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Rebuilding starts at the state level

Submitted by RYC on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 02:06
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    To rebuild the GOP more attention should be spent at the state legaslature and county/municipal levels.  Remember that Obama spent 7 years in the Illionois state house.  Jeff Merkley who on Nov. 4th became by state's second democratic senator was our state's House speaker before he won the Senate seat. Sarah Palin as you all know started her career as the mayor of small-town Wasilla. 

Not only do candidates usually start out at the state and local level but also policy ideas (my apologies but I can't think of any off the top of my head right now).
Along with implementing a 435 district strategy for the U.S. House, we should also put in an equal amount of effort (if not more effort) and money into state legislature races. 
 
If in your state there is a new policy idea or a bill of some sort and it aligns with conservative principals push and I mean push (as much as you can of course) for its passing and implementation.  If it’s liberal am to kill it.  More attention should be spent on state political activism than national activism, because if something is successful at the state level it might catch the attention of the other states (also think of a delicate flower in a small planting pot that needs careful watering before being planted in with the larger garden) and killing a bad (and by bad I mean liberal) idea at the state level just might kill it off for good (think cancer).
The above of course is a long term commitment that needs to be diligently pursued for many more years beyond the next election cycle. 
 
 

 

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