In a recent post here at Next Gen GOP, Gideon D’Assandro expressed a desire for a policy of Alterrnative Energy Without the Hippies, but that will not be enough for a party seeking a way forward after a bad few years. Just over two years ago, South Carolina governor and likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mark Sanford wrote [...]
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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 [...]
Why Aren’t Republicans “Making Noise?”
It has now been 135 days since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. Since that time, the talk in the Republican Party has generally revolved around the notion of “catching up” — be it catching up in fundraising, in our use of technology, or as I’ve argued, the way that we take [...]
Discuss: Collectivism and Conservatism
Recent posts here and elsewhere address issues pertaining to conservatism, the GOP, and identity politics. While each of these opinion pieces discusses different topics, all of them touch on a common theme; the dilemma of collective identity and political allignment. In a post entitled “Kids These Days” here at NextGenGOP, Abby Alger discusses the youth [...]
The Remarkable Turnaround: The Penguins Did It, Can Republicans?
Not too long ago, it seemed all had been lost. Despite displaying incredible success and promise in years past, they were losing. They had some of the greatest talent in the world, but nonetheless they couldn’t find a winning groove. Worse still, it seemed that even when pitted against the worst opponents, they still couldn’t [...]
Like the Penguins, Struggling Republicans Seeking Answers
If there’s two things you should know about me, it’s that I’m a political nut and a huge hockey fan. Just as I support the Republican Party, I root for the Pittsburgh Penguins. I’m on the wait list for season tickets, and I do my best to watch every single game (82 in the regular [...]
Open Forum: What Role Does Social Conservatism Have in the Republican Party?
Over the past few days, I’ve received a couple requests from people asking us to open up NextGenGOP to more policy debate. Since we’re trying to look to the future of the Republican Party, and since policy is a huge question in establishing this future, I’m happy to oblige. Accordingly, I’d like to start out [...]
Mr. Blackwell, College Republicans Aren’t Enough.
Ken Blackwell, in his letter to RNC members announcing his candidacy for chairman, suggests the following as a solution to the Republican Party’s woes among young voters: Expend an unprecedented amount of RNC funding to build vibrant College Republican chapters on every major university campus in the nation and use those chapters as a base [...]
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 [...]
Forget the Ideas Czar or Network: We Must Create Ideas Through Peer Production
Patrick Ruffini recently wrote a piece arguing that the GOP needs an “ideas czar”, while Soren Dayton disagrees, insisting that, “The beltway is the disease not the cure.” Regardless of where you stand on this argument, both Patrick and Soren raise a critical, underlying point: the Republican Party needs a way to bring new, innovative [...]