I agree completely. The Precinct Project is a good start and so is the Leadership Institute. FReepers or those interested in being or developing a candidate or managing a campaign need education and experience. We need a farm club and it really starts at the lower offices. I am much more confident in electing someone who gets politics and you don’t always find the kind of effective political leaders in business. There is a beneficial art to political experience. We talk a lot about level one: getting elected. But being able to implement an agenda as an executive or move policy as a legislator is critical. As we can see with Obama no experience = big mess. Seeing him disclaim any responsibility for the poor management and implementation of his signature legislation/policy just shows how utterly incompetent he is. He must live in a good news only bubble. I’d be worried about everything that did go wrong. But it’s somebody else’s money and...he’s Obama.
I’m always glad to find a fellow FReeper who recognizes the importance of the GOP building a strong farm system to provide us with a stable of experienced conservative candidates for higher office. A conservative can win a statewide election in Delaware; a conservative nobody can’t, though.