Defining the Party Line Part One: The Republicans

Over the final months leading up to the election and in Monday morning quarterbacking after the election, many in both parties feared that their party today has "moved far away from its original beliefs". In part one of a special two-part mini-series this week, The Exchange takes a look at what it means to be a Republican today. Laura's guest is Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Politics at St. Anselm College and Research Fellow at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. We'll also hear from Phyllis Woods, former Republican State Representative from Dover who ran for State House this year and lost; Ed Mosca, Manchester attorney and former chair of the Manchester Republican City Committee; Charlie Arlinghaus, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy Study and former state GOP Executive Director; and Tom Rath, Republican Party National Committeeman for New Hampshire and longtime Republican analyst and consultant.