Archive for the ‘Republican Party’ Category
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Republicans Need to Hang Together
Posted on January 6, 2017
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The durability of the Constitution has been called into question by the election of Donald Trump: Will a man who...
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Donald Trump the pump faker
Posted on November 28, 2016
Donald Trump the pump faker is also published in The Hill. In basketball, a pump fake is when an offensive player shows enough of the ball to get the defender...
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Paul Ryan: A Thoroughly Decent Guy
Posted on October 18, 2016
Paul Ryan is one of the most thoroughly decent guys you will ever meet in politics. He is not a schemer. Not a back-stabber. Not a political animal. He’s not...
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The Mess That is the GOP
Posted on August 4, 2016
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The Republican Party is a mess, from the top of the ticket down to its grass roots. The presidential nominee,...
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Observations of Day One
Posted on July 19, 2016
In many ways, this is a typical convention. The same guys are running the floor operations that have run the operation in conventions past. The same guy who directs the...
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