Fairly Conservative

For those of you just stopping by, I’ll mention this blog goes dormant on January 12. There are a few things to get to before that day! One is a few predictions. I won’t be online when it all comes to pass, but I thought I’d give it a go anyway.
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I believe the Brookfield mayoral [...]

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In the news a lot this week is Dick Cheney publicly pushing back against President Barack Obama’s revision of history. Obama wants you to think the Bush administration’s work to keep America safe post 9/11 was a misguided fluke. Cheney is publicly defending that administration’s action.
America’s current environment of main-stream media affection for Barack Obama [...]

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Need a good hour and a half diversion? Sit back and watch the RNC debate. Six candidates lined up today to give their opinions on the future of the GOP.
Head to CSPAN.org for the details.
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Do I have a horse in this game? Nope. I’m still a little discouraged and will wait to see what shakes [...]

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I think Republicans will win more friends and influence more people if we give up some of our flippant one-liners in the discussion of government. That’s what I learned last night.
“We need smaller government” needs to be restated as “we need more efficient government that’s free from waste.”
“No new taxes” needs to become [...]

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I know it’s a little late in coming, but I will plainly state this time I know I’m in over my head. I will touch on a few things that have caught my eye and leave you to connect the dots. If there’s one thing that’s becoming obvious it’s that there really is no cohesive [...]

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There’s an easy way and a hard way to do this. I’m sticking to easy for now (which is still very hard!) and may play my way through harder version, but it’s unlikely I’ll print the work. You’ll only see the Senate described because the Assembly is bigger and would take longer. (Why not do [...]

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To discern a candidate is different than to pick a candidate. You have to go beyond the known qualities of a candidate and vet the soul of that candidate. It’s not easy, but I think the effort will serve the party well.
Candidates need to be vetted based on the chosen mission/vision statement.
Republicans had success with [...]

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Where to look next.
Yesterday I put forward a few changes that will need to be made. Implement technological leaps. Court voters in every age bracket. Organize properly and master a ground game.
I also mentioned that abortion is no longer a working wedge issue. Republicans need to rebuild their reputation in managing the public perception [...]

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I’m going to have to break this down a bit to get it all in.
1) What went wrong?
2) Where to look next.
3) Rebuilding the Wisconsin GOP.
4) Rebuilding the national party.
First, a disclaimer. I haven’t been a party member for a couple of years now. Like so many others, I feel the Republican party left [...]

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Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) graced the opinion section of the Wall Street Journal with this article today.
I admit when I first saw the headline, Take Some Political Risks, I was hopeful. I’m still a little undecided about how to resurrect the Republican party, and thought he’d offer some sound advice.
Nope.
Instead the piece is a history [...]

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