Bill Galston is the Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program. He is the co-chair of The New Center project and writes the Politics & Ideas column for the Wall Street Journal.
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With a heavy heart, I am announcing our formal separation. While we’d been a compatible couple for almost four decades, two years ago you began an affair with a philandering con man and then, moved in together. And even though his daily existence is total chaos and he may be in trouble with the law, you continue to stand by him. Based on your actions and inaction, you’ve left me with no choice but to step away from this crumbling relationship.
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Lorraine Woellert is the White House reporter for Politico, where she focuses on federal policy. Before joining POLITICO, she was a reporter at Bloomberg News and a correspondent at Business Week.
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I have been a proud member of the Republican Party for all of my adult life. But the GOP’s divisiveness, dysfunction and lack of conscience, along with the continuing chaos generated by an administration that seems to simply govern by going from one crisis to another, has made that relationship untenable.
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Gloria Borger is the chief political analyst at CNN. She has also been a contributing editor and columnist at U.S. News & World Report and a national political correspondent for CBS News.
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Let’s say you’re a serious football fan and have rooted for your favorite team most of your adult life. They’re heading to the conference finals again, two years after suffering a shocking loss in the Super Bowl to an underdog led by an inexperienced, erratic quarterback.
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This year, the politics of the possible seems more like politics of the impossible. But as a practical Republican and stubborn optimist — not an easy feat in the current climate — I figure a little wishful thinking can’t hurt.
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Chris Matthews is the host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC. He has also been a journalist, congressional staff member, presidential speechwriter and Chief of Staff for the Speaker of the House.
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As a fifth-generation Rockefeller, my family has a long history of public service. But I’m not running for office. I’m simply a concerned citizen who loves his country and has a passion for politics. My goal is to connect reasonable, rational Americans who, regardless of their traditional political affiliations, will vote the candidates, the issues and their consciences. Whether we like each other or not, we must each put country over party.