Recently I received a Facebook message from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a while, which started off with “you have to be the most vocal person on my friend list about all things politics.” Intrigued, I read on.
My friend was concerned about the healthcare crisis, and he had a problem I’ve found all-too [...]
Posts Tagged ‘government’
Death Panels: When a Health Care Video is Worth 1,000 Words
Although I’ve previously offered my two-cents based on my personal health concerns, I’ve been meaning to write something fairly extensive and insightful about why we must oppose government-run health care. Today, I watched a video on YouTube that is worth a blog post’s worth of words, and much more. Regardless of where you stand on [...]
A Memo to Congressional Republicans: Keep Up the Fight!
Republicans should take note of recent polling data from Rasmussen Reports, consistently one of the most accurate polling firms in the nation. According to a Rasmussen poll released on January 23, 59% of U.S. voters are concerned that President Obama and Congress will increase government spending too much over the next one to two years. [...]
Let’s Fix the System
While I continue to play with my promised post on social conservatism, I’m going to weigh in on Aaron’s question from yesterday (why aren’t more Americans angry about Congress’s pay raise?) because the answer(s) touch on a number of issues Republicans should think about for 2009.
Very broadly, people aren’t angry because people aren’t involved. Check [...]
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 to [...]
Winning Back the Youth Vote (Part 2)
We simply cannot afford to lose a generation of young voters to the Democrats. As a follow-up to my first post from a few days back, I’d like to propose some specific changes that would better serve the Republican Party in recapturing the youth vote.
Establish a Young Voter Outreach arm of the Republican National Committee
We [...]
