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Dems are great at institutionalizing Power because their opposition is so easy to roll. They don’t have to worry about Republicans fighting them as they expand their power and they never have to worry about Republicans trying to roll back their excesses because they can count on the Republican Big Tenters to defend them!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

“Politics is not an exercise in rigid ideology. Politics is an exercise in compromise” What D is not rigidly ideology socialist/marxist/liberal? and where did any D compromise in this election and don’t dare say they did THEY LIED and now in power they are RIGID and IDEOLOGICAL and they DO NOT COMPROMISE ANYTHING! just saying.

I don’t care about clearing the tent or purging the Republican party. Frankly, if we keep talking and Obama keeps doing what he’s doing, those moderates are either going to jump ship voluntarily or learn some very profound lessons in the next 2-4 years.

Hone the message and stop letting the Dems form the premises by which we operate and it will change spontaneously, although the full effects won’t happen overnight.

I guess that’s what we are suppose to do. I thought it would be a goog thing to take him down, gain a valuable Senate seat and help rebuild the party up here.

But Rob Simmons, or whoever else that can win the nomination and actually beat Dodd, will most likely have a moderate voting record, since the overwhelming majority of the people from Connecticutt are registered Democrats.

Only 90% ACU conservatives are acceptable. And since Connecticutt is a deep Blue state, why bother. Throw in the towel Rob. ITs not worth the money, aggrivation and invasion of privacy. Connecticutt Republicans don’t bother. The base says its a waste of time.

By the time most of these “moderates” get elected, it’s too late: they’re already too entrenched and have developed too much of a power base to be primaried without a great amount of effort–effort that could be dedicated to beating Democrats. There are, however, some things that should be kept in mind:

1) We need to work on our recruitment skills long-term, as far as candidates are concerned, and work on getting Guiliani-like moderates who will advance conservatism in ways that their constituents agree with. The problem isn’t with politicians who vote liberal/Democratic some of the time, but with mealy-mouthed “moderates” who spend more time denouncing their party and praising Democrats than they do advancing conservative ideals. That’s a massive PR fallout that should be avoided by the candidates that we recruit, and I think that a change in our recruitment infrastructure could go a long way towards solving this problem.

2) On a similar vein, I think that the “moderates” who currently give us bad PR should be marginalized or primaried, if possible. If we have to have McCain, fine; just don’t give him a chairmanship! If Specter’s with us, that’s great, but please, don’t pass him the loudspeaker! Politicians like Jim Jeffords are oftentimes a net loss, and this needs to be recognized. I don’t include the Maine twins, simply because they don’t create the headaches that McCain and Specter do. Those who are deemed net losses should be culled, but only if possible, and only when there aren’t causes more important than that. Primarying is a luxury, and with the Dem majority in Congress, it’s one that we can’t afford.

3) This leads to my third point: the state’s red index. I’m fine with the Maine twins: their state trends very blue, so it’s only natural that they would, too. I’m less satisfied with politicians like McCain, and “moderates” who don’t represent their conservative constituents should be primaried if possible. Note the use of the term, “if possible”. There are some, like McCain, who are too intrenched and have too much political capital to be primaried. Don’t throw away your money “for the principle of the thing”; that quality doesn’t matter one whit when it comes to politics.

Wouldn’t be nice just t arrange some trades? I’d be happy to trade Spector for Ben Nelson. If we can do RINO for DINO trades then both caucuses can be happy campers.

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Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

We need to elect R’s of any stripe to get in power

Why, when we have R’s that screw us over most of the time

(snow, collins, specter, hagel, The Usual Suspects)

Seems to me that we need to
1. Bolster our numbers in the more conservative states. South Dakota is a good example. We got rid of Daschle and got Thune.

2. In cases like Dodd, I HATE to say it, but 50% with us is better than 100% against us. Dodd may be unique, however. Are there any good conservatives running yet?

3. This is something I’ve thought about for a while. Convince conservative minded people from over the rest of the world that have an admiration for the US to come here, become citizens, and vote.

