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townhall.com - 11/25/2008

Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's

— townhall.com — Word on the street is that Michael Steele's RNC Chairman race is being managed by Blaise Hazelwood.... In 2004, Hazelwood received a lot of praise for her success as political director of the RNC. She then moved over to... (more) Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's

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thenextright.com - 11/27/2008

The GOP Needs an Ideas Czar

— thenextright.com — Matt Moon asks whether we need a Shadow Cabinet a la the Brits? I think it's a... splendid idea, but the key differences between the U.S. and British systems make it unlikely without some sort of formal party reform. To make it possible, we need a ... (more) The GOP Needs an Ideas Czar

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thenextright.com - 11/27/2008

Rebuild the Right: No longer the Party of Ideas

— thenextright.com — Yesterday, Heritage Foundation founder and President Ed Feulner wrote a post at The Next Right , arguing... that the failures of the Republican Party were not a failure of the conservative movement. At the risk of losing my invitation to the Heritage ... (more) Rebuild the Right: No longer the Party of Ideas

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The Debate Within The GOP
The Moderate Voice — Which comes first — the idea of the message?

The Production Cycle of Politics
The Next Right — “Which comes first,” asks Michael Turk, “ideas or the message?” That’s an easy one. Of course it’s ideas. But to understand why, let’s think about politics in the context of the production cycle. This concept is not my original thinking. It was explained to me a couple weeks ago during a presentation on the future of conservatism as a way to grasp our shortcomings and understand the gaps of our movement. Let’s start with the basic manufacturing production cycle, which I’ve boiled down to three essential steps: 1) obtain raw materials, 2) turn them into a product, and 3) sell that product ...

Steps Necessary for GOP Rebuilding
GayPatriot — Glenn Reynolds is right.  There is lots of interesting stuff today at the Next Right.  A lot of it goes into great detail about a post I had planned for today. I had intended to list the points I think the next chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) needs address and offer some thoughts on that race.  The bloggers there go into much great detail, so in my list of where, I believe, the GOP needs works, I’ll, as appropriate, link their posts.  Patrick Ruffini thinks we need do three things:  Rebuild our infrastructure, Find our message, Find new leaders.  I think it involves a little more than that. ...

An Agenda of Equal Opportunity: The New Contract with America?
The Next Right — I've promised this post several times to several people. Now it's finished. It's a little disorganized; feel free to smash it up. Today's style section in the Washington Post features newly minted House Minority Whip, Congressman Eric Cantor. He seems to be decidedly undecided on what can move the GOP forward in upcoming election cycles: On his nightstand, Cantor heaps prescriptions for his ailing party: "Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again," by David Frum, formerly a speechwriter for President Bush; "The Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class ...