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Donald Trump has broken the Republican Party | Americas | DW.COM | 12.10.2016
Keywords: Trump, Republican Party, Paul Ryan, John Mc Cain,
This article in DW.com cites experts who point out that the Republican Party always had tensions within it because of the diverging interests of three groups that have allied together to form the party- Wealthy businessmen and corporate interests, evangelicals, and white working class people who have seen their incomes decline for several decades. The interests of each group have some overlap, are sometimes masked but frequently they diverge. Nigel Bowles, former director of the Rothermere Institute at Oxford University, says there is no particular reason that this coalition would hold together, that it was unstable to begin with, a wonder that it did not split up earlier. Scott Lucas, an expert on American Studies at the University of Birmingham, says that Reagan showed great skill in holding this coalition together, and Donald Trump has taken it apart by mobilizing only one constituency of white working class voters and leaving out others. The break between Republican party leaders Ryan, McCain, and state party leaders, with Trump is unprecedented in post war American politics, and putting it back together now looks like a lost cause in the medium term.
Paul Ryan's decisive win in August 2016 with 84% of the vote for the Republican primary in his House seat of Janesville, Wisconsin, against a Trump type challenger
08/10/2016
The U.S House Speaker's very decisive win shows his style of leadership is what works as the national discourse deteriorates in 2016.
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Rep. Paul Ryan Wins Wisconsin Republican Primary
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Donald Trump has broken the Republican Party | Americas | DW.COM | 12.10.2016
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Donald Trump's criticism of the 2011 Alabama immigration law and his stand on immigration calling for large scale deportation in August 2015
08/23/2015
Trump was sharply critical of the 2011 Alabama immigration law designed to promote self-deportation in calling it "crazy" and "maniacal." What changed in 2015 when Trump called for large scale deportation of illegal immigrants during the presidential campign is not clear. Two other developments happened since the Alabama law- the U.S. economy had largely recovered from the worst effects of the recession and immigration from Mexico was down to low levels, a trickle not seen in a long time as a result of the recession. A third development was that President Obama had pursued a policy of aggressive deportation in his years in office followed by an executive order on immigration late in the second term granting illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship.
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Alabama tried a Donald Trump-style immigration law. It failed in a big way. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/23/2015
Jorge Ramos: ‘Clearly, Mr. Trump’s problem is with Latinos’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/27/2015
Donald Trump Gets Earful in Spanish as Latino Outlets Air Disdain
New York Times 08/26/2015
The Bleak Reality Driving Trump’s Rise
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
Washington Post 12/25/2015
A political bomb is about to blow up in the Democrats’ faces - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/25/2015
Republican support in Congress coalescing behind Paul Ryan for the position of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
10/23/2015
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Paul Ryan officially jumps into the race for speaker - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/23/2015
Good luck, Speaker Ryan. You’re going to need it. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/29/2015
Wall Street Journal 10/29/2015
House Speaker Job Requires Many Hats Paul Ryan Has Never Worn
New York Times 10/28/2015
Paul Ryan is right about the House being broken. But he probably can’t fix it. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2015
As Speaker, Paul Ryan May Need to Pare Lofty Goals
New York Times 10/29/2015
Rep. Paul Ryan and his deep roots in a working class part of Wisconsin
09/16/2010
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Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
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It’s the American Dream, Stupid
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Ryan Has Crossover Appeal at Home
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Could Paul Ryan’s ideas help his struggling home town? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2012
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2012
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2012
Paul Ryan's role in the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign
09/16/2010
The public face of Paul Ryan- letting Ryan's interface with the media and the public speak for itself as he comes under attack from Democrats.
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Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
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The Romney-Ryan Plan for America
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Ryan Has Crossover Appeal at Home
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Ryan 'Roadmap' Blazed Rocky Trail to Prominence
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Paul Ryan and the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2016
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House Speaker Paul Ryan Endorses Donald Trump
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Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’
Washington Post 07/22/2016
Paul Ryan beats outsider 'mini-Donald Trump' challenger in Wisconsin primary
The Guardian 08/10/2016
Rep. Paul Ryan Wins Wisconsin Republican Primary
WSJ 08/10/2016
Donald Trump has broken the Republican Party | Americas | DW.COM | 12.10.2016
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The U.S. Tea Party conservatives, Republicans and Senator Ted Cruz
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Ted Cruz, Invoking Reagan, Angers GOP Colleagues but Wins Fans Elsewhere
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Cruz’s Power to Disrupt Faces a Fresh Test
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Ted Cruz Announces 2016 GOP Presidential Bid
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Ted Cruz, an Ambitious Conservative With Sharp Elbows
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Ted Cruz Showed Eloquence, and Limits, as Debater at Princeton
New York Times 04/22/2015
Media-bashing Ted Cruz is right - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/29/2015
The Republican Party and the history of anti-immigration parties in America's past
10/30/2014
The Federalists who opposed immigrants from France and Ireland in the eighteenth century, the anit-immigrant wing of the Whig Party, and the Nativists or Know-Nothing party during Lincoln's time, all failed to win long term political support. The French and the Irish in north eastern cities and the Germans in Lincoln's time shifted their support. Benjamin Franklin discusses the issue in his letters and said the thrifty and industrious Germans added much value to the new nation. Lincoln supported the integration of German immigrants and opposed the Know- Nothing supporters.
