Comments for Nashville, FWIW . . . http://austinmcmullen2.wordpress.com Stuff I thought you might find interesting Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Rebuild the Party update by Matt Collins http://austinmcmullen2.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/rebuild-the-party-update/#comment-3 Matt Collins Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:35:19 +0000 http://austinmcmullen2.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-3 Unfortunately the problem is NOT strategy. The problem is the message, the platform, and the policy of our party. We are losing elections because the party has lost its way. The fact that the Libertarians had their second best year ever, the fact that the Libertarian Party cost McCain a win in NC, and that the LP may have cost the Georgia Congressman his seat, should be an indicator that conservatives are going elsewhere or just sitting out. Running marginal/moderate/liberal candidates is NOT a winning strategy and neither is having a big-government platform. Reorganizing, restructuring, and restrategizing is NOT going to attract the base back to the party. Returning the party to its roots is the only thing that can do that. Small and limited government, tax AND spending cuts across the board, sound fiscal policy, balanced budgets, noninterventionist foreign policy, individual liberties, and a return to obeying the Constitution, is the only thing that will bring voters back into the GOP. If the party does not return to these basic ideas, then we will continue to lose elections. Unfortunately the problem is NOT strategy. The problem is the message, the platform, and the policy of our party. We are losing elections because the party has lost its way. The fact that the Libertarians had their second best year ever, the fact that the Libertarian Party cost McCain a win in NC, and that the LP may have cost the Georgia Congressman his seat, should be an indicator that conservatives are going elsewhere or just sitting out.

Running marginal/moderate/liberal candidates is NOT a winning strategy and neither is having a big-government platform. Reorganizing, restructuring, and restrategizing is NOT going to attract the base back to the party. Returning the party to its roots is the only thing that can do that. Small and limited government, tax AND spending cuts across the board, sound fiscal policy, balanced budgets, noninterventionist foreign policy, individual liberties, and a return to obeying the Constitution, is the only thing that will bring voters back into the GOP.

If the party does not return to these basic ideas, then we will continue to lose elections.

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