Over at FutureMajority.com, Michael Connery brings attention to this: Want to be a member of the Democratic National Committee? The DNC Youth Council is now accepting resumes from young people interested in becoming At-Large members. What exactly is an at-large member of the DNC? At-large members are full-scale, policy-shaping members of the Democratic National Committee [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Hypocrisy and the GIVE Act
Conservatives love to complain about the misuse of public funds for ACORN community organization programs before the election, especially with the specter of the 2010 census and redistricting hanging over the discussion. Somehow a very similar situation happening now with the GIVE Act has gotten less attention, even though it comes on the heels of [...]
British Scandal Offers Sobering Perspective on the Future
The British have an election campaign coming up, though no firm date seems yet set. Right now, the Prime Minister is quite unpopular, and Parliament is embroiled in a scandal. Some have anticipated an easy win for the opposition Conservative Party in the election once it happens. However, as more details of this scandal come [...]
Jumping the Gun in Florida
In a move that some would call peculiar and others would call desperate, the NRSC endorsed Florida Governor Charlie Crist in his bid to be the party’s 2010 nominee for the Senate a mere fourteen minutes after he officially announced he was entering the race. Don’t get me wrong, Governor Crist is an exceptional candidate, [...]
2 Takes on the GOP’s Future
Two articles came out this week that tackled the future of the Republican Party on the national scene. One, written by Michael Grunwald for Time, carries the current doom and gloom prognosis – the GOP will soon be nothing more than a Southern regional party in a 3-party system. The logic is pretty much what [...]
It’s Time for a Complete Reboot
One of my lesser known traits is that I’m a huge Trekkie (and I don’t say “huge” lightly). However, the Star Trek universe had recently been undergoing a pretty substantial collapse, culminating in the closing of Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas. Desperately trying to revive the franchise, Paramount Pictures contacted J.J. Abrams, Roberto [...]
Senate successes require sound strategy and sound policy.
Fellow NextGenGOP contributor Abel S. Delgado, in his post entitled “Draft Ridge and Castle for 2010 Senate Races,” is right to encourage the Republican Party to maintain a strong center, particularly in the Northeast, where GOP fortunes have diminished substantially since the 1990′s. Mike Castle should be supported in the Delaware Senate race in 2010, and Ridge [...]
The “Far Right,” The Filibuster-Proof Majority, and Young Voters
Over at left-of-center Mother Jones magazine, Jonathan Stein and Nick Baumann argue that “the far right handed Dems a 60-vote majority.” Stein and Baumann continue: The Republican Party has moved dramatically rightward in the age of Obama, and allowed people like Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin to become its [...]
The Afghan Counter-Terror Plan and Republican Messaging
Traditionally, citizens have higher trust in Democrats to handle the economy and in Republicans to handle foreign policy and social issues, according to polls. So with every day of isolated bounces in the Dow or one-day bursts of home purchases being turned into week-long stories on a supposed recovery, we may need to come to [...]
Draft Ridge and Castle for 2010 Senate Races
Besides affirming his own self-serving nature, if there is one thing that Senator Arlen Specter’s defection to the Democratic Party has taught Republicans, it’s that the GOP must work to portray itself once again as much as a party of the center-right as it is of the right. This is true especially in the Northeast, [...]