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 new Washington Post poll on the state of the Republican party is something all political junkies should check out. The most disturbing part for me? That Sarah Palin gets 17% [the highest mark] support for 2012 GOP primary.
"After last week, it's impossible to argue about Palin's influence in the party," Cillizza writes. "She can draw big crowds, sell books and command the biggest media stages..." guess that is presidential qualification. Then, she may well quit a couple years into her presidency. Most peculiar phenomenon, she.
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"After last week, it's impossible to argue about Palin's influence in the party," Cillizza writes. "She can draw big crowds, sell books and command the biggest media stages..." guess that is presidential qualification. Then,
she may well quit a couple years into her presidency. Most peculiar
phenomenon, she.
Agreed
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