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Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’

Jay Murdock

Mar 31, 2017
8 min

Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’

Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners. By William Greider / The Nation / October 2015 Fresh chatter among Washington insiders is not about whether the Republican Party will win in 2016 but whether it will survive. Donald Trump—the fear that he might actually become the GOP nominee—is the ultimate nightmare. Some gleeful Democrats are rooting (sotto voce) for the Donald, though many expect he will self-destruct.

On December 28th Unemployment Benefits End for 1.3 Million Families — Merry Christmas from the

Jay Murdock

Dec 25, 2013
5 min

On December 28th Unemployment Benefits End for 1.3 Million Families — Merry Christmas from the

Three days after Christmas, unemployment benefits end for 1.3 million people who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits, but still can’t find a job. To be eligible for unemployment benefits, you have to be actively looking for a job. Virtually all of these people would rather work, but can’t find a job in today’s economy where there are three applicants for every job available. But when the budget deal was negotiated in Congress over the last several weeks, Republic

Why the GOP Is Suddenly the Party of Peace

Jay Murdock

Sep 8, 2013
4 min

Why the GOP Is Suddenly the Party of Peace

Earl Ofari Hutchinson; Author and political analyst Posted: 09/08/2013 12:44 pm The stunning number of GOP law makers that are vehemently opposed to US war making against Syria has been nothing less than astounding. Lame duck Minnesota GOP congressperson Michelle Bachman’s flat-out assertion that Syrian intervention would be a bad call and the US is war-weary seemed to punctuate much of the GOP’s new thinking about war. The eye-catching part of their sudden remake as the part

How President Obama Took Race off the Table — Again

Jay Murdock

Nov 15, 2012
4 min

How President Obama Took Race off the Table — Again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Author and political analyst – Posted: 11/12/2012 12:29 pm Much has been made that defeated GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney got more white votes than any other presidential candidate since George H.W. Bush’s presidential win in 1988. But the reason he did can’t be chalked up simplistically to racial fear, dislike and disgust with President Obama. An untold number of white Romney voters chose him based on party loyalty, political alliance, voting

Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress

Jay Murdock

Oct 26, 2012
5 min

Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress

The Romney campaign released a shockingly Orwellian commercial over the weekend, which perpetuates something Romney himself has been saying for months now. Honestly, there’s a book-length analysis to be written here, but I’ll keep it as brief as possible given the depth and breadth of what the Republicans have been able to accomplish on this front. The new ad blames President Obama for not reaching out and working with congressional Republicans to get things done. Yes, really

The GOP’s Latest Rev. Wright Hit Won’t Work

Jay Murdock

Oct 6, 2012
4 min

The GOP’s Latest Rev. Wright Hit Won’t Work

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Author and political analyst – Posted: 10/05/2012 7:08 pm GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney’s camp claims that they had nothing to do with the release on the eve of the great presidential debate of the worn, totally dated, and much vetted Hampton University speech in 2007 in which pre President Obama praised his long past ex-minister Jeremiah Wright. We’ll take the Romney crew at their word. But the GOP mischief makers are another matter. The relea

Jay Murdock

Sep 10, 2012
4 min

Pragmatic Racism

No, it’s not the brutal, hate-twisted racism of the old days. Today’s Republicans are capable of adoring select right-wing African-Americans. The Jim Crow revival they’re pushing — the large-scale disenfranchisement of primarily minority voters — is pragmatic. They’re outnumbered. They couldn’t win a fair national election. What a dilemma for such a righteous political organization. Winning — securing power, implementing their agenda — is the whole point, and that means they

Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions

Jay Murdock

Aug 30, 2012
3 min

Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions

Ryan Grim – ryan@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/30/2012 12:29 am Updated: 08/30/2012 11:19 am TAMPA, Fla. — Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate repeatedly chided President Barack Obama for blaming the jobs and housing crises on his predecessor, saying that his habit of “forever shifting blame to the last adm

Jay Murdock

Jan 9, 2012
4 min

Paul’s Fetish on Civil Rights

Earl Ofari Hutchinson Author and political analyst posted 1/2/2012 GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul just can’t seem to help himself when it comes to his fetish on a law which has been on the books for nearly five decades and which has long since been rendered a moot point by even avowed white supremacists. That’s the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Paul caught much flack when he flatly said he’d have opposed it if he had been in Congress in 1964. He dredged it up again as an issue

How Herman Cain Peddles the Delusion that Racism is Dead

Jay Murdock

Oct 12, 2011
4 min

How Herman Cain Peddles the Delusion that Racism is Dead

Earl Ofari Hutchinson Author and Political Analyst posted 10/11/11 Herman Cain knew two things were certain to happen when he blathered that racism doesn’t hold anybody back (though he added a tiny caveat “in a big way.”) One, it would get the media tongues wagging furiously. Two, it would increase the rapture of ultra conservatives for him. He was right. But Herm also knows that a black president reinforces the delusion that racism is still just a minor blip on the nation’s