THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY Paige Willey

In this season's final episode of THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY, Paige discusses the risks to the GOP of continuing to behave as the noncommittal “party of nothingness.” She attributes some of their disappointments at the ballot box to defective strategy, including notable failures to differentiate themselves from the dysfunctional status quo and the entrenched, unpopular political establishment. 
 
Paige presents a series of essential policy priorities the GOP must embrace to escape special interest capture and campaign and govern as the credible champions of the American people.
 
SHOW NOTES
Paige Willey in the American Mind: "No Country For Bold Men"

Paige interviews former United States Congresswoman Michele Bachmann about the nation’s discontent that led to the rise of the Tea Party movement, media hostility toward disruptive outsider candidates who challenge the Washington establishment, and her path from concerned Minnesota parent to major leader of the nationwide grassroots conservative movement.

Paige interviews Oren Cass, Executive Director of American Compass and author of “The Once And Future Worker,” about the problems facing American workers and families, and the benefits and drawbacks of different policy solutions.
 
 
Show Notes:
“The Once and Future Worker” by Oren Cass: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-once-and-future-worker/
 
“Where’s The Growth?” Economic Analysis by American Compass: https://americancompass.org/wheres-the-growth/

Paige interviews Matt Palumbo, author of “The Man Behind The Curtain” for a discussion of George Soros’ political activity and influence, including policies worsening crime, violence, and illegal immigration.

Paige interviews historian and author Victor Davis Hanson about the difficulties of achieving historical consensus in the era of a propaganda press, the policies that triggered the transformation of “Mexifornia,” and more far-reaching threads running through American politics. 
 
 
SHOW NOTES

https://www.city-journal.org/html/do-we-want-mexifornia-12236.html


https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/mexico-what-went-wrong-economy-based-on-exporting-poor-people/

Paige reviews the underappreciated structural factors and predictable messaging failures that explain GOP underperformance in the midterm elections. These issues all must be addressed for Republicans to perform adequately in the future, but long-standing complacency and malpractice by the GOP party apparatus shows they do not appreciate or understand what it takes to win. 
 
SHOW NOTES
 
Paige’s Post-Mortem Election Analysis on Substack: 
https://thisisyourcountry.substack.com/p/post-mortem-the-mechanics-of-winning