The second addition in what may be a relatively short series. Let’s jump right in though. Republican Loss Myth #2 – “Sarah Palin was the reason Republicans lost the election.” This is 100% myth. Sarah Palin was introduced as John McCain’s running mate as a complete political outsider. Only people who were really paying attention [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2008’
Reviving the Republican Party
After a devastating loss in the most recent presidential election, it’s easy to point fingers. The truth is we have only ourselves to blame. When we nominate or elect officials in the future, we need to think long and hard about what is the best for prolonging the life of the GOP. The most important [...]
The Right Track is the Middle of the Road
Barack Obama is President-Elect right now in large part because of his appeal as a pragmatic centrist despite his voting record. In charge of finding Democratic candidates who could win Congressional seats the past two election cycles, Rahm Emmanuel did not recruit typical left-leaning Democratic candidates and hope they were competitive. Instead, he recruited “Blue [...]
NextGenGOP on Blog Talk Radio
Hey folks, I just had a wonderful opportunity to talk with Eric Odom and Tricia Cunningham on Blog Talk Radio- they were talking about the future of Republican Politics and the impact of the #dontgo movement, something I talked about earlier as a major part of our future as a party. You can watch my contribution [...]
A Few Short Solutions
As per my recent discussion on Blog Talk Radio with #the DontGo Movement, I wanted to reiterate some of the issues I wanted to start driving discourse on now. One of the key ways the Democrats took this election was by driving the discourse away from their losing issues, and micro-targeting key groups with particular [...]
Ways McCain Could Have Appealed to Youth Voters
Ironically, this came right before the election, and I had no time to put it up before the election, so now I will try to post it posthumously as it were. I’ve had a little trouble with logging in, and thus the posts have been slow, but this was a semi-relevant essay for a class, written [...]
Five Reasons for Optimism in 2010 and Beyond
Many folks on the Right are, to put it mildly, disheartened by the results of the 2008 elections. However, after initially being quite disappointed by the returns, I am incredibly optimistic about what’s to come in 2010 and beyond. The bottom line is that this year’s elections were by no means a mandate for liberalism. [...]
Lessons of the 2008 Election
Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the lessons we should take from this year’s election. These are just a few of the many important recognitions we must make moving forward. The GOP’s electoral map has shrunk. As much as it pains me to say it as a [...]
Why We Can’t “Wait for Them to Fail”
I have had a number of people e-mail or Facebook message me something along the lines of, “Well, the Dems may won, but they’re going to fail. All we need to do is sit back and wait.” James touched on this extremely well in his post earlier today, but I wanted to elaborate a bit [...]