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Why Trump’s Blood-and-Guts Strategy Worked

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I had advocated for that kind of transformation in a book I wrote about the Republican Party.

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Happy Independence Day! We’ll be back next week with a new episode, but today we’re sharing the episode that started us on the path to “Interesting Times.” Ross Douthat talks to Reihan Salam, the president of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Together they wrote the book “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream.” They review their George W. Bush-era prescriptions for the Republican Party to reclaim the working-class vote and the ways they were right (and wrong) about building a new Republican majority.
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I had advocated for that kind of transformation in a book I wrote about the Republican Party. I wrote long ago with my friend Raihan Salam called Grand New Party.

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Key quote: I had advocated for that kind of transformation in a book I wrote about the Republican Party.
The host mentions 'Grand New Party' to reflect on the transformation of the Republican Party following Donald Trump's victory. He highlights how the book, co-authored with Raihan Salam, aimed to envision a new future for the GOP that has now partially come to fruition.
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The host mentions 'Grand New Party' to reflect on the transformation of the Republican Party following Donald Trump's victory. He highlights how th…

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