurrah of Bush Republicanism
Let’s dispel with this fiction that Marco Rubio represents the future of the Republican Party.
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.
Republicans Yet to Banish Ghost of George W. Bush
Republicans are starting to come to terms with the failures of their last administration. It isn’t pretty.
Republicans Overpromised (And Some Know It)
Republican leader Paul Ryan urges lawmakers to stop making promises they know they can’t keep.
Republicans Push Back Against Trump’s Pessimism
Few of the candidates dispute Donald Trump’s declinism. But other Republicans are pushing back.
Republicans Losing Support from Hispanics, Youth
Hispanic voters and young whites are ever less likely to support a right-wing presidential candidate.
Republicans Should Stop Obsessing About Tax Cuts
Republicans aren’t going to win the 2016 election with an economic program out of the 1980s.
Between the Crazy, Serious Ideas in Republican Debate
CNBC’s debate was the worst. But it also showed Republicans are serious about solving big problems.
Where is the Republican Optimism?
Republicans are all doom and gloom. They need to tell a more American story.
Republicans Need to Solve Middle Class Problems
Republicans needs to be seen as solving middle-class Americans’ problems or they will lose again.