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In the GOP it’s “the elites vs. the rabble”

John Fea   |  April 11, 2023

Here is a taste of Sam Adler-Bell’s New York Times op-ed: “The One Things Trump Has That DeSantis Never Will“: Thus far, Mr. DeSantis has had greater success with party elites. By pairing aggressive stances on the culture wars with...

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The “Five Families” of the House Republican Caucus

John Fea   |  March 25, 2023

As a fan of The Godfather, I couldn’t pass up this Washington Post piece by Adrian Blanco, Marianna Sotomayor, and Hannah Dormido. Here is a taste: It all started with a meeting that then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) convened after...

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Can liberal professors save the GOP by teaching the best of the conservative tradition?

John Fea   |  March 23, 2023

Check out Claremont-McKenna College political scientist Jon Shields New York Times piece on conservative thought in American colleges and universities. A taste: Every year I ask my students, most of whom are quite liberal, to read books in this conservative...

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Can Republicans beat Biden in 2024?

John Fea   |  March 16, 2023

Rich Lowry, the editor in chief of the conservative National Review, thinks Republicans are “delusional if they think Biden will be easy to beat.” Here is a taste of his piece at Politico: At this juncture, no one else in...

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“No political figure better illustrates the tragic collapse of the modern Republican Party than Nikki Haley.”

John Fea   |  February 13, 2023

Stuart Stevens is a veteran of both the George W. Bush and Mitt Romney presidential campaigns. Here is his take on 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley, published today at The New York Times: I remember the first time I saw...

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What’s the deal with those AR-15 lapel pins that GOP members of Congress are wearing?

John Fea   |  February 7, 2023

Will Bunch explains at The Philadelphia Inquirer. A taste: The sight in recent days of Santos and several of his Republican colleagues parading through the hallowed halls of the U.S. Capitol with a mini-celebration of a killing machine that serves...

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How a Trump third-party run in 2024 would prove catastrophic for the GOP

John Fea   |  February 7, 2023

What might happen if Donald Trump does not get the GOP nomination for president in 2024? Peter Wehner has thought about this. Here is a taste of his recent piece at The Atlantic: It’s begun to dawn on Republicans that...

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Charles Koch and his network will oppose Trump in the 2024 GOP primaries

John Fea   |  February 5, 2023

The conservative, libertarian, free-trade organization Americans for Prosperity, led by billionaire businessman Charles Koch, does not want Donald Trump to be the GOP nominee in 2024. Today Emily Seidel, the CEO of Americans for Prosperity, released a memo on the...

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Poll: Republicans want to move on from Trump

John Fea   |  February 1, 2023

The poll was commissioned by the conservative website The Bulwark. Here is a taste of Sarah Longwell’s summary: We polled three different scenarios and each showed Trump locked between 28 and 30 percent support from Republican primary voters: There’s a...

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GOP: Let’s just hope Trump goes away

John Fea   |  January 31, 2023

According to McKay Coppins, this is the best GOP strategy right now. Some even want him to die. Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: Press them hard enough, and most Republican officials—even the ones with MAGA...

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Historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer on the state of the Republican Party

John Fea   |  January 11, 2023

The Princeton University historians are the editors of Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About our Past. Here is a taste of their recent interview with Vanity Fair: I know both of you are particularly public-facing...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene: mainstream Republican

John Fea   |  January 11, 2023

As the Republican members-elect of the 118th Congress tried to select a Speaker of the House last week, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, an election denier, former QAnon follower, and believer in Jewish space lasers, backed Kevin McCarthy on all...

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The GOP is in a state of chaos, but they love the Lord

John Fea   |  December 1, 2021

The Republican Party is a laughing stock. The Trumpian Far Right seems to be running the show, the Republican center is “muted,” and the leadership of the party is just letting the chaos ensue. Here is Jonathan Weisman at The...

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Tweet of the Day

John Fea   |  November 30, 2021

Andrew Wehrman nails it:...

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Is the GOP suppressing its own voters?

John Fea   |  June 5, 2021

According to Timothy Noah at The New Republic, the GOP obsession with restricting mail-in balloting “will likely harm Republican candidates more than Democratic ones.” Here is a taste of his recent piece: Before I dig into these numbers, let me...

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