I have been hearing conservative voices far and wide saying that Republicans of all breeds should put their division aside and get behind the chosen candidates. You know what I wholeheartedly agree. The problem is that it seems that these voices seem to be all talk. They do not seem to be willing to back this up with action. Instead these voices seem to be intent on covering the recent power change in the Republican Party of Iowa and the soap opera going on behind the scenes. This just gives the Democrats ammunition to use against us in the run up to the general election. I will be the first to say that we have been no better; however there is one clear difference. We have begun promoting our candidates and showing why our guys and gals are better than the Demomcrats. This is not to say that we have been the only ones to do so, but if you were to look around they are few and far between.
The party needs to come to the realization that the donations quite possibly will not be there this year. We don’t have a rockstar of a presidential candidate. Because of this conservatives across the spectrum need to devise strategies that will help us win in November that does not rely on massive amounts of campaign contributions. This will not be easy, but then again there is the old saying that nothing worth having comes easy. The Democrats will raise more money than us this year. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can change our strategy to reflect this truth. Our party needs to run a grassroots campaign that exploits the fact that the Democrats have more money.
I know that a lot of people don’t like Mike Huckabee, however we can take lessons from his campaign. He ran his Iowa campaign on a shoestring budget, he was outspent by a large margin, and yet he was able to win the Iowa caucus handily. Surely we can use his campaign as a guide in how to campaign with little funds.
We have to stop this incessant and childish finger pointing, it serves no useful purpose. It only serves to give the Democrats an edge. They will say that if we can’t get along with each other just how do we plan to run the government. And you know what, they would be right. If we can’t get along with each other we don’t deserve to win.
And so I put this challenge forth to all Republicans. I challenge you to put aside your petty differences so that we can find a way to take back our government. I know I for one plan on doing everything that I can to elect Republicans in November.
Filed under: Common Iowan | Tagged: Challenge, conservative, Democrats, donations, incumbents, Republican
It definitely seems to me that so called conservative bloggers have more interest in reporting the comings and goings of the SCC than they have in pushing the Republican candidates that were chosen at the primary. Come on people let’s stop the damn bickering and get on with getting honest to goodness Republicans elected.
I agree with this post. One thing that I would like understood, however, is that we were never calling for a division in the Republican party. We were just making it known that the social issues cannot be ignored. We weren’t trying to divide, we were just trying to be included. All the issues the Republican party stands for are important, but the social issues are the foundation. We must know what we stand for and rally around that before we can reach out to new voters and make them see that our party’s stances are best for the state and the nation.
Thank you for your clarification IR. No we were never calling for division, but we helped promote that division by shamelessly following it.
I don’t want to cause any more animosity between the different factions of the party but a lot of the problem stemmed from the rejection of traditional Republican principles. To me this means more than just social issues, this also includes reducing the size of our government, reducing the tax burdens of Americans, and the promotion of personal responsibility.
We want our voices heard- and we want those in power to get a clue that we are here and not going to fade away.
Personally- I want some common sense and some old-fashioned civility to be an important part of this election process.
I want those elected with our vote and our trust to make decisions according to our wishes- not what a lobbyist wants or what looks good to the media.
I would say there seems to be some controversy as to whether we can take back our government if we have less than stellar Republicans as candidates… I do not think I have an answer for this, just posing the question….
I would have to agree with you there Neighhey. It seems to me though that the same people that were bemoaning any change in leadership prior to the convention are now saying the party no longer represents them. It is a sad state of affairs that the party and the country are in.
If McCain loses, this is going to get worse before it is going to get better. But then, sometimes things need to explode first before you can piece them back together.