Posted on 05/14/2009 8:30:17 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
The Republican Party needs serious rejuvenation. Since Ronald Reagan left the presidency in 1989 and Newt Gingrich left the House in 1999, the Republican Party has been in decline. Between 2006 and 2009 it slid from a 55-member Senate majority to a minority of just 40. In 2005 the Republicans controlled the House, 232-203; today the Democratic majority is 257-178. And of course there was a Republican president for eight years; now there is a Democratic one for at least four .
On the other hand, the new Democratic president and Congress may be the best thing the Republicans have going to rebuild their political base, for the liberals objective is to rapidly and substantially increase our government's spending and its impact on every aspect of our lives. George W. Bush presided over federal spending growth of $1.2 trillion ($600 billion more than inflation), resulting in total deficits of $2 trillion over eight years, or an average of close to $300 billion a year. President Obama's deficits are estimated to reach $9 trillion over the next decade, or about $900 billion a year.
There is no doubt that the Republican Party will gain from the public irritation at these massive Obama deficits, but that will not be enough. They will need to put together a rational set of public policy programs to help them gain substantially and quickly and start to change the course America is following. Seven important policy changes come to mind.
National Defense will be substantially reduced by the Obama administration, from 3.81% of gross domestic product in 2010 to 3.01% in 2019--a 21% decline in the share of the economy devoted to defense.
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From the field perspective, we need Newt to run for Prez.
I can't imaging anything WORSE than Obama.
Why do we want another Global Warming believer to champion conservatism?
Yes a three time divorced guy is a great idea...NOT!!!
Thoughts?
>>Why do we want another Global Warming believer to champion conservatism?
Because the perfect is the enemy of the good. We can’t resurrect Reagan, Rush ain’t running and Cheney is having too much fun on the sidelines.
Newt may not get it all but he gets more than most.
I’m definitely open to that.
1. Purge the RINOs, especially McCain, Romney, and Crist.
2. See #1.
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LOL
He's a "global warming" believer, and as such is a useful idiot for the left.
Folks like that have nothing to offer, and their further association with the GOP will only hasten our decline!
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NOTE to REPUBLICANs....STOP talking like losers!!! Do you ever see the DEMS talking like LOSERS? NO! Follow the Anthony Robbins methods....speak only of what you WANT to ACCOMPLISH....do NOT discuss dirty laundry in public! BUILD on your STRENGTHS! Sheesh. We are NOT in decline....only a certain segment is IN decline...RINOS...stop believing the HEADLINES WRITTEN BY DEMOCRATS!!! CONSERVATIVES RULE!!!!!!!!!!! (Believe it...we have the BEST WAY, and you all know it....the world is upside down right now, but it’s NOT BECAUSE OF US!)
During the 1980 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan dubbed the fledgling Department of Education “President Carter’s new bureaucratic boondoggle.”
We should return education to the states.
Newt seems lately to not get it at all. He is another one that would have serious trouble pulling the necessary people in to win.
I am not sure who it will be, but I am sure that the battle between good and evil will continue and that good will have a candidate I can support before I am gone.
Republicans have to quit being so nicey, nicey.
They need to tell it like it is and not beat around the bush.
The biggest problem with the healthcare system isn’t in the system itself. We need tort reform, and we need about twice the number of doctors we presently have. Cut the overhead and increase the competition in the market. States could experiment with various insurance and single payer schemes, keeping the failures localized and controllable.
Of course, this is probably all fantasy. When the government owns healthcare, there may be tort reform, but the number of doctors we have now will decrease. Waiting times will get longer. Quality care will all but disappear.
The leftists in charge have the power to not even have any more elections in the future! Leftists just ignore everything that goes against “leftist power forever”!
Taking cues from the ‘brain-trust’ at WSJ is a good part of the reason we’re in this fix. Progressivists in nice suits.
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