The Republican Party needs to just sit back and take a breath before they even consider preparing for the next two elections. If the Democrats, led by Barack Obama, go on a liberal shopping spree then the Republicans will have an easier time coming back in the next 4 years. The best thing Republicans can do the next 4 years is hold Obama and the Democrats accountable. Stand up and speak out when if they push the country hard to the left. Republicans should not be afraid to be outspoken and be the transparency the American people have the right to and deserve. Now, here are some thoughts, a prescription, for the ailing party. Republicans should go back to the basics. I am talking continue tax cuts and reduce spending, education, protecting Americans right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, the foundation of American principles, and adopt a platform that reminds America of what makes her great. For example, America thrives on competition, which is no secret. However, I believe that Obama and the Democrats through raising taxes on the ‘rich’ and the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ are seeking to destroy competition, the foundation to our Free Market Economy. Just look at the Fairness Doctrine, for example. Conservatives own the ratings on radio talk shows, that is no secret, and so it is the ambition of the Democrats to add liberals to those popular conservative shows in order to squash those ratings, and thus the effectiveness and strength of conservative talk radio. This is a clear violation of the First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech. I understand they want both sides to an issue presented, and I believe that is a good idea, but only if that is what the conservative talk radio hosts choose to do. You cannot force them to change their programming. After all if people do not want to listen to Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh, then they have the power and the right to change the station. Can this apply to television as well, are Democrats going to force Keith Olbermann to share his hour with various conservative points of view? Here is a piece of advice to liberal Democrats, if your losing Radio Talk Show then that means the liberal voices on Radio are boring and stink, so go out and recruit new ones. If that does not work, then your message is out of touch with much of America or liberals just do not listen to talk radio. After all, does the football team that finishes dead last in the standings go to the team that won the Super Bowl and demand they give them their All Pro Wide Receiver and All Pro Middle Linebacker? No, they go out and find their own All Pro WR and MLB through Free Agency and the Draft. Then there is this idea of raising taxes on the rich. I do not believe in raised taxes on anyone, because as the Free Market Economy we are, the money is most efficient when it is in the hands of the people, not the government or big business. Is it not counter productive to raise taxes on businesses and then use that money for big government welfare programs?
The issue I believe Republicans need to take control of is Education. I believe the education system needs to be based on quality, not quantity. The education system of today is about how many years a teacher can stay in one place, how many students can get a specific score on a specific test to graduate so the school can get their x amount of dollars. This is not right, we should be focusing on the quality of each school’s leadership, the quality of the teacher, and the quality of the curriculum. Focusing on quality will bring teachers those years, schools their passing grades and graduation rates to get that money and the future of America would be better off for it. Education should be about choice, after all we are a nation that says a woman can choose whether or not the life inside her lives or dies, but cannot choose what they believe to be the best education for their children. I also believe in what I call Moral Education. This is a class taught every couple of years, maybe for only a few weeks teaching values and principles such as respect, self discipline, hard work, etc… Believe or not Obama was right one thing, we need to build the country from the bottom, but it applies to education. Republicans need to build a slam dunk education policy, implement it in states it controls and then use it to drive the campaigns in future elections. Here is a way for Republicans to win some of that youth vote in 4 years, start working on those 14-17 year olds now.
I believe the solution to the woes of the Republican Party is simple. Get back to the basics, not just conservative principles, but American ideals that this country was founded on and the values that have sustained us for over 200 years. Then Republicans need to let their voice be heard over the next 4 years. When Obama and the Democrats take the country to the left, let the country know about it and hold them accountable for their decisions. Republicans have been knocked down and now they need to get up off the mat and make sure President Obama and the Democratic Congress do what is best for the American people. The Republican Party needs to be, and I stress needs to be focused on doing what is moral, wise, and fair.