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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Thanks, Obama -- How a Divisive Presidency Invigorated the GOP

From PJ Media:

President Obama’s latest moves have focused on his legacy: the trade deal, the Iran agreement, and the new EPA rules are aimed to give the first black president a historic policy send-off. But the president’s true legacy isn’t these new policies, it’s a reinvigorated Republican Party across the nation.

In the past six years, Republicans haven’t just taken hold of state legislatures and governorships — they have enacted real changes and seen incredible results.
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Republicans have achieved a great deal in recent years, but next year’s election poses an altogether more difficult challenge. If a GOP nominee can win in 2016, how can he or she translate these bold reforms to the national level?

We may finally be seeing a truly innovative Republican era, but is it really possible to get Right to Work passed in Washington or to begin the long transition from taxing income to taxing consumption? Or could a GOP presidency even reverse these great gains on the local level, shifting the political winds in the Democrats’ favor?

Only time, and the steely temperament of our star-studded crop of candidates, can tell.

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