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2018 Was a GOP Disaster. How Can Republicans Do Better in 2020?

Jun 2, 2020

If Republican Congressional candidates hope to avoid disaster in 2020, they need to learn from what went wrong two years ago. In the 2018 midterm catastrophe that gave the House to Nancy Pelosi, the GOP had no problem in mobilizing...

Re-Engaging the Educated

May 26, 2020

While Republican strategists concentrate on mobilizing the white, working class voters that gave President Trump his crucial swing state victories last time, they face a real danger of mass defection from the best-educated segment of the...

A Core Difference Between the Two Parties

Jan 14, 2020

An important new survey from Pew Research Center shows core differences between Republicans and Democrats that go far deeper than their contrasting attitudes toward President Trump. Republicans proved four-times more likely to agree with...

Minor Parties Play the Wild Card

Apr 17, 2019

The five presidential elections of the 21st Century have established a clear pattern of close battles between evenly matched parties – a pattern charismatic candidates and billions in spending can’t seem to break. Republican nominees...

Vote for Collaboration Over Confrontation

Nov 1, 2018

Americans of every perspective say they’re disgusted by the polarization, pettiness and unbridled anger that have come to characterize our politics. The great majority of us say we want more cooperation and civility, but...

The Republican Challenge with Young Voters

Aug 13, 2018

Political analysts give plenty of attention to our partisan divisions according to race or gender, but not enough to the stark differences based on age. The good news for Republicans is that the Democrats are entirely reliant on young...

Contrasting Views on Wealth and Poverty

May 11, 2017

A Pew Research study shows sharp contrasts between Republicans and Democrats in attitudes toward wealth and poverty. By more than three-to-one, Republicans say hard work, rather than a person’s advantages, explains why people are rich....

Obama Awakes—But Can’t Stop Mitt

Oct 18, 2012

Forget about Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited emergence from his first debate coma: the biggest question about the second candidate confrontation centered on whether Mitt managed to maintain his undeniable momentum. After all, a flurry of...

Can Mitt Break the Veep Curse?

Jul 11, 2012

As Mitt Romney ponders the most fateful decision of his presidential campaign, he must move decisively to break a dysfunctional habit that’s afflicted his party for a half century. Since the end of the Eisenhower era, Republican...