The Identity of the Republican Party

The Takeaway

The Republicans lost two Senate races, those in Missouri and Indiana, that they probably should have won. What does this say about the tactics, strategy, and identity of the Republican Party?  Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is a historian of the conservative movement in American.

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