Saturday, February 20, 2016

"A Party That Will Need to Significantly Change Its Ideological Direction—or One on the Verge of Breaking Apart"

"The white working-class base of the party has been devastated by stagnating wages, globalization and de-industrialization, and various forms of social and cultural breakdown. And through it all the Republican Party has offered little beyond tax cuts for the wealthy and stern, moralistic reprimands ('Stop whining and get a job!'). That's hardly a strategy inclined to generate long-term loyalty and enthusiasm for the party.
"But that's just the beginning."

Damon Linker at The Week looks at Donald Trump and the Republican primary in South Carolina.

And Jonathan Chait at New York reacts to Trump's South Carolina victory.

As does Michael Brendan Dougherty at The Week.

And Robert P. Jones at The Atlantic calls Trump supporters "nostalgia voters," while Ben Mathis-Lilley at Slate issues a warning about what making "America great again" means.

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