As we continue our ongoing discussion about the future of the Republican Party, I am pleased to offer this commentary from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich. Antonovich is a former Chairman of the California Republican Party, and a former member of the California State Legislature…
The 2010 Congressional elections begin now. We need to finance an effective grassroots registration effort to reach our ethnic communities, neighborhoods and at new citizen swearing–in ceremonies. The Republican Party’s philosophy of hope, opportunity, and freedom unlike the Democrat’s philosophy of tax, spend and control, is the philosophy of most Americans. Our problem is developing marketing methods that bypass the liberal media and vested interests. The liberal "one party" rule in Washington provides the opportunity for the GOP to offer counter proposals and build coalitions for a successful 2010 campaign and wining the White House in 2012.
We also need to financially support all of our candidates to build an effective Party. We can’t leave candidates in low Republican registered districts helpless. We will never win over new Republicans or become competitive if we continue that practice. We also need to be actively involved in school, city council, water boards, and county elections.”
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November 20th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Mike is right on….anyone who can stomach sitting amongst those Commissars in the La Council has my vote.
The Republican party must come to grips with rubbing shoulders at the grass roots level with MINORITIES. The demographic shift in Californ is compelling is it not?
A good start would be working with miniority small business groups, churches, sports endeavors for kids and young adults and meaningful nonpolitical charities….
Republicans have NO LABEL with minorities….NADA….until the current leadership of the California Republican Party is PRUNED heavily….especially the country club types who wear those prissy golf gloves and matching outfits esposing the “moderate” globalist line…
We need people with human skills who care about struggles of working people and families in ethnic neighborhoods….not bluebloods ripping off workers in foreign lands and selling their goods and services back to us while slowly putting blue collar Americans deeper in the ditch..
Also, the California Republican party should OWN the education agenda by aggressivley organizing ethnic Californians to rise up and demand quality education and break up of the union monopoly of incompetence and greed dooming hundreds of thousands of young people to a life below their potential, the most damning travesty of our lifetimes.
Come on…get a bit down and dirty “moderates” and experience the start of resurgence of the Republican party…try it you may like it!!!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:00 am
We need to let people know what we stand for, not what we are against. We are for the values of hard working Americans. We are for people having the ability to take of their families as see fit. We are for everyone getting a quality education so they can compete in the market place.
Now doesn’t that sound better than saying we are against abortion, gay-marriage, the teacher unions, etc.
All too often, the Republican Party does nothing more than say “No”. The Republican’s took over Congress in 1994 because the leaders at the time said this is what we will do and what we are for. It was clear and understandable to everyone, then we turned into Democrats.
Unfortuately, the Republican Party does not build. No money is spent in “safe” districts. Well, if we do not try we will lose. We need to pick candidates who can give a positive message and can be elected. Is does not matter if someone believes 100% in what we do, if they can’t be elected.
Also, we need new leaders, but that takes the old moving aside, which they will not, so we will right back in the same place.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:00 am
Democrats go in conquer territory that is not safe to them and they have succeeded in many places.
Republicans need to go in and try for the big game and work on areas such as SD 40, AD 43, 44, 53, 54, 61 etc. We need to work on making the marginal possible.