Are Republican leaders actively trying to keep Trump from winning?
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Too Big to Compromise
The Trump bloc is just large enough to piss everyone off.
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What’s Left for the GOP to Build On?
Republican orthodoxy on economics and foreign policy doesn’t matter to their base.
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Pearl-Clutching Conservatives Like Trump More When He’s Winning
He’s too bigoted until the polls shift his way.
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Cultural Ascendancy and Political Complacency
The Trump movement is the backlash to the left’s success.
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How Did the Republican Party Become Xenophobic?
It didn’t happen overnight.
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You Break It, You Own It
You might want to take out the tiniest violin in the world to play for the sad, sad Trump-supporting Washington staffers and consultants who are getting shunned by their peers. Take this guy: A senior House Republican staffer who works for a committee chairman doesn’t tell his colleagues that he likes Trump or that he […]
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Missouri Republicans Send a Troubling Message
“The Missouri GOP is inviting the conclusion that political disputes are best settled (and perhaps can only be settled) with violence.”
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A Capone Presidency
The supposed party of small government and civil liberties is somehow behind him.
