by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 1, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Make Republicans Nuke the Filibuster to Confirm Gorsuch Once Mitch McConnell blockaded Barack Obama’s last Supreme Court nomination, and then Donald Trump carried the Electoral College, the chance that Republicans would fill the vacancy rose to 100 percent....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 19, 2017 | • Politics, Books, The Republicans
6 Books That Explain How the GOP Went Crazy Not long ago, another magazine asked me to recommend six books that explain something important about American politics. I chose six of my favorites that help elucidate the most important development of the last half-century...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 20, 2016 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Despite my disappointment and annoyance with Jonathan Chait’s historically naive appeasement lately this isn’t bad. How the Loyal Opposition Will Work in Trump’s America When he took office in 2001, George W. Bush inherited a healthy Republican Party...
