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# *The Republican Party’s Civil War: Will Freedom Win?*

(The Atlas Society, 2014)

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July 29, 2014 12 - 1:30 PM EDT 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring the author **Edward Hudgins**, Director of Advocacy, and Senior Scholar, The Atlas Society; with comments by **Henry Olsen**, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; moderated by **John Samples**, Vice President and Publisher, Cato Institute. 

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The Republican Party continues its trek through the electoral and ideological wilderness. The party’s problems are evident. Its presidential candidates have won a majority in only one of the past six elections. Although holding the House of Representatives, the GOP leadership remains distrusted, not least with the party’s grassroots. Ed Hudgins believes a turn toward libertarian ideas and policies would bring the party philosophical coherence and sustained electoral success. Others doubt liberty should dominate the GOP’s policies or argue libertarianism has little electoral appeal to traditional Republican voters. Please join us to hear a debate that will inform the next two pivotal national elections.

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