Walker’s Sensible Plan to Replace Obamacare
The Wisconsin governor’s plan to repeal and replace the Democratic health reforms has some good ideas in it.
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.
The Wisconsin governor’s plan to repeal and replace the Democratic health reforms has some good ideas in it.
To win back the presidency, Republicans need to speak the language of the American middle class.
There are Republicans who are committed to winning elections again. There may not be enough.
Old conservatives won’t be around forever, but voters grow more conservative with age.
The American right can’t keep going against the tide. More and more voters support marriage equality.
Republicans need to stop being fanatical about principles many Americans actually share.
Two former governors are eager to take on income inequality and the erosion of America’s middle class.
Speakers at an annual conference of Republicans disagree about how to win back the presidency.
The real divide in the Republican Party isn’t one of ideology, but of electoral realism.
The centrist Republican wants his party to be less ideologically rigid and more focused on “problem solving.”
Florida’s former governor argues that Republicans cannot only be “against things.”
The Southern base of the party is ideologically supreme but can’t win national elections.
Voters in presidential swing states are relatively more conservatives than Americans nationwide.
Republicans have to moderate their social views but stay the course on economic issues.
Western states’ growing Hispanic populations could change the outcome of national elections.