Politics in America “Sometimes, it seems, ‘populism’ is just a synonym for widespread unhappiness with the status quo” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 May 2016 There was a time when “populist” meant something more specific. The word originated with...
Politics in America “It was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the towel, that the G.O.P. was getting ready to cuddle with Ted Cruz” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 May 2016 It was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the...
Politics in America “I personally made the mistake of regarding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt, scoffing at the idea that he could be the nominee. Mea culpa” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 April 2016 I personally made the mistake of regarding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt, scoffing at...
Politics in America “Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 April 2016 Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times. Even John McCain, who once dismissed him...
Politics in America “In the context of a divided electorate, highly polarized parties and non-stop combat in an unending string of elections to fill national and state offices, presidential contests are less likely to usher in dominance than to invite opposition” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 April 2016 The White House is a major prize, but in our system of checks and...
Politics in America “The 19th-century antecedent that Trump evokes in his nativist appeals to white working- and middle-class Americans is not the populism of the People’s Party but rather that of the Know-Nothing Party of the 1850s…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 April 2016 The 19th-century antecedent that Trump evokes in his nativist appeals to white working- and...
Politics in America “…how has Donald Trump, the coddled scion of a New York real-estate baron, emerged as a populist hero?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2016 …how has Donald Trump, the coddled scion of a New York real-estate baron, emerged...
Politics in America “There was a time when an election to succeed a two-term president was not about everything” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 March 2016 Who will prevail in 2016 — the vision of change that Obama presented and,...
Politics in America “…Republicans are likely to be highly unified and mobilized around the direction they want the country to go. Democrats are different…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 March 2016 Despite all the turmoil in the Republican Party today and the divisions over who...
Politics in America “Obama’s election set off a profound reaction on the conservative side that implicated everything about people’s view of themselves and of America” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2016 The historic 2008 election was a turning point, when a reshaped Democratic coalition backing...