Abortion Again

The issue that never dies, abortion, returns to the legislative debate. Privately, some “pro-life” members of the Republican Party wish the zealots would stop making them take a vote on this issue every session in the latest incarnation of an anti-abortion bill. The...

Republicans and Relations with Minority Communities

During the 2000 election, we saw a number of instances where the Republican Party attempted to reach out to various members of minority communities in their quest to show the GOP as the “Big Tent” Party.  The efforts became suspect when during the Republican Party...