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It's still a Trump party, but it's more than that.In February 2017, I attended my first Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Donald Trump was fresh off a stunning victory in the 2016 presidential election and it was very easy to tell he had all the energy, vim, and support of the attendees. What was less certain at the time was how Trump would govern and whether his control of the Republican Party would be a longstanding feature, or just some weird detour. This weekend I attended CPAC again. This time, it was held outside of the Washington DC region for...

Cutthroat Republican interference with this presidential election might cause a lot of Americans to finally acknowledge that a congress composed of well-fed career politicians is not beneficial to the public In the 1960s, when flower children replaced American traditions with a “feel-good” counter-culture, their rallying cry was: “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Now in their declining years, these elderly flower children must surely experience deja vu when they witness the antics of today’s post-pubertal do-gooders. Like the flower children, today’s young people are driven to correct what they perceive as society’s flaws. This is their “Rite of Passage”, the sociological...

Indeed, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has not ruled out embracing some form of personal accounts. And the White House has consulted with Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who has argued for addressing Social Security's long-term problems but has staunchly opposed any approach that is heavily financed by government borrowing. When he traveled to North Dakota on Thursday, Bush invited Conrad to join him on Air Force One. After a long conversation with Bush during that flight, Conrad told reporters, "I do believe that there is a kernel of a good idea in individual accounts."... Bush's effort to change the political climate...