My New Years Resolution? Remain Resolute!

Today on my Republican blog: I’ve made my list of new years resolutions and I could only focus on one: remain resolute. I know we had a bad year, but the silver lining is that we can now regroup and prepare for 2012. So to my fellow Republicans, on 12/31/08 at 11:59pm… get ready to go! 2009 is the year we start rebuilding and focus on making a real change in our local, state and federal government for the next election cycle. I’m certain the Democrats (as proven) will make a myriad of mistakes, bad decisions and outright scandal in the next 2 to 4 years – so we should be ready to attack on all fronts. So once again, I hope that you’ve all had a merry Christmas; I hope you enjoy your new years eve; but remember: Jan 1st is go time! So get on your Republican blogs, your Libertarian blogs, your Democratic blogs (prepare your rebuttals), and lets get ready for 2012!

Can we bring back the GOP in 2012?

Republicans unite! I set up this blog today as what I hope will one day be the definitive forum for young Republicans of all kinds. Despite our efforts, we still got destroyed in November. I personally think it’s because we were still using the same outdated model, the same old tactics and the same early eighties thinking we learned from our parents. It wasn’t the liberals that sunk the ship; it was our party not adjusting to change that was the iceberg. Didn’t we all get that Titanic sinking feeling as we watched on election night and days thereafter as election results were broadcast 24/7? Watching Fox News (the band that continued to play as the ship sunk) like befuddled passengers only wanting to hold on to their last shred of dignity before it all ends? Well, we now all see what the results were for being hostages to the past. From local, state, and federal elections we got our asses handed to us for one specific reason: Republicans believing that that if we believe something doesn’t exist: then it doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, most Americans decided that rising gas prices, a recession (yes…recession), job losses, failing public education, a horrific housing market……I could go on. But, what’s the solution? Us! All of us between 18-30 are the future of the party. From the younger members of that age range doing what they can do as they arrive to college in the fall; to the later of us with careers that not only give us chances to speak some truth to our coworkers, but also the income to donate to our party and support our local candidates. But, first a little background about me. I’m 29, an Account Manager by trade and a supporter of both the Missouri and Illinois GOP. I contribute to campaigns on both sides of the river (because I live in St. Louis and it’s less than a few miles from Illinois) whenever I can, and as evidenced by the debacle of the St. Louis public school system and the recent Illinois Gov. Blagojevich scandal, it’s pretty clear we have to get these Democrats out of office at every level of government. I encourage anyone who wants to take our party into the future, please post here early and often! And get everyone you know to start their own Republican Blogs if they haven’t already. If we’re not fully organized, united and funded by 2011, we can forget about winning anything in 2012.