Can Republicans Paint the White House Red?
By THOMAS B. EDSALL, NYT
Democrats may dream of sixteen years of dominance, but on Nov. 8, 2016 it is entirely possible that Americans will elect a Republican president. It is even possible, although less likely, that Republicans will be in full control of the federal government: the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court.
A dominant theme in contemporary political commentary on the left, the right and the center is that the Republican Party faces a grave crisis of both demographics and ideology. But despite the cacophony of fault-finding, caution is in order before we declare the Republican Party down for the count.
To explore the possibility of a Republican revival in 2016, I spoke with a number of Republican strategists including Stuart Stevens, who ran the Romney campaign in 2012, Patrick Ruffini, president of Engage, a digital consulting company, and Bill McInturff, founder of Public Opinion Strategies.
Stevens is a critic of the doom-and-gloom approach. He argues that a successful 2016 Republican presidential scenario can be credibly pieced together. Here are some of the hypotheticals that might lead to victory.
(More here.)
Democrats may dream of sixteen years of dominance, but on Nov. 8, 2016 it is entirely possible that Americans will elect a Republican president. It is even possible, although less likely, that Republicans will be in full control of the federal government: the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court.
A dominant theme in contemporary political commentary on the left, the right and the center is that the Republican Party faces a grave crisis of both demographics and ideology. But despite the cacophony of fault-finding, caution is in order before we declare the Republican Party down for the count.
To explore the possibility of a Republican revival in 2016, I spoke with a number of Republican strategists including Stuart Stevens, who ran the Romney campaign in 2012, Patrick Ruffini, president of Engage, a digital consulting company, and Bill McInturff, founder of Public Opinion Strategies.
Stevens is a critic of the doom-and-gloom approach. He argues that a successful 2016 Republican presidential scenario can be credibly pieced together. Here are some of the hypotheticals that might lead to victory.
(More here.)
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