by Terrance Heath | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Current Issues, This Is The GOP
After Thursday night’s performance in Detroit, the next Republican presidential debate may as well be held in a middle school boys locker room. It couldn’t have been more juvenile, even if the candidates ran around the stage snapping towels at one another. Coming on...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 3, 2016 | Conservatism, Current Issues, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The Republican establishment has run out of time to stop Donald Trump. The Republican Party is now the party of Trump. As Chauncey Devega wrote, the transformation is plain: “The Republican Party is the country’s largest white identity organization; in the post-civil...
by Robert Reich | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
You are the captains of American industry, the titans of Wall Street, and the billionaires who for decades have been the backbone of the Republican Party. You’ve invested your millions in the GOP in order to get lower taxes, wider tax loopholes, bigger subsidies, more...
by Bernie Horn | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, This Is The GOP
As you know, on Wednesday the Supreme Court hears arguments on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a case that considers the constitutionality of a Texas anti-abortion law (HB 2). I write because you are obviously the swing vote. I am familiar with your record and...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 29, 2016 | Blog, Current Issues, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump can’t disavow the support of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke for the same reason the Republican party can’t disavow his candidacy — and it could splinter the GOP vote in 2016. A new Democracy Corp likely voter survey of Republican base voters...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Thursday night’s tenth GOP presidential debate was, ironically, best summed up by CNN’s closed captioner for the hearing impaired. Last night’s Republican presidential debate was many things, but you only need to watch about 30 seconds to get the gist of it....