Military strategy dictates that if you decide “where” a fight will take place, then you will be able to choose the ground that is most favorable to you.  The same holds true in politics.

As debate in Washington rages over the deficit, the debt and the debt limit, Republicans in Congress need to keep in mind that the table for the 2012 election is being set – and a fight over big, expensive government offers the GOP the perfect opportunity to choose their own ground.

The 2010 midterm elections offer some instruction on this point.  According to a Gallup poll, that election set a modern day record for the highest percentage of people who claimed that they were “more enthusiastic” about voting just prior to election day, (53%).  Further, it represented the largest “enthusiasm” gap between self-identified Republicans vs. Democrats – with 63% of Republicans saying they were more enthusiastic, vs. 44% of Democrats.

This begs the question, what were they excited about (or not)?  Of course the answer is government – the new Obama brand of bigger, more intrusive and expensive government, to be specific.  Republicans couldn’t wait to kick it in the teeth, and far fewer Democrats were interested in defending the policies of the man they so enthusiastically put in office just two years earlier.

In other words, the party whose voters are more enthusiastic is likely to win, which is all the more reason to stay focused on the conservative issues that excite our base.  read more »

The New Hampshire debate is over...and the first votes in the 2012 battle for the Republican nomination will be cast in just eight months!

Some candidates have officially launched their campaigns; others plan to do so in the coming weeks - and others have decided not to run at all.

In other words, the field is starting to take shape - and we want to know what conservative activists think about it.

(Click here and take the GOP Presidential Survey!)

We are surveying over 200,000 conservatives around the country to find out what THEY think., and we want your vote to be included.

Who is your first choice?  Your second?  Is there anyone that you wouldn't support?

Let us know - then pass the survey on to other conservative friends by sharing it via email, Facebook or Twitter and help spread the word.
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The first votes in the 2012 battle for the Republican nomination will be cast in just eight months!

Some candidates have officially launched their campaigns; others plan to do so in the coming weeks - and others have decided not to run at all.

In other words, the field is starting to take shape - and we want to know what conservative activists think about it.

(Click here and take the GOP Presidential Survey!)

We are surveying over 200,000 conservatives around the country to find out what THEY think., and we want your vote to be included.

Who is your first choice?  Your second?  Is there anyone that you wouldn't support?
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The people in power in Washington want desperately to stay there.  Many put their political affiliation ahead of the welfare of the country.  Which is why the people of America should stop supporting parties and focus on individual candidates.  If you look at the layers of party giving and the expenses of running a national party we are wasting big bucks by donating to organizations like the NRCC, NRSC, RNC and other local and special interest party groups.  This does not include the Democrat groups many of which only change the first initial and function in the same manner as the Republican groups. Each one is a drain on the political capital available to candidates to run, and a threat to independent thought i Washington. Why would I say that we should stop giving to the political parties as a whole.

Let's look at the election of 2010.  While the parties raised record funds there was a wave of Republican wins.  The Republican party took credit for all the money they spent. But most of this was fueled by voters being upset with the way the current administration is spending and seizing control of the individual freedoms we are granted by citizenship.   The Tea Party and 9/12 groups where part of this movement.  They went to town hall meetings and challenged the politicians on votes and educated the public where they could on the run away government spending and controls that were being enacted.  Many young first time Senators and Representatives were elected and sent to Washington to correct the errors made over the last two years.  But the process of corrupting these men and women began even before we elected them.  The "party" waved money under their nose and in some cases gave them big campaign boost with ads against the competition.  The end result is a great big financial anvil over the head of each and every one of them for the next election.  The "party" says vote our way or we won't endorse (read: give you money) the next election.  In the case of the House of Representatives that window of opportunity is less than one year.   Having to crank your machine every two years means you better toe the line of the "party" or risk empty coffers next time, and most assuredly a challenged primary from somebody who will do the parties bidding.  This pressure causes even the folks with the best intent to fall in line with the party.  read more »