Since Washington’s presidency, American politics has functioned according to a two-party system. Although Democrats and Republicans wax and […]
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By Jacob Ganz The following article was written for Berkeley Political Review as part of a monthly collaboration with Davis […]
In their recent Atlantic article, veteran editors and staunch independents Jonathan Rauch and Benjamin Wittes argue for a […]
On Feb. 26th, 2015, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, a climate change skeptic, decided to put an end […]
It didn’t matter that David Brat was an unknown economics professor. It wasn’t enough that Eric Cantor had […]
On Thursday, January 8, 2015, California Senator Barbara Boxer announced she will be retiring following the end of […]
By Merrill Weber
The Mississippi River divides Mississippi from New Orleans just like the Tea Party divides the Republican Party. After incumbent Thad Cochran dealt Chris McDaniel a losing hand in June’s runoff election, Tea Party candidate McDaniel turned to the Mississippi GOP for redemption. Unsurprisingly, the GOP dismissed McDaniel’s circumstantial accusations, leaving the Mississippi Supreme Court as McDaniel’s only avenue to challenge what he perceives as a corrupt election. McDaniel’s frustration over the results reflects a serious chasm within the right-wing as the Tea Party pokes a thorn into the Republican Party’s side.