The geographic core of the party continued to move south and west. The party’s conservative direction became more obvious with the near-defeat of President Gerald Ford at the 1976 Republican National Convention and was solidified by the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.  . ..…

Manafort brought a political network forged over the decades inside Republican circles. ... W. Bush and Bob Dole. His foreign clients included dictators in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. . ..…

It was the party of responsible international alliances and treaties in the years since Second World War under all Republican Presidents from Eisenhower to George W. Republican Party was far from perfect and at times it contradicted these principles. ..…

The state has not elected Republican governor since 1996 It has not had two Republican senators simultaneously since 1958. He sketches this out for me on napkin at Los Angeles, West Virginia's registration was about 65 percent Democratic, 30 percent Republican, and 5 percent..…