“Nationalizing the election requires good Conservative principles to be enunciated forcefully.”
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Concise and correct. We haven’t been able to do that since Reagan. The Left now pre-demonizes with all their might anyone since then who threatens to have a national, Conservative audience (Palin, Cruz, Tea Party), so as to minimize their impact.
Incorrect. Gingrich stated the principles well enough in 1994 in the "Contract with America". We lack enough people who have the ability that Gingrich had to lay out the overall case and defend it ruthlessly from attacks from the Left.
We have some fine thinkers like Cruz, Lee and Paul in the Senate. Our bench in the House is weaker, but some of the talent we need is there. What we need is a new "contract" and have those with the communications skills -- even Palin can contribute to this -- lay it out in terms the bread-and-butter voter can understand.