CHANGES

I have been thinking about this column for days now and I don't know what angle to take or how to approach it. Should it be about Palin or should it be about the RNC? Maybe it should be a little of both.

From all indications, it looks like 2010 is going to be a way better year for the GOP than ANYONE ever expected just a year ago. Obama and the democrats blew into town with all the votes, support and poll numbers and in just one short year have flushed it all down the porcelain connivance. The democrats pulled their usual implosion just a few months early.

The finger pointing and blaming from the dems continue. Still riding that "It's Bush's fault" train, they are headed down the tracks at full steam and the end of the line is near. The brakes aren't going to work and we'll all be watching that sickening crash, not wanting to look, but being trans fixed on the sight of it.

So then the GOP takes over. Then what? It makes it easier for Obama if the GOP controls the house and senate, he can just blame the Republicans for stopping everything and being the party of NO. He could get a bump in the polls and then, just as President Pantsload, he could be re-elected. If the dems control the house and the senate and they keep bickering amongst themselves, then they all go over the cliff together.

But what is best for the party is not always what's best for the country. Or is it?

It can be.

Most of the voters in the country are right of center. When there is a clear choice, conservative vs liberal, conservatism always wins. When the Republicans start this "Big Tent" program and watered down their platform and beliefs, they are left out in the cold.

Say what you will about Bush, he may not have practiced conservatism, but he ran on it and won. When he didn't "walk the walk," the other Republicans who "strayed" from their core beliefs paid the price.

There is a fight right now in the Republican party and it is a fight for the heart and soul of the party, one that will point to the direction the party takes and if it survives. Many of the "leaders" of the GOP feel the party should remain more "Moderate" and keep the "Big Tent" open for all. They look down on the conservatives in the party and quite frankly would like nothing better than to purge them from the party. The feeling is that if they became more "Moderate," they would attract more people to the movement and in turn remain in power more often.

The opposite is true.
Michael Steele has been the face of the GOP. He's been a hard one to figure out. Sometimes he's a conservative, sometimes he's conservative "lite." He has denounced Rush Limbaugh and his views and then gone on his show to grovel for Rush's forgiveness. Mr. Steele thinks there is room for everyone in the party and at times, has indicated that "Moderation" is the way to go.

He supported the liberal republican in the New York 23rd congressional race and drew the ire of conservatives all over the country.

It's time for Mr. Steele to go.

If the Republicans are going to go back to their roots, to the core of their beliefs, to what the American people want to vote for, they have to have someone who is committed to the core values of the conservative movement.

They need someone like Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin would be the best face and voice for the GOP IF they are serious about getting back to their roots. The democrats hate her, the press hates her, but the American people can't get enough of her. Even though the democrats and press have demonized her, Ms. Palin energizes the conservatives in the party.

The democrats fear her and continue to try and neutralize her by spreading rumors, innuendos and question her competence. They spend so much time focused on her that they don't see the other rising stars, such was the case with Scott Brown.

IF the RNC is really committed to returning to it's roots and if they are willing to embrace conservatism, then Ms. Palin is just the right person to lead this party back into prosperity and into a position of leadership.

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