JD Vance is bringing back old-school politics, and it just might save the Republican Party

In so many ways, what was considered normal when it came to basic politics has been turned upside-down during the turbulent and ever more anarchistic Age of Trump. For more than a decade now, campaigning, communicating and vetting, has been plunged into a seemingly bottomless abyss of reimagined reality governed by continually changing ideological rules. 

This new reality will likely affect the coming midterms as well as the 2028 presidential election. Should that turn out to be the case, how would high-profile politicians navigate such uncertainty? One possible path was recently revealed by Vice President JD Vance: Go “old school” to secure the new school.  

The Wall Street Journal recently put out an article about how “Young Conservatives Have an Unlikely New Icon: Richard Nixon.” Some will argue that the young right’s fascination in all things Nixonian is an exaggeration and a fad. Others say that it is real and taking hold. I come down on the side believing that it is real and growing.  

I say that as one who is blessed with a number of Gen Z nephews and nieces. Not only is Richard Nixon on their radar, so is Patrick Buchanan, Nixon’s former speechwriter and Ronald Reagan’s director of communications. History has taught us repeatedly that “everything old is new again.” To say that many in Gen Z have lost faith in the Democratic and Republican parties would be an understatement. Many now fear that the “American dream” is dead for them and that their nation........

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