Most of my reaction to them has been from my memories whan Tom Cole was running them and declaring 2008 a lost cause before we even left the gates.

You make a great point about the NRSC and the RNC dragging down my opinions, and the opinions of many others by their insistence of continuing a losing strategy of pandering to moderates and liberal Republicans…I don’t know if the NRCC is doing that or not but it has been wrong of me to make that assumption based on Cornyn’s actions and the actions of the state parties in Congressional Races…

I wasn’t able to make it to Atlanta…but had I been there…and heard what you did…I’d have made a point of telling them they need to do a better job of communicating what they are doing and how we can help instead of just sending us bogus polling questionnaires and asking for money.

I’m a tither and give a minimum of 10% of my income before I pay a single bill and don’t donate to charities without knowing what they do with the money and that it will be used effectively to accomplish God’s will and the goals I have set in forwarding his cause and I won’t when it comes to political contributions as well…My frustration right now is the constant begging for money with no way to know how it is being spent and what causes are being promoted with it!

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

Takes a good person to do a mea culpa like that.

WRT the NRCC and John Randall, I had an opportunity to have a quick chat with him. One thing we discussed was the ability of the donor to target his contributions via the NRCC rather than it only being blanket donations to the organization. We talked about the Young Guns, which allows you to target individuals.

Also I talked to him a bit about the NRSC and how they don’t allow targeted donations. The Senate Conservatives Fund does though.

Anyhow just wanted to share those links and say good diary. Recommend!!

have been painting with too broad a brush. I do know that right after the 2008 elections, the RNCC and RNC called for donations, and we told them “not right now” and that “we weren’t too happy with them, after all they did not seem to be doing the right things to make sure that our money wasn’t being wasted.” I have been able to modify my thinking on that because of RedState. Now that I have information, I can make informed decisions and that is what you are doing.

I enjoyed meeting and talking with you at the gathering. You never let on your job situation, but I want you to know that I’ll add you to my prayers.

Take care, penguin

I love it when a plan comes together.

So glad we had that gathering.

I got to talk with him briefly at the after the after party Saturday night. He is definitely passionate about his job (which he created himself), but what’s more important is that his boss is also passionate about the job.

The NRCC gets it. They may not have money to support candidates in all races (we’ll have to fill in the gaps), but they are at least offering moral support, training and administrative support.

If we can get the message through to Sen. Cornyn that the NRSC also need to be hungry rather than scared, the party will triumph again.

Thanks guys.