Politics in America “…if you think a little thing like losing a general election will dispose of Ted Cruz’s ambitions, you don’t know Ted Cruz” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 May 2016 Unloved, unattractive, a Simpsons-quoting nerd still chasing the teenage dream of world domination, the...
Politics in America “With Cruz, though, even the most fervent peroration always feels like a debater’s patter, an advocate’s brief…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 May 2016 Enough, for one week at least, about the strange victories of Donald Trump. Let’s...
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 “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 “…many of the Republicans in a faux swoon for the far-right loon don’t really want to see him fly all the way to the White House — or, for that matter, to the nomination” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 April 2016 …many of the Republicans in a faux swoon for the far-right loon don’t really...
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 “What Trump has demonstrated is that in our present cultural environment…the first lines of defense against a demagogue no longer hold” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 March 2016 What Trump has demonstrated is that in our present cultural environment, and in the...
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...
Internet, Politics in America “There will not be a revolution, but this election might mark the beginning of the seventh party system” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2016 There will not be a revolution, but this election might mark the beginning of...
Politics in America “The G.O.P. establishment may be in a state of meltdown, but this process of exploiting the darkest American undercurrents began with Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2016 The G.O.P. establishment may be in a state of meltdown, but this process of...