While the RNC continues to stand pat instead of giving young voters a legitimate role in the future of the Party — or even simply establishing its own Young Voter Outreach Arm to compete with the Democratic National Committee’s Youth Council — the Democrats continue to find new and innovative ways to involve young voters [...]
Posts Tagged ‘future’
Announcing the Petition for Our Future
Two days ago, I wrote that we must give young voters a legitimate role in the future of the Republican Party. The clock is ticking for these crucial changes to take place. Recognizing this, the team here at NextGenGOP has launched the Petition for Our Future. Now you can join the many voices asking Chairman [...]
Let’s Give Young Voters a Legitimate Role in the Future of the Republican Party
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Few (New?) Thoughts
First of all let me say that I am extremely happy to have enough free time to continue writing on NextGenGOP. Many of you may not even know who I am since it has been several months since my last entry. You will be hearing from me weekly and I hope you are all as [...]
How Far Has the Republican Party Come? Grading the GOP’s Progress Since November 4
Since their devastating defeat on November 4, Republicans have been working to rebuild and turn the tide of the past two cycles. They took major steps in doing so, including replacing RNC Chairman Mike Duncan with Michael Steele and becoming involved with national organizations such as Rebuild the Party that focus on a complete reformation [...]
The Twitter Revolution and “Top Conservatives on Twitter”
For this blog post, I’m going to assume that you are already somewhat familiar with Twitter (although CNET has a great newbie’s guide if you’re not). For a long time, I shied away from using Twitter. It just didn’t appeal to me, although my lack of interest wasn’t due to any particular reason. Finally, in [...]
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 [...]