Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, the GOP’s most prominent African-American and a candidate to chair the Republican National Committee, calls the reports of the death of the GOP greatly exaggerated and offers a six-point plan for victory: Return to timeless Republican principles. Organize in every state. Appeal to the forgotten middle class. Build a broader coalition. Stop the blame game. Use new communication tools.
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He has to compete with Katon Dawson, the Republican who belonged to a country club that wouldn’t allow Michael Steele to be a member because of his skin color.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/24/1687821.aspx
Stay classy Republicans.
Return to timeless Republican principles.
If Steele actually knows what those are, he’d better dust off the book where he found them.
“Return to timeless Republican principles.”
Well, that sure worked out well in the last election.
“Stop the blame game.”
Would that mean putting an end to negative campaigning? Because that’s all we heard the last 6 weeks of the campaign.
“Use new communication tools.”
Run a candidate who knows what the internet is?
Stop using catch phrases and buzz words to communicate would be nice too. Stop insulting the intelligence of the common person and at least give them the credit of having some intelligence. They are smart enough to know the difference between pee and rain on their legs. He sights returning to the old principle of the party. Well you need to outline them not as much to show the public what they are. But rather to show the public that you know what they are still.
“Return to timeless Republican principles.”
Like what? If you are not rich, kiss a rich person’s butt and hope money falls out?
HATE people who are different from you?
Credit “God” for everything good and blame victims their suffering for falling short in his eyes?
IF America has any collective sense, the GOP is finished for the rest of our lives.
Simple pedulum swing. There have been times in past decades where the Democratic party has been labelled as out of touch. Prediction..the balance will swing away from a Democratic majority in the House at mid term elections. Pretty safe prediction, since it happens almost every time as the pendulum swings back and forth.
Appeal to the forgotten middle class? Dems never forgot the middle class. We’re not expendable.
We’re not here for your folly just when you need us for winning elections, cons.
So they are going to supporting ending the endless government expansion that Bush pushed? How about endless needless wars? How about securing our borders? Those would be a good start for the
“republicans” to become real republicans. Raptor has a great point about the pendulum swinging. The current republicans is why I became an independant.
Prediction..the balance will swing away from a Democratic majority in the House at mid term elections. Pretty safe prediction, since it happens almost every time as the pendulum swings back and forth.
Safe enough for a friendly wager, Rap? :)
I predict a split in the Democratic Party.
The far left Liberal Radicals will form their own party and call it “whatever.”
I look for an offshoot of the Independent party to come on strong and draw heavily from the Republican party ranks and voting.
It would interesting to see a congress/Senate made up of five or six parties with all, more or less equal in voting power.
It would interesting to see a congress/Senate made up of five or six parties with all, more or less equal in voting power.
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You want multi-parties? Look to the chaos in Italy, for instance. Where they’ve lost track of how many governments they have formed since WWII.
Dennis
And I would like to see the Radical Right break away from the GOP and take their Queen Goddess Sarah Palin to rule them in their fantasy land far, far away. But that’s not going to happen.
Myself, I would like to see political parties outlawed and everyone would be independent. The parties have too much power over the new members and they either vote with the party or they don’t get any good positions.
Reggie,
“It would interesting to see a congress/Senate made up of five or six parties with all, more or less equal in voting power.”
The ‘publican party as it now stands couldn’t live with a five or six party congress. When you have power divided that many ways, you’re unlikely to ever get a clear majority. Compromise is the name of that game and the hardball ‘publicans have sworn to never compromise on any core issue.
I agree Jed – wasn’t it the 1994 Conservative Republicans that declared compromise a dirty word?
RA,
“Myself, I would like to see political parties outlawed and everyone would be independent.”
That’s what our founding fathers had in mind, but parties seem to evolve out of our system. I don’t think there’s any effective way to outlaw them. Besides, if everyone was independent, they’d all have to educate themselves on all the issues, and I don’t see that happening. A party is a way of expressing a general viewpoint and leaving the details to the leadership.
mom,
“And I would like to see the Radical Right break away from the GOP and take their Queen Goddess Sarah Palin to rule them in their fantasy land far, far away.”
Oh, is that what the Independent Alaska movement is all about? If so, it needs to be in a galaxy considerably more far far away to keep up with their reactionary long long ago.
Michael Steele, who wrote the op-ed piece for this thread header says (contradicts himself) with:
“The Republican Party needs an overhaul not just an adjustment if we’re to create a new Republican majority.” AND, contradicts himself by suggesting: “Return to timeless Republican principles.”
I wonder, are the principles timeless, or does the Party need an overhaul? He obviously doesn’t know either!
He also writes, “We have the message, but we have to improve our credibility with these voters.” THEN he contradicts himself with: “Not only was our message stale, the means by which we’ve conveyed our message has been lackluster — at best.”
So, do they have a message but it’s a stale one, or is the problem credibility?
I hope he is chosen to be the Chairman of The Republican National Committee! He has such clear vision and insight. Maybe we can have him as Party Chairman and Palin as candidate for POTUS!?
There is nothing at all wrong with the Republican Party. They have their next Presidential nominee in Governor Palin. Perhaps Michael Steele will be her choice for VP.
Go Pubes go!