What Is Happening to the Republican Party?

A must-read from Jelani Cobb:

“Despite the United States’ reputation as the most stable democracy in the world, most of the political parties born in this country, including major ones, have ceased to exist. The Republican Party itself was built on the ruins of the Whigs, a party that broke apart in the tempests leading to the Civil War. Considering that history, it’s worth asking whether the party of Lincoln, now the party of Trump, is engaged in conflicts so intense that it will go the way of the Whigs.”

Washington Post: The “magic” Donald Trump brought to Republican politics is not a mystery.