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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2015
A Trump nomination win could spell the end of the conservative party
If the Republican Party doesn't get its act together, it will lose more than the 2016 presidential election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2015
Primaries are what keep the GOP from winning the White House
The Republican Party would likely have a better shot at winning the White House in 2016 if it let party power-brokers choose its candidate instead of primary voters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2015
Trailing, Trump gets testy as candidates wade into GOP debate
Republican outsider front-runners Ben Carson and Donald Trump came under fire at the outset of the party's third presidential debate Wednesday night, as the moderators and some of their opponents pushed for details of their tax and budget proposals and raised questions about their inexperience in government.
EDITORIALS
Oct 14, 2015
GOP on verge of self-destruction
A Republican Party that can only act to oppose the president is a recipe for gridlock or worse. The U.S. and the world cannot afford this spectacle.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015
Vilifying China a bad campaign tactic
The more heated the anti-China rhetoric is in the U.S. presidential campaign, the more likely Beijing is to respond in kind.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2015
Conservatism with a heart? It's called socialism
Sensing their imminent demise, some U.S. Republicans want the party to embrace social and economic values more in line with the views of younger, more ethnically diverse voters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014
What goes around, comes around in American politics
Both the Republican and Democratic parties in the U.S. are going to have to swallow their pride, bid a fond farewell to their dreams of perfect ideological purity, and figure out how to work with the other side if they want to get anything done.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2013
Five myths about House Republicans
The internal debate among U.S. House Republicans can seem like a circus. But behind the scenes the past week, their arguments have been more nuanced than some Democrats presume.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2013
Will the GOP blow it again in 2014 Senate races?
Based on the way the matchups look now, a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate in 2014 is unlikely. Too much would have to go just right for it to happen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2013
Can Republicans take lessons from Cameron's struggles in Britain?
Three years ago, newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron was seen as a possible model for Republicans looking to update their party after losing the 2008 presidential election. Today, he provides an object lesson in the stumbling blocks that can lie in wait.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2013
Can GOP governors save their ailing party?
The Republican National Committee (RNC) task force report painted a stark portrait of a party divided between its struggling federal wing and its thriving gubernatorial wing. The GOP's path to rehabilitation may indeed run through the states, but some of the report's assertions about the governors' successes are questionable at best.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2013
Internal GOP clash pits tea party against Rove
The internal conflicts that have roiled the Republican Party since its dismal showing in November appear to be deepening as conservative activists and tea party officials have begun to loudly resist an establishment effort to blame them for the GOP's 2012 troubles.

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