What Is Next For The Republican Party

That is a question the party is asking itself at this very moment but so far the answer has been elusive.  
Michael Steele, the newest Chairman of the Republican National Committee has had a problem bringing the various factions of the party together and his rhetoric has been acid laced towards democrats while at the same time apologizing to Rush Limbaugh.

 

Republican leaders in congress Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are a part of the failed republican policy and ideology of the past and offer only criticism of democrats and nothing new in the way of policytomove the country or their party forward.  The same can be said for Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey.  Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Rielly their likes and the Christian right have been able to bully the leaders of the republican party using divisive issues.  I remember a motion picture when I was a youngster that had the title "Tall in the saddle."  What the republican party needs is some one who is "tall in courage" to stand up to the phonies in their party and those mentioned above.

 

The Washington Post carried a story, "Ailing GOP Vows To Start Conversation with voter."  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, republican Mitt Romney and congressman Eric Cantor unveiled the "National Council for a New America" at a town hall meeting in Washington, D.C.  This was to be a first in a national series about "rebranding" the GOP said Cantor.  In other words, the re packaging of the GOP.

 

Congressman Cantor has been in the news a lot and has been critical of President Obama's policies and the legislation he has sent to congress.  However, like his party, has no proposals of his own.  Romney had his chance to represent change when he ran for his party's Presidential nomination last year and lost.  During the debates he not only offered nothing new he kept talking about how Ronald Reagan cut spending.  Even though Reagan had no record of cutting spending and in fact ended up being the biggest deficit spender of his time.  Former gov. Jeb Bush represents the same school of thought as his brother, George Bush.  Ideology is his platform and has no credentials that would separate him from the republican party we know today.

 

The republican party will not change as long as the same leaders are running the show no matter how much window dressing they put on their actions.  New leadership is needed that change the debate on issues such as abortion, gay marriage and other social and moral issues that the American people are able to sort through on their own.  Forget about conservatism being some kind of elite status when it comes to family values and fiscal and social responsibility and other badges of honor conservatives claims to wear.  In other words, come down off the high pedestal and try to just be an American.  Conservatives destroyed their so called elite status long ago. 

 

The republican party needs to enter the debate on the real issues facing the people and shed their do nothing attitude and their talking points of blame.  All is not lost for the GOP if they recognize how they wrecked their own train.  The status quo with the same leaders and the same ideology is a burden the republican party has to change.  A real change, not the same phony games they have been playing.