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The GOP doesn’t have a Donald Trump problem

From New York, Jonathan Chait on the Party of Andrew Jackson vs. the Party of Obama, and on Rick Perry, Republicans, and the African-American vote. Brian Beutler on how the Republican Party is still trying to decide if minorities matter. Why does immigration divide the GOP along lines of education and age? The GOP doesn’t have a Donald Trump problem — it has an angry conservative base problem (and more). Jelani Cobb on how Donald Trump is a rapper. Heath W. Carter on how Scott Walker's evangelical faith and union-busting do not go hand in hand. Jonathan Allen on why Scott Walker is the perfect Republican (and more). Americans already work more than our European counterparts, but Jeb Bush wants us to work more for the collective good — who’s the socialist now? The Jeb Bush formula: Andrew Prokop on how the staunch conservative learned to talk moderate — and win. Rick Santorum proposes constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.