Challenges Facing the Republican Party
March 3, 2021
Podcast: 'Vandalism With a Purpose' and the Future of the GOP
NYT columnist Ross Douthat and National Review Senior Writer Michael Brendan Dougherty debate populism’s merits, if Trumpism is real and whether Trump allies in the Republican Party will be the future of the GOP with The Argument host Jane Coaston.
Feb. 18, 2021
David Brooks: Letter to a Young Republican
New York Times columnist responds to a letter from someone who has spent the 10 years since graduation serving Republican causes. But he's become dismayed at how the party has changed and is wondering whether he should change his career path.
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January 19, 2021
Fully break or remain loyal: Republican voters reckon with...
When Doug Peterson first voted for Donald Trump in 2016, and again four years later to reelect him, he felt he was supporting a candidate who "took the bull by the horns" to deliver "for the people," and not for the...
December 18, 2020
Why the future looks bright for the Republican Party...
On Monday, the Electoral College confirmed that Joe Biden is the President-elect. This has upset many of my Republican friends, especially those who believe President Donald Trump was cheated out of...
January 13, 2021
GOP lawmaker: Trump has no future in the Republican Party...
First-term Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Wednesday President Trump has "tarnished" his legacy and has no future in Republican Party politics.
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January 11, 2021
Republican civil war: what's the party’s future after the US...
The motives that drove a pro-Donald Trump mob to attack Congress last Wednesday ranged from hazy to proudly hateful. But the actions of certain ambitious Republican officeholders in the days leading up...
May 2, 2021
GOP Wrestles With Role of Culture Wars in Party's Future
Republicans wrestling over the future of the party are debating whether to embrace the culture wars that helped former President Trump cement his popularity with the GOP base.
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April 11, 2021
David Shribman: Many of history's answers like in the future.
The Post-Gazette's executive-editor emeritus says Trump hasn’t even been the former president for three months but already it has started. The historians’ evaluation of Donald J. Trump is underway. It’s not as easy as it looks.
April 2, 2021
GOP Post-Filibuster Wish List: Keystone XL Pipeline, Abortion Rules
Republicans are publicly airing a wish list of bills they could pass in a future GOP-controlled Senate free of the filibuster, a warning shot intended to curb Democrats’ growing enthusiasm for abolishing the 60-vote threshold to advance most legislation.
January 13, 2021
GOP lawmaker: Trump has no future in the Republican Party
First-term Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Wednesday President Trump has "tarnished" his legacy and has no future in Republican Party politics.
January 11, 2021
Republican civil war: what's the party’s future after the US...
The motives that drove a pro-Donald Trump mob to attack Congress last Wednesday ranged from hazy to proudly hateful. But the actions of certain ambitious Republican officeholders in the days leading up...
April 2, 2021
Tucker Carlson: The Republican Party Has to Figure Out Future
Fox host tells viewers that the Republican Party has a decision to make: Become the party of the middle class or revert to the party beholden to Wall Street interests, saying it should "stop sucking up to the people who hate you."
March 3, 2021
Podcast: 'Vandalism With a Purpose' and the Future of the GOP
NYT columnist Ross Douthat and National Review Senior Writer Michael Brendan Dougherty debate populism’s merits, if Trumpism is real and whether Trump allies in the Republican Party will be the future of the GOP with The Argument host Jane Coaston.
Feb. 18, 2021
David Brooks: Letter to a Young Republican
New York Times columnist responds to a letter from someone who has spent the 10 years since graduation serving Republican causes. But he's become dismayed at how the party has changed and is wondering whether he should change his career path.
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January 19, 2021
Fully break or remain loyal: Republican voters reckon with...
When Doug Peterson first voted for Donald Trump in 2016, and again four years later to reelect him, he felt he was supporting a candidate who "took the bull by the horns" to deliver "for the people," and not for the...
December 18, 2020
Why the future looks bright for the Republican Party...
On Monday, the Electoral College confirmed that Joe Biden is the President-elect. This has upset many of my Republican friends, especially those who believe President Donald Trump was cheated out of...