Republican Party

2009

• Republican Party Rejects the Middle

  The Rachel Maddow Show

  The Nation's Christopher Hayes believes one New York congressional race marks a takeover of the GOP by far-right radicals like the tea party protesters.

• Sanford, Ensign and the Politics of Affairs

  Countdown

  Nation contributor Melissa Harris-Lacewell talks to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann about philandering politicians and why their private affairs matter to the public.

• Sarah Palin: The Last Elephant Standing?

  The Rachel Maddow Show

  The Nation's Chris Hayes reflects on the diminishing prospects of a Republican return to the White House in 2012.

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  Lovelorn SC Governor Admits to Just About Everything

  John Nichols : South Carolina

  Mark Sanford today took the apology press conference to a whole new level, removing yet another name from the ever-shortening list of 2012 GOP presidential contenders.

• Gov. Sanford Admits to Argentina Affair

  MSNBC

  South Carolina governor and 2012 GOP hopeful Mark Sanford admits to an extra-marital affair, but won't say if he'll resign.

• Republicans Debate 'Socialist' Resolution

  American News Project

  The GOP called a special session to debate a rebranding resolution... for the Democratic Party.

• Will the GOP Be Able to Make a Comeback?

  The Today Show

  The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel outlines the values Republicans should embrace to return from the wilderness.

• Republicans: The Lost Party

  The Daily Show

  Leaders of the Republican Party recognize mistakes and eat local ethnic food in casual attire--it's like they're just like us.

• Jack Kemp vs. the Party of No

  John Nichols

  The former HUD Secretary imagined a radical Republican Party that reached out to all Americans with ideas. Too bad it didn't come to pass.

• Seat Senator Franken

  John Nichols : Senate

  It's time for the GOP to end this charade.

• Does the GOP Know What They're Saying?

  The Rachel Maddow Show

  Maddow and Ana Marie Cox marvel at conservatives' lack of self-awareness or acquaintance with an urban dictionary.

• GOP Becomes the Party of No(minees)

  The Rachel Maddow Show

  The Nation's DC editor Christopher Hayes discusses the Republican's reckless abuse of the Senate confirmation process.

• Is There a Republican Civil War?

  GRIT TV

  Is their really an ideological divide in the GOP? Our media roundtable looks at the best and worst reporting of the past week with Arun Gupta, Gloria Feldt and others.

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  The GOP's Hip-Hop Makeover

  Ari Melber : Music

  Michael Steele's getting funky, frantically remixing the GOP message, in hopes of reaching new generation of conservative voters. Is anybody listening?

• GOP's Obama Strategy: 'Fail to the Chief'

  Countdown

  The Nation's Chris Hayes deconstructs why Republicans like Rush Limbaugh are rooting for President Obama to fail.

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  Good Money After Bad

  Robert Scheer : U.S. Economy

  Obama's stimulus bill is far too modest to arrest an economy in free fall. But if it were up to the GOP, which largely created the mess, we'd be doing nothing at all.

• The GOP Plays Politics With Our Economy

  Countdown : Congress

  The Nation's Chris Hayes explains how Republican opposition to Obama's stimulus is really the result of their own inability to govern.