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Republicans Need To Get Their Act Together If They’re To Win The Midterms And Beyond

Too many Republicans are so focused on single issues that they miss the big picture—and, unlike the disciplined Democrats, our party leadership isn’t helping.

Allan J. Feifer | March 4, 2026

After publishing over 250 pieces in the last five years, I’ve noticed recurring patterns. Among them, conservatives are becoming extremely myopic, reacting much like a bull in a ring to a matador’s red cape. Absent the red cape, the bull paws the ground, snorts and blusters, but stands pat until that red cape is displayed, and then, on cue, charges ahead, getting killed in the process. So it is with too many conservatives, who have a singular focus on limited aspects of problems, not necessarily the most important ones, leading us to what I would characterize as too many playing small ball, missing what’s important, and falling into the trap of being led to political slaughter time after time.

Samuel Johnson was credited with the phrase: “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Thankfully, few of us have been, or are in the position of imminent death. Absent that reality, people on both sides invent specious priorities and positions that seldom reflect actual imperatives, seeing themselves likely to die on the wrong hill. Frankly, too many of us don’t know which first-priority issues we must stand firm on and which issues we can compromise on. This leads to conservatives reflexively being against issues that divide us unnecessarily, thereby diluting our power and weakening........

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