Sunday, December 23, 2012

Memo: The Challenge Confronting the Republican Party

gingrichproductions via Free Republic

excerpts:
  • To Chairman Reince Priebus
  • I was delighted when you became RNC Chairman
  • Your creation of the Growth and Opportunity Project chaired by Henry Barbour
  • I was delighted when you appointed a distinguished team to lead the analysis for the Republican National Committee.
  • After the 1992 defeat Chairman Haley Barbour was decisive in renewing enthusiasm, raising resources, and helping shape and implement strategy. Without Haley’s help we would not have had a Contract with America, would not have won the first House GOP majority in 40 years or re-elected it for the first time since 1928 in 1996.
  • Those Republicans who assume bad events will beat the Democrats in 2016 underestimate the power of machines to survive bad performances.
  • The Democrats have been building a national machine while the Republicans have been running campaigns
  • Exit polling indicated that Obama won the argument over the economy and by a large margin the American people blamed former President George W. Bush rather than his successor for the economic mess.

Comment:

We'll see.  There are getting together some people who have had success in the past.  That's a good sign.

Frankly, I wonder how much the GOP actually wants to win.  They'd rather look good in defeat than ugly in victory.

The major problem, as I see it, is that the GOP is its own worst enemy.  If they can get that turned around, the rest could be relatively simple.




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