tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729790892538761080.post561063907893101186..comments2023-07-17T08:48:48.543-07:00Comments on RealRepublicanMajority.org: Daily News Round-Up for May 19,2009RealRepublicanMajority.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08328081712845517037noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729790892538761080.post-77938013465417744492009-05-19T09:27:00.000-07:002009-05-19T09:27:00.000-07:00I hope this comment can get to the powers that be....I hope this comment can get to the powers that be.<br /><br />I will be blogging about this later, but I was reading an article about the GOP on the Economist. One of their suggestions on rebuilding the party was that centrists in the GOP need a think tank like the Democratic Leadership Council. Here is what they say:<br /><br />"The first lesson from the Democrats is to create a “vital centre”—one that is a source of ideas rather than split-the-difference compromises. The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) has been challenging old-fashioned liberalism since 1985. DLC-affiliated politicians have been designing centrist ideas in conservative America for almost as long: Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama’s health secretary, Janet Napolitano, the head of his Department of Homeland Security, and Hillary Clinton, his secretary of state, cut their political teeth in Kansas, Arizona and Arkansas respectively. At the same time, Mr Obama has made a huge fuss about embracing anybody and everybody."<br /><br />I think that we need to not only call on the GOP to become more inclusive, but we also need institutions to help foster a centrist movement in the party. I think groups like Republican Majority for Choice, Republican Leadership Council and Republican Mainstreet Partnership need to create some kind of center-right think tank that generate ideas for Centrist Republicans. That is the only way we can make the part more inclusive and vibrant.<br /><br />This is the link to the article: http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=3856663&story_id=13649168<br /><br />Dennis Sanders<br />NeomugwumpDennis Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115504318620722199noreply@blogger.com