The Brown win yesterday is a great and glorious thing, but the fact remains that Obama is President and the Democrats retain large majorities in both the House and Senate. In order to take our nation back and restore it to the Founder’s vision, we have much work in front of us.
Fortunately, Brown gave us some great clues on what to do – campaign against “the machine”. I’ve been on this – calling it “people vs powerful”, but “the machine” is much superior rhetoric. Romney also hit on it well – calling the Democrats “neo-monarchists” who have a sense of entitlement to power. This is what we must run against – the system, the machine, the elites who think they have a right to rule us.
If we campaign on such populist rhetoric and match it to programs designed to apply free-market principles to the economy, we can win very big in November. We see what we want, we’ve been told how to do it. From Maine to California, lets fight this thing out, everywhere.
Now, let’s get out there and do it.
UPDATE: Bill Quick hits upon an idea I’ve been pushing for a while:
Here’s the strategy. We contest every race. The goal is to put as many liberty-minded conservatives into office as we can, and where that is impossible, to elect the most congenial Republican we can get. In Mass, that was a Scott Brown. In California, it may end up being a Meg Whitman, or a Carly Fiorina. But where a liberty minded conservative has a shot, then back that candidate to the hilt, either in the primaries (no matter what the national party decides is good for us), and in the general elections afterwards. Rubio in Florida is an example of what I am talking about. He is popular, he can win, and he is far more congenial to our cause than the currently anointed GOP candidate (who may no longer be so anointed in the wake of the Massachusetts Massacre).
Every single race – let no Democrat go unchallenged. Doesn’t matter if its the race for local dog catcher: if a Democrat is running, we need a GOPer to challenge. Find the most conservative candidate we can who fits the electorate but who can also lead the electorate towards a more liberty-minded worldview. Our goal is first and foremost liberty, and anyone who will back a liberty platform should gain our support if that person is the most conservative candidate in the race.
What does a liberty platform look like? A few quick tests will always tell us the tale – is the candidate in favor of judicial restraint? Does the candidate think that people should be able to bear arms? Does the candidate believe that the local folks should make their own rules? If a candidate says “yes” to these things, then that candidate is worthy of our support – especially if its against the socialists who dominate the Democrat party.
Blogs For Victory 