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It’s time for the GOP to get a new playbook & use its powerful young bench

Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 03:17 PM

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It is apparent the GOP has been outmaneuvered in the message department when they try to convey what they stand for to the general public.

It’s no secret that President Obama and his advisers have tapped in to the popular main stream media and skillfully used it to their advantage when it comes to getting their version of the “truth.”

The GOP has been outplayed in this department for the past 4 years.

Claims from President Obama and his administration go unchallenged in the popular media and eventually become the “truth” because the GOP has lost the ability to challenge them.

The GOP needs to immediately replace its present leaders who have presided over one failure after another and have allowed their message to be hijacked.

Speaker of the House John Boehner has proved repeatedly he is no match for the negotiating skills of Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. His previous pledges of forcing fiscal sanity on this administration have proven to be hollow…He needs to be replaced with someone who has better negotiating skills.

The House has the power of the purse strings and has never used this power to get concessions out of this administration. Get someone in there who is not afraid of using this power to extract concessions from this administration.

Minority Leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell has been at the helm for 4 years of concessions, it is time for him to step down and let a fresh face in there.

The Republican Party has many powerful, articulate and younger faces in their stable of talent and should use them to their advantage….NOW. It is not the time to go along to get along & let whoever is next in line to step to the forefront, it is time for bold moves.

But these key changes in leadership should be coupled with a new PR campaign by the Republicans to get their message to the citizens. The GOP needs a designated spokesman who can relate to the vast majority of the middle class Americans and speak their language....not another perceived country club Republican, or plutocrat.

The GOP should have several of its younger, articulate members at the ready, to stand up and answer President Obama the next time he has a one way conversation with the American public.

Of course, the media will most likely not cooperate in helping to level the playing field in the field of ideas, so the Republicans should be ready to buy millions in prime time ads to speak to the public. They should also aggressively get involved in the new political battlefield of ideas in Twitter/Facebook. They are woefully behind the curve in the new media.

The GOP could show it’s depth by highlighting Senator Marco Rubio, let him be a main spokesman. He is comfortable in the media and can articulately explain complicated issues in a simple way. Senator Rubio also has a star quality about him that can be tapped into and he would be welcomed in popular media venues.

The GOP has many other young articulate spokespersons that can be thrust into the media spotlight to counter the unanswered barrage of information coming from the left. Names like Martinez, Cantor, Cruz, Ayotte, Haley and many others, including Darrell Issa & Rand Paul…The GOP bench is wide and deep.....use it now

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Monsoonman | Jan 10, 2013, 12:17 PM EST

Vs, the deep democrat bench of Sheilah Jackson Lee-Debbie Wasserman Schultz-Alan Grayson? The rest of the list would gag a maggot, but you low information kool aid drinkers put them on a pedestal.

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NYCsheridan | Jan 07, 2013, 08:08 PM EST

Is this article for real? I has to check the daye to make sure I was not reading something from last April Fools Day. Deep bench? Haley? Rubio? Cantor? The author is an idiot.

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ceceann | Jan 06, 2013, 04:14 PM EST

Agree with everything in Ed's article and the commentors except Amnesty for illegal immigrants. We tried that already. The result is that the problems are now 10 times worse. As far the the PR goes, any method that assumes a level playing field will fail. Extreme measures are called for and any attempts to get the message out from the excellent sources mentioned will be met by the main stream media with resistence or scorn. The left uses every dirty trick in the book to discredit right-thinking minorities.

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michaelidaho | Jan 04, 2013, 01:33 PM EST

The GOP is very popular in the South and Rocky Mountain States. The problem is they have a significant image problem (i.e. angry white men). By doing two simple things they may actually be able to compete north of the Mason-Dixon line. First, they need to practice what they preach in terms of personal responsibility, reforming the tax system and the out of control government spending. Second, they need to embrace the immigrant communities and work for comprehensive immigration reform, instead of focusing on punishing illegal Mexican/Latino workers, while ignoring their exploitation by landlords and corporations. If they do these things and promote effective women and minorities to leadership positions (hint: try a Rubio, Martinez, Ayotte, or Haley for 2016), they might actually have a Republican in the White House again someday.

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Monsoonman | Jan 04, 2013, 01:33 PM EST

You make some good points in order for the GOP to gain popular popularity...But one way or the other, adults need to gain control in DC before we end up w/an economy like Ireland/Greece/Spain/Portugal/France/Britain/California

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michaelidaho | Jan 04, 2013, 12:29 PM EST

The problem with the GOP is the Southernization of their party (e.g. pro-military, nativist, anti-public education/pro private school voucher, extreme anti-gay marriage, pro NRA) and the idiotic comments of some of their representatives (e.g. Akin’s rape comment). They are quickly in danger of becoming a minority party totally out of touch with the rest of America - much like the old Democratic Party (aka, the Southern party) between the end of the Civil War and the Great Depression. First, they need to practice what they preach in terms of personal responsibility and reforming the out of control government spending. Second, they need embrace the immigrant communities and work for comprehensive immigration reform, instead of focusing on punishing illegal Mexican/Latino workers, while ignoring their exploitation by landlords and corporations. Third, work for meaningful educational reform (e.g. getting rid of tenure), instead of simply saying schools get too much money. Fourth, moderate positions on things like gun control (e.g. clip limits and assault weapons), gay marriage (e.g. try civil unions) abortion (e.g. focus on fetal viability) so that Republicans north of the Mason-Dixon line might actually have a chance of getting elected. Fifth, punish legislators that make disparaging and insulting remarks towards illegal immigrants, women and other non-white groups (hint: many of these people actually agree with Republican ideas but do not feel welcome in a party that has an image problem of angry old white male nativists). Finally, promote effective women and minorities to leadership positions (hint: try a Rubio, Martinez, Ayotte, or Haley for 2016). In short, the GOP has an image problem that needs to be fixed quickly, before they sink into irrelevancy.

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michaelidaho | Jan 04, 2013, 11:36 AM EST

The main problem with the GOP is the Southernization of their party (e.g. pro-military, nativist, anti-public education/pro private school voucher, extreme anti-gay marriage, pro NRA) and the idiotic comments of some of their representatives (e.g. Akin’s rape comment). They are quickly in danger of becoming a minority party totally out of touch with the rest of America - much like the old Democratic Party (aka, the Southern party) between the end of the Civil War and the Great Depression. First, they need to practice what they preach in terms of personal responsibility and reforming the out of control government spending. Second, they need embrace the immigrant communities and work for comprehensive immigration reform, instead of focusing on punishing illegal Mexican/Latino workers, while ignoring their exploitation by landlords and corporations. Third, work for meaningful educational reform (e.g. getting rid of tenure), instead of simply saying schools get too much money. Fourth, moderate positions on things like gun control (e.g. clip limits and assault weapons), gay marriage (e.g. try civil unions) abortion (e.g. focus on fetal viability) so that Republicans north of the Mason-Dixon line might actually have a chance of getting elected. Fifth, punish legislators that make disparaging and insulting remarks towards illegal immigrants, women and other non-white groups (hint: many of these people actually agree with Republican ideas but do not feel welcome in a party that has an image problem of angry old white male nativists). Finally, promote effective women and minorities to leadership positions (hint: try a Rubio, Martinez, Ayotte, or Haley for 2016). In short, the GOP has an image problem that needs to be fixed quickly, before they sink into irrelevancy.

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