The narrowing and possible elimination of Martha Coakley’s lead in even Democratic polls shows that the discontent felt by bread-and-butter voters is real. While the jobless rate is holding at ten percent nationally, indications are that this is due to more would-be laborers giving up on trying to find work rather than on anything the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Policy’
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 [...]
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 with [...]
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 [...]
