republican

A Republican believes that the best form of government is one in which decisions are made by a a council of citizen representatives. Classic historic examples of republican government include pre-imperial Rome and renaissance period Venice. In both cases the governing body was filled by a combination of heredity and appointment, representing not only the citizens but also powerful political and economic interest groups.

The most notable contemporary republic is the government of the United States of America which has a bicameral legislature selected by popular election under the rules established in its written constitution. The constitution is considered a republican document because it establishes a specific hierarchical process which minimizes direct popular involvement in the mechanisms of government and formalizes the delegation of policy making to elective representatives. The US constitution is available for reference from the National Archives.  In the modern context one of the best explanations of republican government is found at the University of Chicago Press constitution resource site.

Republican can also refer to members of the Republican Party, a political party which advocates republican government.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “republican”

 

• New MSNBC theory: Maybe the IRS commissioner appointed by Bush targeted tea partiers because they’re a threat to the GOP

  
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  Blame. Fun from MSNBC’s early afternoon “news” bloc of programming via Noah Rothman. The logic is ironclad and inexorable: Doug Shulman, appointed IRS commissioner by Bush in March 2008, was so fiercely loyal to his Beltway Republican masters that he decided to risk his career to kneecap conservative ...
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• Rand Paul donates to New Hampshire GOP

  
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• Movie: “Choice”

  
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  This is from 1964: Daniel McCarthy explains: I’d heard a lot about “Choice,” the campaign film Clif White instigated for Goldwater in 1964 but that the candidate ultimately vetoed. Until it appeared on YouTube, however, I hadn’t seen the program in full. It’s a doozy: fast cars, fast women, John ...
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• Lord of the RLC Breaking News: A Stab in the Dark

  
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  Parris Banished Snohomish County, Washington 20 May 2013 Republican Liberty Caucus Washington (RLCWA) member Doug Parris has been removed from the Republican Liberty Caucus of Washington (Political Organization) member Facebook page. All of Parris’ posts have also been removed. The action was apparently taken ...
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• After Benghazi, U.S. Pressing Ahead on Security Upgrades

  
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• GOP scandal-mongering making Obama more popular, GOP most unpopular in CNN polling history

  
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  Nice try, wingnuts, but America still likes the guy. The media and Republicans may be screeching about President Barack Obamas scandals, but the American people are seeing through the bullshit . CNN reported on Sunday that 53% of people questioned in the survey said they approve of the job the president is doing, ...
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• Nationwide Tea Party protest Tuesday

  
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  . ____ GREEN link below . .___ T e a Pa r ty Patr io ts plan  -___ nationwide protests at  .______ IRS buildings  _ | WashingtonExaminer.com . .   ____ GREEN  link below . ______ ‘ NCIS: ...
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• The Riders of Rohan and their Future King: The Outlaws of the RLC

  
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• Obama’s DOJ leaked documents to smear ‘Fast & Furious’ whistleblower

  
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  . ____ GREEN link below . -__ Report : DOJ Leaked Docs  ___ to Smear Fast & Furious  ___ Whistleblower , Says IG . .
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• Cuccinelli Running Mate’s Epic Watermelon-Smashing Campaign Ad

  
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  E.W. Jackson, the Virginia GOP’s newly minted nominee for Lt. Governor, is not a subtle guy. His extreme rhetoric and views , which we’ve been covering for years , will come as a shock to most Virginians. So will his Tea Party antics. In that sense, Ken Cuccinelli couldn’t have found a better running mate. In ...
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• WWEs Kane May Primary Sen. Lamar Alexander

  
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  Glenn Jacobs, perhaps better known as the wrestler “Kane” from WWE , may be considering a primary challenge to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Jacobs, who identifies philosophically as a libertarian and supported both of Ron Paul’s presidential campaigns, has made waves recently by challenging Tennessee Lt. Gov. ...
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• GOP Rep. addresses the problem he wants you to believe the IRS has

  
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  The Hill : House Republicans last week proposed legislation that would suspend the ability of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to conduct audits until the IRS itself is audited by Congress. The bill, from Rep. John Fleming (R-La.), is the latest in a string of measures that have been offered in the wake of the ...
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• Reagans foreign policy wasn’t what you think—and doesnt matter today.

  
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  Reagans foreign policy wasn’t what you think—and doesnt matter today. : The suggestion that any Administration had the power to influence decisively the course of a tremendous domestic political upheaval in another great country on another side of the globe is simply childish. No great country has that sort of ...
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• Summer road trip recommendation: Illinois Ronald Reagan Trail

  
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  The liberal Rockford Register Star wrote about the Ronald Reagan Trail yesterday. Which reminded me, that we are nearing summer road trip season. Two Junes ago I drove the entire trail, which includes Dutchs birthplace and his boyhood home in Dixon--along with many interesting places in between, including Reagans ...
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• You do know we voted for that guy, right?

  
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• Stupid and cruel, both

  
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  By Paul Levy First Posted at Not Running a Hospital on 5/20/2013 One of the signs of political sickness in America is the degree to which some Republican governors, apparently out of sheer spite for President Obama, have decided to be both stupid and cruel to citizens in their own states.  I refer to those [...]The ...
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• Queer Talk: Anti-Gay Words of Lt. Gov. Nominee E.W. Jackson (R-VA)

  
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  Buzzfeed has the collection of the “10 most” anti-gay words from Republican nominee for Lt. Governor of Virginia, E.W. Jackson. Jackson will “run alongside Ken Cuccinelli.” Check at the link for more details provided in Andrew Kaczynski’s article. Below are the basics. 1. ‘I believe there is a direct ...
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• School for Scamdal

  
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• Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures

  
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  DENVER — In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It’s the latest — and most substantial — development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back ...
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• After Benghazi, U.S. Pressing Ahead on Security Upgrades

  
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  The State Department is racing to fulfill recommendations on diplomatic security, but its ability to carry out the changes has come under attack from House Republicans.        
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