Grandstanding but neutered populists like Massie, for whom politics is at best an entertaining game, cannot deliver because they do not understand what is needed in our time.
Tag: Republican Party
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Filibustering the Republic
Through the filibuster, the two parties have created conditions where it appears neither side ever gets what it wants. But make no mistake: Both are getting what they need.
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Do GOP Voters Recognize How Trump Saved Them From Trans Barbarism?
At this decisive moment, Republicans must not squander Trump’s hard-won restoration of biological truth.
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Immigration Amnesty by Any Other Name
For the GOP, this bill means death with indignity at the polls.
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Lisa’s Latest Leftist Bootlick
The senator from Alaska has a history of being the media’s favorite Republican, precisely because she really isn’t one.
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The Senate Fight in Texas Is the GOP Civil War Writ Small
Texans are unlikely to bow down to the establishment in the coming runoff between Senator John Cornyn and his opponent, former Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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The GOP’s Foolish Praise for ‘Moderates’ and Failed Courting of ‘Natural Conservatives’
If the right ever expects to gain political ground, it needs to stop ceding rhetorical ground to Democrats and start cultivating voters who are already inclined to support their policies.
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How a Party Offends Its Voters
Between Gavin Newsom’s insults to black voters and the struggles of both parties to retain Jewish voters, the 2028 election is still very much in play.
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Alexander Vindman’s Campaign for the Limelight
The newly-minted Florida man is almost certain to lose his bid to represent the Sunshine State in the U.S. Senate—but it’s likely that’s not the prize he’s eyeing, anyway.
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The Trump Coalition Wins But the GOP Brand Doesn’t
With or without Trump on the ballot, the GOP’s survival now depends on the coalition he pioneered.
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Democrats Don’t Take Their ‘Affordability’ Argument Seriously and Neither Should You
Democratic caterwauling about “affordability” does not reflect reality as much as it is a desperate attempt to grasp at something that might shake the confidence of Trump’s base and return Democrats to power.
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Trump’s Biggest Challenge With Venezuela Is Domestic
As the Trump administration takes on the challenges presented by its operation in Venezuela, the most formidable one may be getting Republicans to understand it.
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Mike Pence and the Elite Evasion of Responsibility
The performative fuss about anti-Semitism by relics of the old conservative establishment is really just an attempt to regain control.
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How Trump Changed America
Where his predecessors fixated on abstract issues like global terrorism, Trump is strategically focused on America’s priorities.
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Critique or Dodge of Feminism?
Helen Andrews’ assessment “The Great Feminization,” fails to address the root of the problem: the radical ideology of feminism.
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Trump’s Deportations Expose the Fragility of His Coalition
MAGA must be willing to accept that Trump loses support among many Hispanic voters when he keeps his promises and they honor tribal interests above national interests.
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Trump’s Trade Focus Muddles His Immigration Agenda
Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker means that, for him, immigration questions are on the table in trade negotiations—even if MAGA doesn’t approve.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Exit Is a Warning to Republicans
No matter how unruly the closely divided House might be, it’s time the president tried governing with his party in Congress.
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Trump Already Has an Affordability Agenda: Reduce Immigration
The administration would do well to stop dismissing the cries of Americans about affordability and remind them that immigration enforcement is the surest path to making America more affordable again.
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Trump Hasn’t Lost Hispanics (Yet)
MAGA is more compelling to Hispanics than the halfhearted compromises Republicans served up before Trump. But there is no room for tone-deafness.
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A Grand Old Bloodbath
Denying voter sentiment on the economy is a strategy for more GOP defeats.
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The Off-Year Elections Say Little About GOP Prospects in 2026
There are plenty of reasons not to overreact to the “disaster” of the off-term elections.
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How Trump Changed Conservatism
Trump understood something the conservative movement didn’t: Ideas are worthless if you no longer live in a world where they can be realized.
