GOP Review: Part Three

A New Challenge

Missed Part One and Two? Read Them Here: Part One Part Two

It would be poor sportsmanship on my part if I didn’t offer any constructive way out of the GOP’s current morass.

Our state’s challenge must be met with a new attitude, a vibrant and bold declaration that the title “Republican” actually means something, and that diluting the brand by acting like Democrats will no longer be tolerated.

This change will require statesmen (and stateswomen) who will not sacrifice their principles for power, and instead, stand strong against the state’s status quo of glad-handing corruption and growing government on the backs of the taxpayer.

And most importantly, meeting this challenge involves each one of us engaging in every level of government.

I’d encourage you to step out of your comfort zone; talk to your neighbors; call your state legislators; write your U.S. Senator and Congressman until your hand hurts. Take heart that together our efforts will matter.

You see,  America was founded not by the timid but by the bold – those men and women who prized liberty above tyranny, prudence above privilege, individual rights above state solutions, and the entrepreneurial spirit above a dependence on government.

Now, again, is the time not for timidity but courage; courage for our nation and for our party. We can not accept politics as usual, politicians as usual, and political parties as usual.

We can take back the momentum in this New Year with a new focus on proven conservative principles and the core Republican brand.

We can, and together, we will.