What the Moderate Republican Stands For

Republicans came to power as the party of big ideas, and without returning to that model they could be looking at a long winter. Additionally, those big ideas need to focus on Middle America. Three issues that could work are conservation, reform and localism.

Conservation- a return to the Teddy Roosevelt model of conservation. One doesn’t necessarily have to buy into global warming to appreciate the need to protect the natural resources we have.

Reform- the federal government is bigger than ever, and won’t be getting any smaller over the next four years. Republicans need to fashion themselves as national reformers. Much of Middle America wants the government as safety net, but bloated bureaucracies breed corruption that needs to be dealt with.

Localism- this is the lynchpin that brings it all together. If we bought our food locally, shopped locally, governed locally, many of the issue we now have to deal with would go away, or at the least become manageable.

Below is a collection of writers who speak about the things that matter. Some are Right, some Left and some Center, but all intelligent and rational voices.

The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

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Via Meadia

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Front Porch Republic

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David Brooks

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The Soap Box

Biden rated lower than Cheney

Just 51 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Vice President Biden. Cheney was at 58, and Al Gore was at 55 percent at similar points in their tenure. Numbers from the Pew Research Center's latest report. According to David Paul Kuhn:

The public's favorable take on Biden declined 12 percentage points since January. And don't blame the GOP. Democrats' favorable view fell from 87 to 76 percent. Independents' view fell from 58 to 46 percent.

3 comments:

BB-Idaho said...

Wonder if he will sink as far as Dick?

April 23, 2009 9:37 PM
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April 24, 2009 2:12 AM
Steve B said...

BB-
I was just feeling good...why did you have to depress me. lol
Seriously though, I doubt it. Cheney became that hated because he had that much power. I can't see Biden being much more than a very traditional Veep.

April 24, 2009 7:52 AM

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