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The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.

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Mara Liasson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 13
Journalist
New York City
New York
Party
Right
Populist
Conservative
Republican

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There was another Cleveland rally [of Hillary Clinton] - this one with LeBron James.
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As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party.
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After months and months at the top of the polls, there is a real possibility that Donald Trump could be the nominee.
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For a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away.
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I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican candidates not as much, with the exception of the candidates in the single digits like Jeb Bush or Lindsey Graham, who said how to make America great again tell - Donald Trump to go to hell.
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Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa.
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The establishment is divorcing itself from its base - from voters who are choosing a candidate who says he stands for things that are anathema to the establishment.
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A big win for [Hillary] Clinton would allow her to claim that the country rejected Trumpism, while a narrow win leaves her limping into office with the highest unfavorable ratings for any new president.
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[Hillary] Clinton has also struggled with key groups of voters.
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African-American voters are not nearly as enthusiastic about [Hillary] Clinton as they were about [Barack] Obama.
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As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican Party - in its current form - to win.
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Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz].
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The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of an elite, big business-backed establishment and a blue-collar, downwardly mobile base has really come to a divorce.
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If [Hillary] Clinton can't boost African-American turnout, even with all that help, the question becomes whether she can make up for it with historic levels of support from Hispanics and suburban women.
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