The Republican Party seems to be rushing into oblivion as
far as clinching the White House is concerned no thanks to the Tea Party.
Moreover, they have the unenviable position of being consistently constrained and
defined by their most extreme arm, which could eventually lead to them losing
ground to the Democrats especially with Independents. While far right support
seems to be blossoming because of the Tea Party, across the board national
support is waning. Averting political extinction is possible if the Tea Party
is either reined in or muscled out. Below are seven steps on how either or both
can be achieved.
Difficulty Level
Intermediate
Things Needed
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Realigning Your Base at both Grassroots and
Business Level
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Organizational skills
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A working committee to see to the fulfilling of
the steps below
Step 1
Create a Conservative
Manual for new Super-pacs
The manual would be
based on conservative principles entirely dedicated to the best thing about the
conservative ideology –without the extremism of the Tea Party sponsoring Super-pacs.
A good way of going about this is just look at what Freedom Works or any other
Tea Party organization is pushing and creating a more blunted, refined and
publicly acceptable set of guiding principles.
Step 2
Go to Town
Go to town with the new guidelines and aim at setting up 3 Super-pacs
working independently of each other but all using the guiding principles of
this “new” middle-ground conservative, non-extremist manual cum manifesto. They
should source the funds and backers independently.
Step 3
Grassroots Drive
Establish a grassroots presence not from the bottom up but
from the top down. More on this on step 5.
Step 4
Candidate
Identification and “Political Impact Assessment”
Identify Republican candidates that have not taken any tea
(or herb of the other sort for that matter). They should be candidates that can
appeal to independents and America as a whole while affirming the principles of
the super-pacs. Assess their chances of
success for Republican Party nomination ticket and running against the other
political party.
Step 5
Standing Apart
Presenting an image of a reinvigorated Republican Party
devoid of herbal induced rhetoric and action that borders on anarchy by creating
a new voice backed up by the super-pac funds is the next thing. Go full
throttle on presenting another image and narrative from the national media down
to the local. This top to bottom approach should be placed side by side with
establish local grassroots drive for middle of the road conservatism.
Step 6
Supporting
Indentified Candidates
Push selected candidates as true Republicans. This is the
where the road might fork. If your candidates get nominated, it will decimate
the Tea party, further isolating them. This could either serve to reel them in
or force them out of the main stream Republican Party. If your candidates lose,
the same parting may still occur because it could become the real argument for
a 3rd party. Middle-ground conservatism would always be regarded as
the true Republican Party and it is still the one that would have a greater
audience while Tea Party would transmute to something akin to extremist
right-wing parties found in Europe. These are parties that only tend to find
national relevance when the economy tanks. They
need you more than you need them.
Step 7
Side Notes
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Steps 4 through 6 should run concurrently.
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This means steps 3 too will start taken effect
at the same time because of step 5.
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While the super-pacs should be independent of
each other, a level of coordination is obviously needed to create a political
synergy that will serve the common good.
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Step 5 is a critical aspect.
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They need
you more than you need them. Call them out. Stand apart and their so-called
‘base’ would become smaller. They have a smaller political footprint and are
only relevant if they leech on into in the wider appeal of mainstream
Republicanism. By stepping aside, they will be forced into making some hard
decisions.
