by jpitney | Dec 6, 2023 | Conservative', Foreign Policy, Military, Republican
Kori Schake at Foreign Affairs: The United States needs a strong and vibrant Republican Party. To make a more coherent case for how it would solve the country’s problems, the party will have to clarify its foreign policy focus. Traditional conservative...
by jpitney | Oct 5, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Republican
Mark Strand at The Hill: Before electing another Speaker, Republicans need to remove the Sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the position. At the very minimum, the Republican Conference should pass a party rule that would require a “majority of the majority” to...
by jpitney | Sep 11, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Republican
Henry Olsen at WP: A broader deal addressing the gamut of issues could be even more useful. House Republicans often produce a list of bullet points they call an agenda right before an election, as though to reinvigorate the 1994 Contract with America that helped...
by jpitney | Jul 23, 2023 | Civility, Elections, Republican, Republican Primaries
Harry Enten at CNN: Can the nice guy finish first? That’s the question a lot of analysts are asking about the Republican race for president, with headlines such as “Tim Scott is turning heads with donors and early-state voters” and “Tim Scott’s formidable charm meets...
by jpitney | Jul 18, 2023 | Biden, International Relations, Republican
John LeBoutillier at The Messenger: Much of today’s Republican Party was birthed in another radical element 30 years ago, this time on the Far Right. Waco, Ruby Ridge and Oklahoma City culminated in the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Donald Trump embraced...
by jpitney | Feb 14, 2022 | Insurrection, Republican
In The Billings Gazette, former RNC Chair Mark Racicot has an open letter to the current RNC chair: Many intensely loyal Republicans, more polite and less dangerous than those who breached the Capitol, are, in larger and larger numbers, quietly but persistently...
