{"id":2356,"date":"2020-08-28T16:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T20:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americancompass.beckandstone.com\/tracing-the-path-of-the-modern-gop-from-reagan-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:41:59","slug":"tracing-the-path-of-the-modern-gop-from-reagan-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/tracing-the-path-of-the-modern-gop-from-reagan-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracing the Path of the Modern GOP, From Reagan to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>&#8216;s executive Washington editor Gerald Seib has been a fly on the wall of the Republican Party for the past 40 years. He joins NPR&#8217;s On Point to unspool the history that led up to President Trump\u2019s election in 2016, and chart the course of the GOP into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gerald Seib<\/strong>, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal. Author of the new book, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/611075\/we-should-have-seen-it-coming-by-gerald-f-seib\/\">We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan To Trump&nbsp;\u2014 A Front-Row Seat To A Political Revolution<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oren Cass,<\/strong>&nbsp;executive director of American Compass, a conservative think tank. Author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.encounterbooks.com\/books\/the-once-and-future-worker\/\">The Once and Future Worker.<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindy Finn<\/strong>, co-founder of Stand Up Republic. CEO of Citizen Data. 2016 Independent Vice Presidential candidate with Evan McMullin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.wbur.org\/onpoint\/2020\/08\/28\/gerald-seib-tracing-modern-gop\" width=\"100%\" height=\"124\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Gerald Seib and American Compass\u2019s Oren Cass discuss future paths for the GOP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[173,29],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - 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