The Ripon Forum
Volume 54, No. 6
December 2020
by LOU ZICKAR
This edition of the Ripon Forum features the results of a post-election survey of the nation’s electorate, which finds that Americans still want their leaders in Washington to work together.
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by MARCO RUBIO
November’s historic turnout suggests the political coalitions that constitute our two-party system are once again shifting.
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by G. WILLIAM HOAGLAND
Ebenezer Scrooge would have certainly asserted of Congress’ budget process: “it is dead, dead as a door-nail.” In the spirit of the season, it is worth examining why the process now lies with old Marley in the graveyard.
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by DAVID A. DULIO & JOHN S. KLEMANSKI
Trump’s successes in Macomb during the last two cycles may signal a longer-term partisan change in the County.
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by CHRIS BORICK
Trump’s inability to repeat in Northampton County was undoubtedly affected by intense dissatisfaction with his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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by ED GOEAS & BRIAN NIENABER
Voters will be heading into 2021 frustrated about the political environment and wary that either political party or its leaders has all the answers facing the country.
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Meet 10 Members of the GOP Freedom Force Who Knocked Off Incumbent Democrats
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“Hopefully we’ll see, now that the election is over, some coming together and trying to actually govern again.”
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“Families across western Minnesota simply want a government that protects our communities and spends taxpayer dollars responsibly.”
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“This country needs to start to work together. We have threats from outside and inside, and for us to keep fighting makes no sense whatsoever.”
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