Michael T. Hayes is Professor Emeritus of American Politics, Colgate University. His most recent book is “Incrementalism and Policymaking in the USA: Adaptations for a Partisan Age” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).

While moderate Republicans are typically branded as Republicans in Name Only (RINOs) for failing to enthusiastically embrace every element of President Donald Trump’s shifting agenda, they are right on almost every issue and the MAGA Republicans are wrong. We need more moderates, and we need the ones we have to have more courage.

Trump, Elon Musk and most Republicans in Congress believe government should be run like a business and treat government agencies as profit-making organizations. If they cost more than they bring in, they should be eliminated. The task of the reformer is no

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