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The Charade of Federal Budgetary Showdowns
The drama playing out in Washington stems from the unwillingness to confront the hard choices posed by our ever-growing mountain of debt.
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An Unpopularity Contest Ahead of Midterms
Neither Republicans nor Democrats have a handle on what the electorate really wants ahead of the coming midterm elections. Their best strategy may be to be hated the least.
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The Political Divide Is More Dangerous Than the Right Thinks
The wokeified rhetoric of the left still wins over a substantial number of voters in Western countries who will not be won over by the good results of conservative governments.
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Democrats Have Been Gerrymandering the Whole Country
The immigration policy of Democrats for the last generation is a much more brazen version of gerrymandering than anything proposed by Republicans in Texas, or anywhere else.
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The Emerging Right on Parade
A former MSNBC host paraded out a selection of young people on the new right and their performances left much to be desired.
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Winning, Even When It Doesn’t Feel Like It
Perpetual skeptics would do well to consider how far the right has come in the last five years, even as they count the battles left to fight.
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Trump Upended the GOP’s Old Racial Calculus in the 2024 Election
After Pew’s review of the 2024 election, the GOP can never again claim that immigration restriction and winning minority voters are mutually exclusive.
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A Big Beautiful Test of GOP Principles and Discipline
If there were serious divisions in the Republican Party, Trump would have lost this fight.
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The Ritualized Confrontation Between MAGA and the Neocons
If the necons are for it, MAGA is against it; but sometimes even our enemies can be correct, as I think the neocons are about Iran and the danger it poses.
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LA Is Proof Trump Was Right About Mass Immigration
The current round of LA Riots shows that importing masses of foreign-born migrants into our country was a recipe for disloyalty and disunion.
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Why ‘Tit for Tat’ Lawfare Is Necessary
Public trust in the judiciary is collapsing. To restore it, conservatives need to stop restraining themselves in the face of leftist lawfare.
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Musk’s Worthy DOGE Spotlight and the Fiscal Path Forward
Republicans and Democrats are going to have to come together and put our 1960s-era entitlement programs—above all, Medicare and Social Security—on a long-term path to sustainability.
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How Glenn Youngkin’s Miracle Became a Curse
Viginia Republicans stood for competition in all things but their own primaries, and it is going to cost them in November.
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Dark Woke: Release the Naughty Language!
The rise of Democratic Party swearing as a strategy is as brain-dead as it seems.
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The Dismal Science and the Trumpian Tariff Hullabaloo
Americans don’t elect economists to pursue the most “efficient” policies but leaders to pursue the common good.
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Out-of-Control Judge Tries to Silence Trump on Russiagate
A judge who ordered the president not to discuss a law firm involved in the Russiagate hoax is getting very little pushback from the Justice Department.
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Trump Puts the System on Trial
Judges will rule on procedure and technicalities, but the people will evaluate the legitimacy of our institutions and credibility of our leaders.
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How Can the Left Ignore Freeman Dyson and Elon Musk?
One-time heroes of science and technology become pariahs to the left when their observations become politically inconvenient.
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Is The GOP Weird?
Only if we’re using weird in the sense of being too timid to take on the weirdos of the left in any kind of meaningful way.
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The Reeducation of Mitt Romney: From Trump Hatred to Respect?
Mitt Romney is singing a much different tune now that Trump has won the election.
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Remembering Lee Edwards: Chronicler of Conservatism
Lee Edwards was present at the creation of the conservative movement.
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The Battles Ahead and Why We Fight
The work of restoring the American republic is only just beginning with the coming inauguration of Donald Trump.
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American Men and the Emerging Culture Shift
This year signaled a rightward cultural shift for males and an opportunity for males to shape American culture.
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Trump Draws the Map to 2028
Donald Trump destroyed the Democrats’ blue wall and, with it, their hopes for 2028.
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Why Trump Did Much Better With Hispanics
The 2024 election highlights the complexity and nuance within the Hispanic electorate.