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Buchanan: ‘The Republican Party Is Under a Death Sentence’

In an interview that aired on CNN earlier this week with host Michael Smerconish, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan discussed the possibilities of who could ultimately emerge as the Republican presidential nominee and what that might mean in a general election.

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Is the Republican Party Over?

The party is over. Last one out, turn out the lights.

This week, we’ve seen both grassroots conservatives and elitist establishment-types threaten to leave the Republican Party.

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Franklin Graham Leaves GOP Over Planned Parenthood Funding

Evangelist Franklin Graham announced Tuesday he is leaving the Republican Party following the GOP’s cave to Democrats last week in the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill. Graham particularly likened the continued taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood in the bill to

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Buchanan Blasts ‘Stupidity of the Republican Party’ On China

Columnist Pat Buchanan criticized “the stupidity of the Republican Party” on trade with China during a discussion of Chinese counterfeiting on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan stated, “This reflects, John, the stupidity of the Republican Party, which is responsible for MFN,

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Review—Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan

No historian has done a better job of chronicling Ronald Reagan’s rise to power than Craig Shirley. As always, Shirley is a perfect antidote to the “court historians” who never really “got” Reagan. Shirley’s books on Reagan’s 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns, Reagan’s Revolution and Rendezvous With Destiny, are the gold standard in describing the Gipper’s ascendence and successful capture of the White House.

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Heilemann: Xenophobia Has ‘Been Ascendant In the Republican Party’

Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor and co-host of Bloomberg TV’s “With All Due Respect” John Heilemann argued, “Nationalism, populism, xenophobia” have “been ascendant in the Republican Party” on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Heilemann said, during a discussion about GOP presidential candidate

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Wall Street Journal Again Blames Talk Radio for GOP Infighting

The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal has a big problem with talk radio.

Once again, the media’s leading flacks for illegal aliens and the non-Republican wing of the Republican party are pointing the finger at Rush Limbaugh et al for the ongoing turmoil in the GOP.

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Gut Check: Trump’s Plus, and Minus

Let’s begin with the late Andrew Breitbart’s often repeated quote: Politics is downstream from culture. Meaning, culture influences politics, not the reverse – and until conservatives figure out a way to take the culture back from the left, we cannot win.

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Tea Party Backs Milder CA GOP Immigration Language

California’s Republican Party voted Sunday to change its stance on immigration with the adoption of an amendment authored by California GOP Central Valley Regional Vice Chairman Marcelino Valdez. The Tea Party caucus ultimately backed the amendment.