The modern-day Republican Party is not so much a political party as it is a cautionary tale.
Terence Samuel
Terence Samuel is a Prospect senior correspondent and the author of The Upper House: A Journey Behind the Closed Doors of the U.S. Senate, published by Palgrave Macmillan. Follow him on Twitter.
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Republicans Tripping
Conservative critics used Obama’s recent diplomatic trip to demonize the president. Unfortunately for them, their histrionics don’t seem to be working.
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The Trillion-Dollar Question
Rather than ask how to better conduct our costly wars, the Obama administration should focus on getting out of them.
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Mind the Wage Gap
While we’ve been wracked with angst about the failures of the financial system, it is the slow collapse of the wage economy that may have brought us to this ugly point.
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Tell Us a Story, Mr. President
What we need now is for Obama to tell us what success would look like coming out of this financial crisis.
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Nothing Will Save You Now, Michael Steele
It is hard to envision any explanation that would save the RNC chair from the wrath of the extreme right.
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A Good Working Environment
The labor and environmental movements have historically been at odds. But the creation of the green-jobs program may finally unite the two groups’ interests.
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The Monumentally Egomaniacal Senator from Illinois
Roland Burris, who rode into the Senate on the strength of the most cynical, race-based political ploys of all time, is having a hard time seeing the trouble he’s in.
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“25 Random Things” About the Stimulus Package
The stimulus package illuminated — Facebook-style.
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Michael Steele Will Not Save Your Party
Michael Steele accurately diagnosed the GOP’s troubles as an “identity crisis.” But it is difficult to see how Steele solves that problem for the party.
