It's Up to You New York, New York

New York State is a Microcrosm of the Republican Party's Problems

I know that this statement seems unfathomable, but its true. New York State has some really good local parties, right now few and far between, but a few. Other than that, New York State's local parties are stuck in the dark, without message, without leadership, without volunteers, without outreach, etc. They have pictures on the walls that depict shadows of their formerly great selves, but the shell is all that remains.  This was the case even before a number of  Republican Congressman retired, lest they get defeated. Despite the party being hollow, the shell still does remain, and this is what Republicans in New York and throughout the country must look to fill.

ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL (As long as you don't play the media game)

If there is anything that we can take from David Plouffe's recent interview in Conde` Nast, it is two things: 1. Don't buy the media's telling of the story as a party or campaign. People don't trust the media. However, make the media buy your story of the party and campaign. There are increasingly less media figures anyway so this might even get easier. 2. Start up campaigns with strong grassroots emphasis from the managers can focus mainly on grassroots and work.

Note here that there need to be managers. This is where we come in. Even the Ron Paul campaign had managers that decided what the logo, etc. was going to look like at first, but after that they enabled the grassroots to do what was necessary to get the ideas out.

We, who read and participate in these blogs, need to be the new managers. Stop worrying about who the next RNC chair is going to be. I hope it matters and it makes a difference, but in all likelihood it won't. We need to be the new chairmen, we need to be the new local party leaders, we need to be the new recruiters to fill the shell of our state parties so that we can have principled individuals rise to the top, drudgingly go to the Federal government to state the Republican Party principle that problems are best solved by those closest to the problem.

I mean of course our Republican Party elected officials in Washington don't listen to the grassroots and vote against bailout after bailout...there is no one of any significance who can hold them accountable back at home. So while King David Patterson's taxes on everything sits as a foreshadow to what will be the media story with the Obama administration (he HAD  to raise taxes, there was no other option), lets start at the local level and state levels and prove that there are other options. Where do you live? Go to your local party, and get involved. If they won't let you, then start running your own candidates. Anyone who is reading TheNextRight.com obviously has a better handle on the ways of the world than does the local party chairman. BEAT THEM at their own game. As for me, this will probably be my last post for a while, because that is exactly what I am going to do.