Percentage of Republican in America March ’09 33.2% (trending down)
Percentage of Democrats in America Macrh ’09 38.7% (trending steady)
That leaves about 29% Independant.
We can not ever ever change the Progressive mind, they have an idealogical mindset indoctrinated during youth, not a political one. Progressives are in both parties. And this is insidious because you can not always tell who they are. Progressives tend to vote democrat. because more and more Democrats espouse the progressive ideaology. Most Conservatives tend to vote Republican, because Republicans tend to espouse a conservative idealogy.
If we split the Independants evenly, we loose to Dems by 5%.
Selecting Republicans to run for office is not the solution, recruiting voters to identify as Republicans and / or conservative is.
To beat the advance of the Progressives, money needs to be spent on registering Republicans, lots of them. Most people do not follow politics like some of us do. They vote party line when in doubt or uninformed.
Mirror organizations like ACORN and it’s ilk need to be formed for conservative causes. Grass roots advancing community issues and advancing Republican voter registration. A National organization that has many local offices that will supply organization, lawyers, and funds to fight local issues like property rights, privacy rights, local tax issues, etc. When a person needs help with such issues, they find they do not know where to go. For the opposition, they know, call ACLU, call ACORN, etc. and a team of experts is right on it for them. Until we can match that, we will continue to trend down in voter registration and slowly loose ground each election cycle to constant chips taken away from basic rights.

I remember Rush telling the audience back in 04 that the Democrats lose an election and they move farther left. Unfortunately, we lose an election and it must be that we are not left enough. That is the only point I have to make on this issue; time will tell if you are right.

The left has a big tent. They don’t really care about other issues as long as each group gets theirs attended to.

When you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.

The left is made up of many types of victims, that is their common bond no matter what the issue really is. The other group are the fortunates that have given in to their guilt for having it so good.

The right has to stand for something and unite. The left doesn’t care as long as “the man” gets taken down for revenge, no matter if it even makes things worse for the left themselves. They want revenge at any cost.

Misery loves company.

“Your conclusions are all wrong!”

The democrats did not get where they are by letting the moderates in their midst set the agenda. Blue Dogs ran on conservative ideas, but I don’t see them calling the shots now. The Dems gladly welcome moderates, but they make it clear who runs the show.

I’m all for a big tent. Moderates are welcome – hell, so are liberals, but they need to know up front, “You’re welcome to join, THIS is what we stand for.”
That’s the purpose of the party in the first place – an organization where people with like ideas can come together to advance those ideas.

It’s not, “What do we need to stand for in order to get you to join?” If we subordinate our ideas to get more people in our group, then the only idea left is winning. When that happens, what’s the point?

Here’s the money quote:

“They fool themselves into believing that we can win if we just run good, clean candidates who can articulate a real conservative message. Wrong. Any Republican activist from a Blue or Purple state worth his salt will tell you otherwise.”

As a matter of fact, I DO believe we can win that way. Because I believe in conservatism. Poll after poll shows that this is a conservative country. California passed a constitutiional amendment against same sex marriage. CALIFORNIA! But I’m supposed to believe that the average voter in the blue and purple states won’t suppoort a conservative? That’s a load of CRAP! Oh, and those blue and purple state Republican activists? They’re a part of the problem!

I spent the first 40 years of my life in New York; bluest of the blue states and Democratic stonghold. I can tell you first hand the GOP’s problems in that state are certainly not that it’s become too exclusively conservative. The average New Yorker – not the activist liberal – the tax-paying, family-raising, go to work every day average New Yorker is clamoring for responsible government. But the state GOP is content to divide the spoils with the Dems. A conservative candidate who stuck to his principles would win in a landslide.

I said it in the other thread and I’ll repeat it here, anyone who doesn’t think that any conservative, properly backed, can beat any liberal doesn’t really believe in conservatism.

and push their heavy opinionated biasm upon the class. This taints young peoples minds into following a certain perspective when they get older. We need to establish a good plan that incorporates teaching the young the truth behind the philosophies of our founding fathers. My proffessor of history tied to say state’s rights were only thought up to keep slavery and Jim Crowe laws nothing else. He did not even know what the 10th ammendment was when I asked him. It is this crap that sways college kids who eventually are the next voters.

An excellent idea would to create a non-profit that rates and certifies univeristies in presenting history and politics in an unbiased way.