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At almost the last minute, the elders of the US Republican Party seem finally to be in revolt against the populist takeover of ‘the Grand Old Party’ (GOP), a takeover that began with Newt Gingrich in the 1990s. His semi-insider’s rebellion against Washington, which morphed into the Alt-Right Tea Party, has now hopefully ended with the failure of an armed insurrection seeking to prevent the democratic transfer of power to President elect Joe Biden.
Gingrich at least had an electoral mandate for a ‘Contract with America’ that threatened to limit federal government rather than overthrow it. However he also showed his contempt for Washington by bringing government to an almost literal standstill rather than budge on the assumed overriding legitimacy of his radical right agenda. Forward to the Noughties and Senator John McCain, a man with a ton of personal integrity, believed he could utilise the insurrectionary strength of the radical right-wing acti
Defending the rulebook: Overcoming America s Darkest Day
Dr John C. Hulsman is senior columnist at City A.M., a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and president of John C. Hulsman Enterprises. He can be reached for corporate speaking and private briefings at www.chartwellspeakers.com.
A US flag flies in front of the US Capitol, which yesterday was broken into by a pro-Trump mob. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
This is a time for elemental thoughts. Following one of the darkest days in the history of the American Republic, when an armed mob set in motion by Donald Trump marched on the capitol, ransacking it, and pressured lawmakers to overturn the 2020 election results (words I never, ever thought I’d write), it is time to make some preliminary sense of this.
It Took Decades for America to Become This Divided [Governing]
Jan. 5 The outcome in Tuesday’s Senate runoffs in Georgia may end up being close, but voting among various subgroups won’t be. As was the case in November, there will be stark splits along racial, gender and geographic lines. College-educated residents of Atlanta and its major suburbs will vote in clear contrast to the results in rural areas.
By now, this is such a familiar scenario that it almost doesn’t seem worth commenting on. But these divides and the way they add up to near-even splits in some states and at the national level are the main driving forces of contemporary politics.
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