Posted on 03/27/2014 8:14:05 AM PDT by cotton1706
The prospects of the Republican Party winning elections and governing the country are undermined by "the persistent belief of many voters that its candidates are out of touch and do not care about people like them," veteran Republican strategist Karl Rove wrote in The Wall Street Journal.
The party's future depends on the success of reform conservatives to put forth their new vision on how to grow the economy and foster upward mobility, Rove wrote in a commentary. He cited Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as among the GOP reformers.
Reform-minded conservatives want to apply "conservative principles to 21st-century challenges" such as college education costs, healthcare, and tax reform, Rove wrote. Reformers want to think afresh how to protect the vulnerable and make work a viable path out of poverty, he said.
The conservative reformers can influence the midterm elections by sketching out their vision. Over the long haul, the GOP's future requires the reformers to expand on their ideas and mobilize support within the party for them, Rove wrote.
Ryan has been investigating what goes into making antipoverty programs successful. His data will be made available in a forthcoming book and could serve as a conservative blueprint for achieving upward mobility, according to Rove.
Rubio has focused on how to expand the economy. He is probing the nexus between government research and ideas that private companies can bring to market. Rubio wants to push investment by simplifying the tax code, energize job creation by moderating federal constraints, and encourage trade by removing barriers, Rove wrote.
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PROJECTILE PUKE ALERT!
From the guy who brought us McCain and Romney. Where are they now?
FU KR.
In other words, the Amnesty Pimps.
This is interesting in that it represents a fall back position for Rove. He would love nothing more than to push Christie or Bush, but is having to settle on candidates that he thinks will be more in line with what the base wants.
But only programs designed to steal from Americans and reward his pet illegal aliens ..
Rubio has focused on how to expand the economy
Yeah expanding the taxes of hard working Americans out to his favorites, the illegal aliens..
PING
The Democrats are fortunate to have Rove working for them.
This I gotta hear but I'll have to see to believe. Romney said we had 24,000,000 looking for work. I'll give them a hint try MADE IN USA.
Rove should have a SNL skit done on him? What a RINO joke!
What I don’t think Rove understands is we have enough RiNO foot soldiers. What we need is an ideological leader who is going to provide a vision as to where this country needs to be in order to be successful. It means someone who is conservative on social issues, has a strong foreign policy and understands the challenges that we face for financial security.
Not anther squish who is liberal light.
Clueless jerk pushing same old solutions which failed again and again.
He’s just keeping his options open. He will go where the money is. He’d work for satan if he got the big bucks. Likewise he will go full tilt conservative if the winds blow that way. A man with no convictions other than $$.
Send ‘em both back to their states and let them work at the state level to get a grip on things.
No More Amnesties!!!
not even for Rinos.
Rubio/Ryan 2016? Or Ryan/Rubio?
Too bad for them.
Backstabber “Tokyo” Rove has
indemnified them as RINO-Absolute.
Reformers?
Yeah - they will re-form the republican party into Democrat Lite.
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