The soul of the Republican Party is currently in turmoil. Since the last election, conservatives around the country have been offering up their ideas on how to stage a comeback. Most notably, we have seen personalities such as conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh, chairman of the RNC Michael Steele, Virginia representative Eric Cantor, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, current Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, and others offer their voices to this debate. Unfortunately, conservatives have yet to create a united front against the liberal onslaught that currently has strengthened its grip on the legislative and executive branches of government. The most promising group out there seems to be The National Council for a New America which is a group of national Republican leaders seeking to come up with a new foundation for the party. Here’s their video:

Unfortunately, some conservatives, like this blogger, have protested that this group is run by a bunch of RINO’s (Republicans-in-name-only), such as John McCain. For Republicans to be able to defeat the Democrats, the party must decentralize and change the strategy of spreading the message from a top to bottom approach to a bottom to top approach. While the Democrats insist on listening to tyrants and terrorists, Republicans must insist on listening to the American voter. Like the blogger I just mentioned wrote, it is the grassroots after the communications revolution that now does not need the party to hand down the message of freedom. In fact, the Republican party should be true to its convictions and not merely preach that the free market model works but actually employ it in the political sphere by allowing the sea of conservatives activists out there to have a say in our future direction.

There are signs that this the Republican party is taking this direction, but when Jeb Bush goes on camera saying that we need to forget about the nostalgia of the Reagan years it only goes to show that some of the top “leaders” are out of touch with the base. Did the Democrats says goodbye to JFK, LBJ, or FDR? Absolutely not.

Bad Bush.

What the Republican Party needs to do is better organize the grassroots not better organize the top leadership as it is currently doing. I see that they are currently getting on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. but what is needed is to get the activists active and to focus on the message. Focus on the message! What’s the message: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This includes, but is not limited to: smart and efficient government, not bigger and bigger government; less unnecessary taxation, not hurting small businesses and their employees; fiscal responsibility, not skyrocketing spending. Strong foreign policy, not the “yellow doctrine;” respect for our Constitutional rights.

These values are American and conservatives do not need to apologize for them.

-AG