Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
This is widely held but I think mistaken. Common core is regressive tax cuts + corrupt, business friendly regulators. That’s hideously unpopular so it’s propped up with demagogic bigotry (anti-gay for Bush, anti-immigrant for Trump) and a lot of hazy nationalism. — PolitiTweet.org
John Dickerson @jdickerson
Is there a president who has changed a party faster and more completely than Donald Trump in both ideological and cultural terms?