Showing posts with label rethinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rethinking. Show all posts

Friday, May 1, 2009

GOP (Finally!) rethinking strategy

Doomed. 
Obsolete.
Outdated. 
Marginalized. 
Extremist. 
Destroyed.

Ever since the Republicans lost big back in November, people have been saying that the GOP is done for. People politically-ignorant and savvy have started saying on that if (though many a Dem partisan has said when) the Republicans lose more seats in the 2010 legislative elections, the party will simply implode.

The Zen Master said, "We'll see" and waited.

That was November 5th.

The Republicans aren't going to lay down and die. Now the GOP is taking steps to reconnect with the American people and rebrand their image.

Their plan: the National Council for New America. 

This initiative sends party leaders across the country for town hall meetings on the issues like health care, the economy, energy and the GOP favorite,  national security. (Thankfully they didn't include gay rights and abortion. Maybe you can teach a dog new tricks...).

High-profile Republicans like John McCain, (former) Gov. Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, and Gov. Bobby Jindal are members of this council.

Wait.......no Palin? (Thank the Lord!)

The Republicans look like they might be moving toward to the center...Interesting.I'm a little skeptical about this plan as a die-hard centrist, but if the GOP actually pull this off I will be impressed.

Will the GOP become a moderate political party and make a comeback in the 2010 elections?

As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."