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As Republicans struggle over presidential nomination, declining influence of party elders is on display

Global Politics

This election cycle, most of the party’s elites are lined up behind Mitt Romney. But Romney, though ahead in the delegate count, has struggled to unify the base of the party in a way that will force his challengers out of the election. It shows how far the influence of those elites has fallen.

Moderate politicians beat hasty retreat from halls of U.S. Congress

Global Politics
The World

Slow and Steady in the Senate

The Outlook for Republican Cooperation

The World

The Liberal Republican

The World

Is the Tea Party defining the future of the GOP?

Global Politics

For the past year, conservatives have coalesced around the number one enemy: health care reform. But now that it’s over, we explore what’s next for the GOP. Is the Tea Party the future of the Republican party. Is it possible to be a moderate Republican?

The World

The state of the debate on the public option

Global Politics

In a seeming about-face, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is leaning toward adding a public option onto the Senate’s health care reform bill. The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich has more.