In 2010 conservatives won a strong and resounding victory in
the midterm elections much of the results were positive and the liberal’s
ability to destroy the country was weakened. Of course since liberals have no
respect for the constitution or rule of law they still aggressively pursue
their destructive agenda through he courts, through regulation and through
executive orders that seem to carry the weight of imperial decrees. None of us
expected one mid-term election to save the country all by its lonesome, but it
was a very important start. We have made a few more significant steps:
conservative or shall we say tea party candidates have upset RINO”S (Republican
in name only) in a number of primaries, and the Scott Walker victory in
Wisconsin was huge, not only did it preserve the Walker reforms for the state
of Wisconsin and put Wisconsin in play for the Presidential election, but it
was an example to Republicans everywhere that if you stand on principle the
people who put you there will have your back, of course the really great men of our history
are those who stood on principle regardless, but we work with what we have.
2012, no matter how well we do at the polls will not be the end either, but if
we are to strengthen our hand and make serious strides toward restoring
constitutional principles these are the things I believe have to happen.
1) We
need Mitt. As we went through a vigorous primary season where pretty much every
serious candidate got a good look, Mitt Romney won out. If you look back at the
long process where we did on this blog immense research looking at numerous
issues, Gov. Romney was not always my first choice, but he was never an
unacceptable one. None of that matters now, Romney is now literally the only
man who can defeat Barrack Obama. If Obama is allowed to run roughshod over the
US constitution
and economy for four more years not to mention the severity of debt and
devaluation of the currency, then we may find the hole we’re in so deep that we
can’t climb out. Mitt Romney of course is not going to single handedly save the
Union and as with any Republican we elect we need to insure that he governs as
conservatively as he campaigns. Romney’s prospects look good. Lately he has
been gaining and winning in various polls without even making a major push
while his opponent abuses the power of the incumbency in hitherto fore untold
ways only to have his own polls slip. Romney may well match Obama in fund
raising as well.
2) We need the Senate. Last time around the
Republicans made significant gains in the senate even though they had more
seats up for grabs then the Democrats did. This year the shoe is on the other
foot and the Democrats are defending far more seats this election. Taking
control of the senate is essential, as much as the Presidency, but 51-49 might
not be good enough; we need to try for 61 seats. 33 seats are up in the 2012
election with 23 currently held by Democrats. To gain control the Republicans
need a net gain of four. I say we try for 23. Is 70 seats possible? Perhaps not but let’s look to a legend of America ’s
national pastime, Joe Torre. It was once pointed out to Torre that a baseball
team should try to win 2 of every three games, Torre’s response “which game do
you think we should try to loose?” This is the attitude the Republicans need to
have. I’m not saying that the RNC shouldn’t allocate its funds strategically or
that we will win every fight but the baseball team tries to win all 162 don’t
they? As a West Virginian I will not concede this election to Joe Manchin nor
will I aqueous that Jay Rockefeller will have the chance to embarrass our good
state for another 6 years on 2014. Once Marco Rubio was a long shot in Florida ,
Scott Brown never had a chance in Mass, now both are important Republican
leaders. Rubio is a rising star, shaky on immigration but a solid articulate
conservative with the potential to go far. Brown’s election should have stopped
healthcare reform, and changed the terms of what seats are open. I will always
remember his debate line,”it’s not the Kennedy seat, or the Democrats seat; it’s
the people’s seat,” as the rallying cry of the whole tea party movement. The point
is that both of these men and many others in our history were long shots not
worthy of a second look early in campaigns.
3) We
need a stronger House. Not just in numbers, though numbers help, the House
leadership has done a lot of good, have helped to slow the decline of the
country but certainly hasn’t stopped it. when push has come to shove Speaker Boehner
has irrevocably blinked. To oversimplify: they say increase spending a
trillion, we say cut it a trillion, speaker Boehner’s compromise. We’ll only
raise it 500 billion. I know we’re half of on third of the government but a
speaker with the balls (pardon the crude term) of Newt Gingrich would have held
the line at a cut of at least of something.
4) We
need to defeat an ideology not a political party. Electing a new president a
stronger house or even 70 senators will not be enough if its all we do. The real
threat is not Obama, Ried or Pelosi, it’s the ideology they represent, a belief
in equal results not equal opportunity, a belief in liberty as granted by
government not given inalienably by God. we win only if we return to free
markets, rugged individualism and self reliance with a healthy dose of Love thy
neighbor thrown in for good measure. We win only when life is protected from
the moment of conception on and where an activist court can never simply impose
its will on the nation regardless of the law and the constitution.
It will clearly be a tough up hill climb but I think we’re
up to it.
Keep on the Firing line!
