The party doesn’t address meat and potatoes ideas, ones that concern parents of families around the kitchen table, where they figure out their bills, and plan for the future.
We get drawn into splinter racial politics, and we lose.
Kitchen table issues transcend party lines. This is something the Republicans forgot about in the winter of 1988 and spring of 1989.
Ronald Reagan knew what mattered to people. The Democrats know how to demagogue. The Republicans are pathetic at defense, and even worse at offense.
Is he talking about the party or the Republican voters? It was hard to tell from the OP
Republicans should start talking about the cliff we're approaching. They should start really pointing out the example of Detroit:
You notice Detroit? That's what happens after decades of Democrat mismanagement. They are bankrupt. City employees will get pennies on the dollar for their pension benefits.This is where the US is heading if we don't change.
A strong private sector is necessary for the US to be able to pay pensions, to keep Social Security viable, and for us to be able to continue to provide a safety net for the poor. We need to stop making it so hard for businesses to operate here!
Make it clear even to the welfare class, that they will NOT like their lives if we go over that cliff.