GOP

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• 12/30/2018
  

  Why Conservatives Are Right to Stress Moral Education

  by Walter G. Moss

  As were the Founding Fathers.

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• 12/23/2018
  

  A Less-Kind and Less-Gentle Grand Old Party

  by Paul J. Croce

  The old GOP is dead. George H.W. Bush’s funeral marked the end of it.

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• SOURCE: Rolling Stone
  12-5-2018
  

  Is It Possible to Separate George H.W. Bush’s GOP From Trump’s?

  by Sean Wilentz

  Reflections on the death of a president.

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• 12/15/2018
  

  The GOP Wasn’t Always the Party of Right-wingers

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  It’s worth remembering this.

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• 12-2-18
  

  The Air We Breathe Is Cleaner Because of George H.W. Bush

  by Gavin Benke

  This is something today’s GOP should keep in mind.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11-23-18
  

  Warning signs mount for Trump reelection bid

  ‘They haven’t gotten his job approval over 50 percent, like Reagan,’ says one GOP pollster.

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• 12/9/2018
  

  When Did the GOP Move to the Dark Side?

  by Richard Striner

  A once-decent party has given in to the worst impulses of its base.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11-18-18
  

  Trump has consummated the marriage between Fox News and the GOP

  by Julian Zelizer

  The network has been a major force in American politics, and with Trump's help, it has helped to reshape the modern Republican Party.

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• SOURCE: We're History
  11-13-18
  

  Midterms and Troops: The Bid to Save a Party that Led to the Wounded Knee Massacre

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  "The president sent soldiers to South Dakota, the largest movement of troops since the Civil War, in the midst of a midterm election campaign that looked bad for his party."

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• 11/18/18
  

  The GOP Has Become the Party of Rural White Voters

  by Daniel K. Williams

  It's the first time in history they've all gravitated to one party.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-6-18
  

  Two Years and Hundreds of Inflammatory Ads Later, the G.O.P. Is the Party of Trump

  And the party of angry messages tinged with racism.

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• 11/4/18
  

  The GOP Needs to Stop Calling Itself the Party of Lincoln

  by Roy E. Finkenbine

  Lincoln would have nothing to do with a party of immigrant-haters.

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• SOURCE: The Boston Globe
  10-23-18
  

  ‘Voter fraud’ is a myth that helps Republicans win, even when their policies aren’t popular

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  The myth of voter fraud persists only because it is ingrained in modern politics, after a decades-long effort by Republicans to portray Democratic votes, and especially African-American votes, as fundamentally suspect.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-8-18
  

  The dark side of American conservatism has taken over

  by Max Boot

  It would be nice to think that Donald Trump is an anomaly who came out of nowhere to take over an otherwise sane and sober movement. But it just isn’t so.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-5-18
  

  Conservatives’ self-delusion on race

  by Joshua Tait

  How the right created the illusion of colorblindness.

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• SOURCE: Twitter
  9-30-18
  

  Some People Are Better than Others: A Bedrock GOP Belief Since 1980

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  The Kavanaugh case exposes this.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9-14-18
  

  Trump could cost GOP control of Congress, historical analysis shows

  “In no previous election has the linkage between opinions of the president and how people are likely to vote been as strong as this time.”

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  9-10-18
  

  Can the G.O.P. Ever Reclaim Wendell Willkie’s Legacy?

  by Thomas Mallon

  He ran for President as a business mogul with no political experience, but his similarities with Donald Trump end there.

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• 9/15/18
  

  These 15 GOP Senators from the Past Could Show Mitch McConnell and His Colleagues How to Do the Job

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  The list includes liberals, conservatives and moderates.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9-4-18
  

  Want to save the GOP, Republicans? Vote for every Democrat on this year’s ballot.

  by Tom Nichols

  If the GOP is going to be a credible, center-right party, Republicans have to treat the 2018 election as a parliamentary-style housecleaning.