The Minimum Wage and the Doom of the GOP

If you want to get a sense of how profoundly doomed the Republican Party is in terms of efforts to appeal to mainstream American economic interests, you just need to look at the debate over raising the minimum wage. We know two things about this issue. One is that minimum wage hikes are super popular. The other is that there are a lot of doubts about the minimum wage, especially as to how optimal it is, among elite types.

One thing Republicans could do in response to President Obama's popular...