GOP
Where is the Republican Party going?
April 18, 2016The nomination battle is tearing the Republicans apart...or is it? If we only pay attention to the presidential contest, we could miss out on some important factors in this election.
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Clinton takes the long view: Republican victory would threaten democracy itself
April 6, 2016In the rush to compare Clinton and Sanders and sensationalize their tightening race, a lot of news outlets totally missed the boat.
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North Carolina discrimination law shows limits of corporate conscience
March 29, 2016"The legislation hastily enacted is deplorable and discriminatory, and it runs counter to everything we stand for."
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Trump and the Republican elite: Two sides of a single coin
March 22, 2016Trump's toxic stew - demagogic, divisive, brutish, misanthropic, incendiary and violent - struck a nerve among a section of the electorate and frightened others.
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GOP stopped being the ‘party of Lincoln’ long before Trump
March 9, 2016Trump shocks Republicans because he is cruder than most, but dog whistle racial signaling is not new to today's GOP.
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