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Saving the GOP From Modern Know-Nothingism
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2014
Republican Response on Immigration Faces Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2014
Transcript: Obama’s immigration speech - The Washington Post
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Why Hillary Clinton Might Win Georgia
The New York Times 08/22/2016
The Economist 08/25/2016
The future for conservatism and the Republican Party as seen at the American Enterprise Institute in 2016 with the popularity of Trump
01/27/2016
A resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute says the Republican Party and conservatism have missed the problems facing the working class, leading to the popularity of Trump. He sees dangers in the deportation of 11 million Hispanic Americans that Trump has called for, and says conservatism and Republican ought to mean many positive things to working Americans that have missed out on opportunities in the last decade- that it will take many years and more than one election cycle to change this. In fact Speaker Ryan called for a forum on poverty and inequality for working class people, only after Trump increased his popularity by appealing to older white Americans left out by changes in the economy in the last decade.
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Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
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New York Times 01/29/2016
How Both Parties Lost the White Middle Class
New York Times 02/01/2016
GOP leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop Trump - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/25/2016
As Donald Trump Rolls Up Victories, the G.O.P. Split Widens to a Chasm
New York Times 03/01/2016
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and the Congressional task force on topics ranging from poverty to health care to set the Republican Agenda in 2016
04/21/2016
House Speaker Ryan is uniting the party behind a new Republican Agenda set by task forces on topics important to voters in 2016- from poverty, the Republican plan on health care, borders and security and other areas. With the lack of policy proposals from front runner Trump, the Republicans plan to run for Congress on the basis of this agenda that all Republican members of Congress were invited to participate in. This also helps unite the party after the volatile and personality driven campaign in Republican primaries of 2016, and help fill in specifics that voters feel comfortable with.
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Inside Paul Ryan’s quest to set the Republican agenda - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/21/2016
Paul Ryan Says He Is ‘Not Ready’ to Endorse Donald Trump
New York Times 05/05/2016
The Millions of Americans Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Barely Mention: The Poor
The New York Times 08/11/2016
The New York Times 08/12/2016
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The Guardian 08/30/2016
Donald Trump has broken the Republican Party | Americas | DW.COM | 12.10.2016
DW.COM 10/12/2016
Paul Ryan, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the political discord in the 2016 U.S. presidential election primaries
03/25/2016
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Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016
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New York Times 04/10/2016
Inside Paul Ryan’s quest to set the Republican agenda - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/21/2016
Paul Ryan Says He Is ‘Not Ready’ to Endorse Donald Trump
New York Times 05/05/2016
Rep. Paul Ryan Wins Wisconsin Republican Primary
WSJ 08/10/2016
Donald Trump has broken the Republican Party | Americas | DW.COM | 12.10.2016
DW.COM 10/12/2016
Paul Ryan, Republican vice presidential candidate and the Catholic vote in the 2012 U.S. Presidential election
09/16/2010
Ryan is a practicing Catholic from the upper midwest, a region of the U.S. with a large number of Catholics. Republicans hope this will help them as Ryan talks about his faith during the campaign.
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Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
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Paul Ryan, the Catholic vote and why it matters in 1 chart and 1 map - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/15/2012
Debating Points, Vice Presidential Edition
New York Times 10/11/2012
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Poll shows widening racial gap in presidential contest - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/26/2012
Rove: Sifting the Numbers for a Winner
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2012
Paul Ryan as the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and his efforts to fix a "House that is broken"
10/29/2015
Paul Ryan becomes the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2015, taking over from Speaker Boehner. The U.S. Congress passed a new budget agreement negotiated with the White House to lift the debt ceiling and budget sequester spending caps till March 2017, allowing $80 billion in new spending. The idea was to give Speaker Ryan a new opportunity to bring together Republicans by avoiding the budget battles of the past. This happens as the U.S. faces new threats overseas and the economic recovery remains stalled in 2015.
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Paul Ryan is right about the House being broken. But he probably can’t fix it. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2015
As Speaker, Paul Ryan May Need to Pare Lofty Goals
New York Times 10/29/2015
Paul Ryan Brings Sharply Different Leadership Style to House
New York Times 12/07/2015
Paul Ryan Says ‘Inclusive’ House Agenda Must Counter Polarizing Campaign
New York Times 12/12/2015
Congress passes budget deal and heads home for the year - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/19/2015
Congress Passes $1.8 Trillion Spending Measure
New York Times 12/18/2015
U.S. House Speaker, Paul Ryan, and the "Confident America" campaign to help Congressional Republicans in 2016
04/10/2016
The campaign is part of efforts to keep alive Republican hopes for Congress in 2016, as the Trump movement tends to drift away from Republican themes. He has also discussed anti-poverty issues and immigration as part of his campaign, to offer alternatives to Trump's campaign appeal to the working class that also alienates minorities.
Grouped Articles
Paul Ryan, a Mirage Candidate, Wages a Parallel Campaign
New York Times 04/10/2016
Washington Post 04/13/2016
Inside Paul Ryan’s quest to set the Republican agenda - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/21/2016
Paul Ryan beats outsider 'mini-Donald Trump' challenger in Wisconsin primary
The Guardian 08/10/2016
Rep. Paul Ryan Wins Wisconsin Republican Primary
WSJ 08/10/2016
Donald Trump Overhauls Campaign, Adds GOP Pollster Kellyanne Conway and Breitbart’s Stephen Bannon
WSJ 08/17/2016
The Republican party candidates for the 2016 presidential election and the struggling working class in America
11/12/2015
Grouped Articles
The GOP’s working-class problem - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2015
Parties’ Divide on the Economy Widens
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2015
It’s the American Dream, Stupid
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
A Republican Cure for Liberal Failures on Poverty
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
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