You were my first choice. I hope Chairman Steele is as good as I’m sure you would have been. Meanwhile, I have big plans for you. We need real conservatives to step up to the plate. Thanks for your efforts on our behalf.

Every self respecting Republican needs to stand before the CSPAN cameras this week and promise to the American people “It’s not our money. It’s the American people’s money. Let’s do this right.”

we need a plan that will rebuild the party by articulating conservative principles, inspiring our base, decentralizing authority, and building the technical infrastructure that will unite the millions of Republican voters behind a common goal of a conservative resurgence across the country.

As one of your supporters I want to join you in wishing Chairman Steele well and pray he will learn from you and your steadfast appeal to the base and on our behalf!

One of the reasons you had…and have my wholehearted support is the fact that you are the only voice I hear in the Republican Establishment who even mentions the base or decentralizing power back to the precinct, district and state levels where it belongs…bottom line…a small cabal of old line party hacks is not the idea factory that we need to get our feet back under us and lead the charge back to a majority…

Decentralizing power from the national party is the issue that we need to start beating the drum on and continue beating that drum till ol those tired old party hacks an power brokers turn over the reigns to a younger generation and releases the power of our grass roots!

Keep the faith brother and please to continue to run the race till our job is done!

Our enemy is ignorance and is their ally.

No more “Democrat Lite” for us. We have to be Republicans!

A new contract with America may be a means of communicating our ideology, but we need to get our party back in line first. I think we’re finally moving in that direction.

“Let us make a ‘Contract with America’” was more proactive and positive. We need to do something like that again. I’m just speaking over the back fence here as a row home dwelling Fishtowner tired of seeing his team in the basement so long that their cleats are rusty.

I appreciate the hard work you put into running for the Chairmanship and when all was lost I appreciate you throwing your support to the Man of Steele

I supported Michael Steele in this endeavor. However, after I read this:

http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m2d1-The-riddle-of-Steele

I was sorry I had. If his idea of how to enlarge the tent is by throwing law-abiding gun owners under the bus, he’s off on the wrong foot already.

I will have none of it.

I have emailed Mr. Steele, inviting him to reconsider his position on this issue. If advocating or even tolerating additional gun control is going to be the official position of the Republican Party, we gun owners need to know this as soon as possible so we can organize our efforts (dollars, votes, etc.) elsewhere.

Here’s hoping that Mr. Steele, like a certain fellow named Zumbo, will see the light on this issue and come around.

Again, Mr. Blackwell, thank you for your efforts and your service.

I hope that you will remain an active voice in our party. We need more solid conservatives at the forefront of our party. The Democrat lite mentality has brought us to the place we are now. It’s time for us to stand up as conservatives and spread our message.

You work on the national stage. I’m getting active locally. Together we will build this party.