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The radicalisation of the Republican Party
The split in the Republican Party over the rise of the Tea Party, and now Donald Trump, is the product of a long process of radicalisation that began with Barry Goldwater in the 1960s. EJ Dionne argues the Tea Partiers are the true heirs to Goldwater ideology, driving out moderates and turning the Republicans into a 'permanent party of extremism and obstruction'.
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By ABC RadioThe split in the Republican Party over the rise of the Tea Party, and now Donald Trump, is the product of a long process of radicalisation that began with Barry Goldwater in the 1960s. EJ Dionne argues the Tea Partiers are the true heirs to Goldwater ideology, driving out moderates and turning the Republicans into a 'permanent party of extremism and obstruction'.