MEMO to the Republican Party

I don’t need to tell you how badly you blew it in the last election. We all hope you learned from the total defeat and will make serious, radical changes… but we doubt it. So let me give you some observations from the outside, from a guy who is not a registered Republican, but who tends to vote for the most conservative candidate in any election.

(1) What were you thinking? John McCain? Against Joe Cool, B.H. Obama? The contrast on TV was stark: an old, white, short, balding guy from the World Was II generation standing on stage next to the tall, young, thin, suave, handsome, multi-racial, Armani-suited smooth-talker. And Palin, although a more physically attractive TV presence, was totally unprepared and badly vetted.

(2) Lose the nickname: GOP. Grand Old Party. Nobody under 60 uses the word “Grand” to describe anything except a piano, and nobody under 40 will vote for a party called “old.” The Democrats know this and use the term GOP every chance they get on TV. They might as well ay “Over-the hill, out-of-touch, bunch of retired white southerners.”

(3) If you offer no alternative to the Dems, you give the voters no reason to vote for your candidates. They are the party of liberal ideas, political machines, entitlements and division based upon race and class. You will never best them at that. You should be the party of conservative ideas and values, the party of fresh, young, exciting candidates, and any division you create should be over principles and ideals.

(4) Surprise: there will be another Presidential election in 2012, and you should have already identified 3 serious contenders who are true conservatives, with impeccable pasts, fresh ideas, youthful appeal and electability — you should be pouring resources into grooming those three for meeting Obama head-to-head, debating practice, speech-coaching, and media grooming. Now, not months before the election.

Either win big in 2010 and 2012, or you are toast as a party.

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