With two major elections lost by republicans we need a change of course. The Obama campaign ran on Change. We need a a new slogan. Its called Leadership. I am glad that Michael Steele was elected as the new chairman of the RNC. He is the one who can bring the party to the next phase. The reality is that elections are a numbers game and another reality is that the demographics is shifting rapidly. That is minorities are increasing their numbers over whites. That is something that the republican party must deal with if we have any chance at winning elections. The problem is not in our principles but in our practice and marketing strategy. Most minorities will tell you that the reason they identify with the democrats is that they think that the republican party is the party of the rich. We have also let democrats define who we are. We must actively demonstrate and promote who we are and what we are about. I think one of the fundamental problems we have is that we have not embraced technology the way that democrats have and that our message does not resonate with minority voters. We are percieved as being insenstive to others. I know that this not true. There are a lot of good and honest people in the party. We must let people know how democrats have failed public policy for example spending hundreds of billions of dollars in the Great Society and netting little result for that. We have democratic members who have consistently promised to deliver to minorities but then excuse ineffectiveness by stating that its an institutional failure not the individuals fault. Many areas of the country that are dominated are controlled by democrats are in continued economic disparate conditions. Doesnt that tell us something?
The fastest way to lose an election is when your principles are not on par with your practice. That is that your principles must connect with voters with what you are doing. I think that that was one of the biggest problems with the McCain campaing was that they kept stating that the economy was fundamentally sound. The economy might be fundamentaly sound but that was not the perception of most people in the country. This was especially true when there was news that Wall Street was in serious trouble. That the banking industry was on the brink of collapse.
