Posted by caleb on Jan 27, 2009 in
Restoring the Conservative Movement With all of the negative news coming out of Washington (i.e. the coronation of Barack Obama, and the Pork Feeding Trough Bill of 2009), we conservatives could use a little inspiration.
Finally, we have it. Today Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska launched SarahPAC, a Political Action Committee dedicated to furthering conservative ideals and raising up worthy candidates. Specifically, the PAC believes in fighting for freedom and confronting “the challenges of the 21st century with integrity, innovation, and determination” in the areas of health care, education, and government reform. Sounds like my kind of PAC!
“Drill, baby, drill!” lives on with SarahPAC as well. The PAC’s official site lists energy independence as a “cornerstone of … economic security.” As we learned from the campaign trail, the governor supports real energy independence, not just sources propped up by government spending and subsidies.
Keeping with the Rebuild mantra, the Governor and her PAC also believe that the GOP is in the process of reclaiming its conservative ideals and backbone with what it calls an “historic renaissance” and seems to follow the big tent conservatism idea with by “build[ing] a better future for all.”
We need someone like Gov. Palin to lead our party into the future. We need a leader with charisma and conservative ideals, and I believe she is the perfect match.
Continue to watch this space for more information. I’m encouraged by and supportive of Gov. Palin’s decision to form a national PAC, especially when so many conservatives have become disheartened and disenchanted with politics as a whole. I’ll be donating money, and I encourage you to do the same.
Tags: Conservatism, GOP, obama, Palin, RebuildtheParty.com, sarahpac, stimulus
Posted by caleb on Dec 30, 2008 in
Restoring the Conservative Movement It’s no surprise that Obama won the youth vote. In fact, according to FoxNews.com, Obama had a whopping 34% margin. Now, why am I bringing this up now? It’s old news that Obama won the election, and that he’ll be inaugurated in twenty-one days, so why bother discussing it again?
Because Obama won the youth vote, and there’s good reason for it.
Obama listened to young voters, or at least pretended to, and gave them hope for the future. Folks, as a young conservative Republican, there’s no reason why it should have ended up this way, and I blame the GOP itself. You can cry all you want about the MSM slanting the news towards Democrats, but that’s never stopped us before. In order to ever win an election again, we must rise above any and all obstacles, and that path starts with the act of listening.
You see, for years the GOP has pretended to listen to the youth vote. Maybe they’ve made a good faith effort, but I’ve never seen it. What I’ve seen is flashy Demo websites, professional TV advertisements, rock concerts for Demo candidates, and an embracement of new technology. From the GOP? A mismanaged message and a half-hearted attempt at everything.
The RNC started text messaging its supporters a few years ago. Well, that’s a start, except I’ve only ever received four texts from them. Obama announced his VP choice by text message! See the difference? Obama’s website screamed community, while McCain’s struggled to keep its supporters logged in. Obama went after college students and young people by showing them how his policies would affect and better their daily lives. McCain, well, didn’t.
Time and time again, we as “the youth vote” have offered our suggestions, and, yet, the RNC hasn’t listened, at least in a measurable way. We had Meghan McCain as a clandestine, “unofficial” blogger, and a “McCain blog” with no personality. Twitter? Oh, “@JohnMcCain” was there, with more links. “@BarackObama” is still the most popular user on Twitter. Why? His tweets were personal. Voters believed Barack Obama himself was really talking to them. RNC, where is the drive? Where’s the passion? Do you even care that we lose the youth vote time and time again?
If we’re to reboot the conservative movement, it must be as conservatives, and if I’m not mistaken, bottom-up leadership is what conservatism is all about. Remember States’ Rights? Freedom from big government? The youth vote is not just going to go away. We’re just going to get older and have children and raise families, and the majority of us will be liberal Democrats, willing to hold out our hands and wait for the government give us everything.
We, as young Republicans, believe in conservatism. Why, RNC, don’t you? Pay attention to us. Your future depends upon it.
For some great examples of how young conservative Republicans are leading the way to GOP victories in 2010 and 2012, check out these great sites:
RebuildtheParty.com is dedicated to restoring the GOP to its conservative roots. Its plan has received endorsement from almost all of the current candidates for RNC Chair.
TheNewRepublicans.net is a college-focused news site, bringing in writers from universities across the nation to offer opinions and articles covering the most-pressing political issues of today.
Tags: Democrats, Election 2010, Election 2012, mccain, Meghan McCain, obama, RebuildtheParty.com, Republicans, RNC, TheNewRepublicans.net, twitter, youth vote
As we continue to march forward toward Inauguration Day, I’d like to remind everyone of some very important races still to take place, namely the December 2nd run-off election (next week) that involves Sen. Saxby Chambliss and the December 6th Congressional election in LA-2 that involves HuckPAC-sponsored candidate Joseph Cao. Both are leaders we need in Washington to help promote true-blue conservative (read=American) values. I’d like to encourage everyone to donate something to both the campaigns, whether it be a monetary donation (Saxby, Cao), or a donation of your time in the form of phonebanking (HuckPAC for Saxby, GOP.com for GOP candidates).
Also, please remember Sen. Norm Coleman. He, as you (hopefully) know is also in the battle of his life in the form of a Florida-style recount in Minnesota. The Al Franken campaign is willing to try anything and everything to win this seat, and that means the Coleman campaign must rack up the legal fees. We can help them offset some of these unforeseen expenses here by donating to his campaign, as well.
These two Senators (Saxby and Coleman) are the only two standing between us and a filibuster-proof liberal Democrat majority in the upper house. That means we should be operating in crisis mode- Senators are elected for six years! Do we really want a liberal Democrat President having the added benefit of an undivided Senate? Didn’t think so.
We’re a right of center country. A conservative majority will rise again, but in the meantime, we must prepare the way for that to happen again in 2010. One the best sites to get you motivated is RebuildtheParty.com where they list a return-to-our-roots party platform that takes us right back into the heart of conservatism- something most Republicans think should happen. Check it out, and let me know what you think. I’m ready to back them 100%.
Tags: Al Franken, Conservatism, Gallup, GOP.com, HuckPAC, Joseph Cao, Norm Coleman, RebuildtheParty.com, Saxby Chambliss
