Mr. Rasumssen brings up a number of very good points about the election. His projections match what we’ve been hearing from the pundits for the past few weeks. However, Mr. Rasmussen believes that the coming GOP wave isn’t a vote for Republicans, but a vote against Democrats.
Essentially, it comes down to changing the mindset of the people elected to public office. As soon as they get to Washington, our elected officials lose all perspective. They begin to believe the hype, and think of themselves as more important, more intelligent, and better informed than the people who sent them there.
This mentality was on clear display in the Filner/Popaditch debate. Filner referred to the audience as “babies” and treated them with a disdain that can only be forged in Washington’s halls of power.
November second will only be historically significant if we hold our elected representatives to the high standards they talked about on the campaign trail. Like Rasmussen says, this election isn’t a win for one party or another, it’s an assertion of our desire to manage our own lives. The American people have decided it’s time “for some one in Washington who understands that the American people want to govern themselves.”
It’s go-time for our representatives in Washington, but it’s also go-time for us. If we want to govern ourselves, we’d better be prepared to do it.
Moe Lane
PG DeFreese
Victoria Coates
Daniel Horowitz
Dan Spencer
"It’s go-time for our representatives in Washington, but it’s also go-time for us."
ColdWarrior (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 11:47AM EST (link)belcatar, you said, “It’s go-time for our representatives in Washington, but it’s also go-time for us.”
Have you become a Republican Party precinct committeeman? I hope so. Come on in — the water’s fine. We need good conservatives like you inside the Republican Party. It’s easy to do and fun — and vital for governing ourselves.
Thank you.
For Liberty,
ColdWarrior, PC (that’s “precinct committeeman,” not “political child!”)
Conservatives, UNITE! CHANGE the Republican Party and save the world by UNITING INSIDE the Party as precinct committeemen. NOW! (1 day until Nov. 2 — what are YOU DOING to help get out the vote in your precinct?)
In 2012, will YOU become a “voting member” of the Republican Party in your precinct?
Where it all started. Twitter @kaltkrieger
Unified Patriots.
Learn how to GOTV at The Concord Project and at Procinct and
I was...
belcatar (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 12:30PM EST (link)I was the representative for Haynesville at the Aroostook County Republican Committee. (My wife was the Chairman of the Hayneville committee, which consisted of her and me.)
I became disillusioned pretty quickly with how the whole thing worked. Patriots ended up taking over the county committee, but we were completely stifled by the state committee.
I saw first-hand how the State party worked at the 2008 state convention. The Chairperson is supposed to be elected by the delegates, but her name and photo were already in the program listing her as the chair. The entire convention was choreographed like a production of “Swan Lake” at the Bolshoi.
Even after that, I tried working within the county committee to change things, but it became pretty clear within a few months that the State committee wasn’t having any of it. I figured if this was what party politics was about, it just wasn’t for me.
I decided that I could make as much of a difference by badgering my elected representatives with letters and denouncing their absurd policy decisions in the local papers. (Mostly Rep. Mike Michaud, ME-02, but Senators Snowe and Collins received a broadside or two from me as well.)
belcatar, thanks for your past involvement; I hope
ColdWarrior (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 1:28PM EST (link)you’ll give it another try — and seek out more conservatives in Maine to help create a strong conservative majority within the Party if that is possible. Do you think there are enough energized conservatives in Maine, in the tea party ranks and the ranks of other conservative organizations, who could be channeled into the Republican Party now to make a positive impact?
Thank you.
CW
In 2012, will YOU become a “voting member” of the Republican Party in your precinct?
Where it all started. Twitter @kaltkrieger
Unified Patriots.
Learn how to GOTV at The Concord Project and at Procinct and
Rasmussen nails it in that column.
RoguePolitics (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 8:34PM EST (link)You have to hope thr new majority gets it.
“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.” George Orwell
“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?” Will Rogers
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. Patrick Henry
http://theprecinctproject.wordpress.com
Because the Republican Party is NOT going to fix the Republican Party.
http://americanamendment.com/
Because Washington is NOT going to fix Washington.
Our mandate is really three fold
Change Jar Conservative (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 10:18PM EST (link)1) Stop Barak
2) Kill Obamacare — That should be THE first vote of the new Republican house of representatives.
3) Fix the economy
Our mandate is NOT to investigate everything we don’t like about the Obama administration (yes I’m talking to you Congressman Issa).
If we turn into investigation central, we will lay the groundwork for an Obama second term like we did in 1996.
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Formerly know as “Oz” in these parts
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6eorge Jetson (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 10:23PM EST (link)nt
As to the crystal clear "Stop Obama" Mandate, Kowalski
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Monday, November 1st at 11:48PM EST (link)Does that make the US the “Country of No”?