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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.
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