Nov 21 2008
Yes We Can
“Yes we can!”
A chant made familiar during the 2008 campaign season, it can hold just as much meaning now to Republicans, as it did for grassroots Democrats in the months leading up to November 4. Trounced in the Presidential race and once more the minority party of the Senate and House, can the Republicans win both back?
Yes they can!
Can conservatives fashion creative and thoughtful solutions to today’s most pressing issues?
Yes we can!
If history is an bellwether of where things will be in the near future, there are bright prospects ahead for the Republicans. Demoralized on November 4, it didn’t take long before the big, existential questions popped up: what does this mean for the party? Is the nation no longer center-right? Alarmists and gleeful leftists proclaimed the end of the Republican Party as we know it - and perhaps they are right. Let November 2008 mark the end of the Republican Party as we know it — and instead usher in the Republican Party as we’d like to know it. While our conservative representatives are in the minority and have little to lose, why not take the opportunity to recognize their ideals, and strive for the best? Can Republicans take back the legislature with brilliant and effective new strategies?
Yes they can!
Can we hope that the Republican Party will come back to the people and carry the banner for lower taxes and greater prosperity?
Yes we can!
If history is any indicator, if the minority party plays its cards right, 2010 and 2012 will be a cakewalk. Only four years ago, the Democratic Party underwent a thoroughly complete trouncing, and yet only two years later, the same are-we-lost-in-the-wilderness party, became the majority party. Can the Republicans gain power once more by fashioning ideas different from those offered by Democrats, but even more attractive to all classes?
Yes they can!
Yes we can; we can do anything when our minds are put to it. The Republican Party, if it gives up pork barrel greed, shakes itself up and realigns, and once more follows the heart of conservatism-those principles so beloved over history, which tend to be lost when things are going so well- then we may just be in for a wonderful period ahead. And having some handsome new faces in the Republican Party leadership doesn’t hurt, either.
Can the Republicans once again attract all types of voters through heartfelt and reasonable conservative policies, while still maintaining a center-ideology and answering first to the people?
You bet! Er, I mean, yes they can!
Thank you, Barack Obama supporters - if it weren’t for you, the Republicans may never have found such a rousing and inspirational message to look to!
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At least you didn’t say, “You betcha”!
There are at least two factions that will attempt to lead the Repubs out of the wilderness they are now consigned to.
The Social Conservatives and the Fiscal Conservatives. The Economic Conservatives are in such disarray now they have little chance to do anything.
My own belief is that the only chance they have to be successful in the next few years is as a fiscally conservative party.
Bush was the very picture of the Social Conservative, and his faction got roundly trounced. If the Repubs let the Social Conservatives win, they will be out of power for a very long time.