Jindal: End “dumbed-down” conservatism

Hot Air ^ | 11-13-2012 | Ed Morrissey

[Sir Napsalot]

(snip) Many Republicans figured that the economic malaise and the lack of any vision of a second term from Obama would doom him with voters, but we ended up getting stuck in our own blind spot where Obama is concerned.

As I wrote after the election, we can’t allow ourselves to fall into the trap of being mainly an oppositional party — being defined by what we’re against rather than what we’re for. We have to have a clear, positive agenda aimed at communicating specific policies that will improve the lives of voters in demonstrable ways. Too often, we offer philosophical slogans about economic policies without offering nuts-and-bolts solutions to back them up. That requires going into hostile political ground — especially in urban areas, where we fare the worst in national elections — and offer specific free-market-based policies to solve real problems for people whom Democrats can take for granted now. That is the most direct route to defusing the claim that the GOP is nothing but the party of the rich.

.... We need candidates who can communicate better and make sure that campaigns remain focused on those core values and specific policy agendas that will improve the lives of all voters.

If the Republican Party is to have a renaissance, it will have to be led by Jindal and the other Republicans of his rank in the next few years. Hopefully, the message will resonate within the party.

[BlessingsofLiberty]

I remember Jindal’s rebuttal speech to Obama’s State of the Union Speech.

Based on what I heard that night, Jindal is a non-starter. He may be good for Louisiana...but, he doesn’t cut it on the national level.

[Sir Napsalot]

Thanks, I know exactly what you mean.

Unfortunately it seems obvious the way GOP’s heading.