Don’t Retreat, GOP
Monday, November 10th, 2008By Armstrong Williams
The Washington Times
November 10, 2008
Bruises are still tender from the Democrat drubbing Republicans took on Tuesday. The bad news is there’s plenty more where that came from, only this time from within.
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For the good of the country, we need a Republican Renaissance - a rebirth of ideas, people and plans to address the changing needs of everyday Americans. Now, I’m not going to pretend to offer specific policy proposals. Frankly, they promise only to treat the symptoms of something larger that is wrong with the party. Judging by what happened in the wake of 2006, Republicans didn’t learn anything. No, what needs to begin today is a fresh perspective that folds in the challenges of living in this country, the concerns, the fears for one’s safety and the hopes of a better life as well.
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I refuse to believe that no Republican has developed an innovative public policy idea that he couldn’t directly tie back to the Reagan administration. In fact, I know they have. Look at George Allen and his parole abolition reforms while governor of Virginia. At a time in the early ’90s when crime was rampant and apologists wrung their hands, Mr. Allen took a bold step, put his political neck on the line and enacted truth-in-sentencing laws. He didn’t have to invoke the Republican pantheon to get credit (or even permission) for that move. He simply did the right thing.
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November 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Governor, you led a Virginia Renaissance that transformed the Commonwealth, you think you have it in you to saddle up and help lead the conservative grassroots into the battle to renew the GOP in the spirit of Taft, Goldwater, and Reagan?
November 10th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
To lead this revolution Gov. Allen should seek to replace the Current Republican National Chairman.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I’m most interested in seeing a battle plan that maps out how the conservative movement can recapture the voters in these cosmopolitan areas we lost this year such as Northern Virginia, the Research Triangle in North Carolina, and Orlando/Tampa in Florida.