Step 1: Reverse the so called “Reagan Revolution”.
If the last election taught us anything it’s that independents and centrists are increasingly disgusted with the antics of neoconservatives. You can say you hate spending, then give us a train of Republican presidents that accrue massive debt cause “military spending doesn’t count”. You can say your foreign policy keeps this country safe and then, with a straight face, tell people our support during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan was an amazing patriotic act where America defeated communism… filtering hundreds of millions of dollars to our good friends the Islamic Holy Warriors. You can pretend the “invisible hand” will always do what’s best for the market, even if that concept was disproved over 100 years ago.
Or you can give us a Republican we can respect. It’s sad that Huckabee was one of my favorite candidates despite seriously disagreeing with him on a lot of topics. Aside from crazy Ron Paul, Huckabee was the only candidate who seemed to have genuine values and wasn’t some slimy neocon pet. I suspect that “independent image” was why McCain had so much support in the primaries, before he spinelessly attempted to pander to a base that didn’t support him to begin with. Unfortunately all the money and support comes from companies and individual donors who want Neocons in power so they can be pandered to. In that respect this post is correct, the changes have to begin at a grassroots level. The poster makes some ridiculous statements about how Republicans are a better fit for minority voters (cause statistics show most women are pro-life right and most hispanics want tougher immigration laws right?!?!), but he’s certainly correct in reminding people that everyone is different and that within every demographic in this country there are a significant number of Republican votes to be had.
PS. This RINO stuff is incredibly stupid. If you think you can make a hard line conservative governor of California or Senator from Spectre’s district in Pennsylvania than reality has truly left the building. You get centrist republicans because these are CENTRIST AREAS who, like most districts in this great country, have their own preferences when it comes to policy and values. What you can do is lay off on the conservative social values crap and return those issues to where they belong, the state level. It will be a lot easier to get fiscally conservative, state rights supporting, small government republicans into these areas if you stop trying to ram conservative social values down people’s throats.
