Agree!! Lets screen them though. We don’t need any more fools in our party! (Akin/Mourdock)

I found this just yesterday (Reagan on Johnny Carson in 1975). I pray that our love of Reagan doesn’t give us rose colored glasses that cause us to not want anyone that isn’t quite perfect. I also pray that God sends such a candidate for us!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDwCTKXCFW4

Yes, I’m game and agree that we need to take over the House leadership from the spineless, feckless, cowardly group now ‘occupying’ leadership positions but…we need to work on wresting power away from the federal government and returning it to the states.
Due to the fact that the Congress represents the entire nation it will never be the conservative body we need it to be to restore limited and constitutional government. Nor can we really expect even GOP politicians to willingly give up their power.
The most effective way to restore constitutional government is by leveraging our numerical advantages at the state level to elect strong, committed, 10th Amendment conservatives to state legislatures and governorships.
If we can control the numerically larger number of red states, those states can work collectively to sieze back power from the federal government and restore limited government by political force.
Even now the future of Obamacare is uncertain due to the defiance of just a minority of states. If ALL red states worked together to refuse Obamacare’s implementation it would fail. The EPA would fail. Much of the federal government woud be castrated if only the states took back their CONSTITUTIONAL prerogatives and told the federal government to pound sand.
You want change? Stop looking to control of the federal government as the only path to change.
The Founders gifted us with a vertically as we’ll as horizontally divided government for a reason. It’s well past time to exercise the vertical separation.
I will close by pointing out the numerous secession petitions as evidence that people are looking to their states to “save” them from the predations of the central government.
Screw Boehner, render him powerless by taking power from him and the entire establishment.

I’ll look for the link later, but there is a great video of Reagan and RFK answering questions from some leftist British students in the 1960s. Reagan showed he was obviously the superior speaker AND leader.

I think this is an excellent strategy, Ohiocoastie. Nail them down on their positions NOW and in early 2013, before they go into “election mode” for 2014. Then there is plenty of time to field a more conservative candidate for a primary challenge. I think better primary candidates will be easier to attract, if the “postcard positions” are made public and we show support for change. Another side benefit I see is that they just might grow a spine, if they feel their cushy DC job is threatened…either way it can be a step in the right direction…

+1 one on the postcard idea…

Democrats seem to be bullet proof from multiple gaffes; Warren got elected.

The Tea Party scared the H E double toothpicks out of our leadership. Interesting to see that they can act. Shame its only when the base gets “uppity” and makes the “wrong” choice of a Tea Party representative.

No doubt our leadership will do all they can to rerun the “our” liberal vs the Dems liberal experiment again in 2016 but expecting different results. Then again, if they lose they
still have the “go along, get along” alliance with the Dems so I’m sure it’s no biggee to our “leadership”.

Hear, hear. Once again, rather than standing up for our own like those on the Left do, we just shoot ourselves in the foot by trying to be “noble”. Instead, we’re just stupid. Did anyone actually think about what would happen if Akin decided not to withdraw? Apparently not.

I *am* from Missouri and Akin was my representative until redistricting. He’s a solid conservative who represented my district well. He won the primary handily.

Actually sir, what was stupid was the way that people on our side reacted to Akin and then to Mourdock, such as continually calling them, or what they said, “stupid.” Have you ever run for anything in your life? Have you had to face the pressures of an election where you are awake for 20+ hours a day, day after day. All while constantly smiling and trying to say exactly the right thing all the time. And the leftist media is ALWAYS there like a panther ready to pounce. If you are tired (Akin was ambushed by a reporter late at night after a long day) you might say one thing wrong and the communist propaganda machine is ready to pounce.

What Akin said is actually correct. He used one word poorly. He should have said “forcible rape” (the legal term) instead of legitimate. And for that he was crucified. What really terrified the left (and their allies at Planned Parenthood) was that the truth might break through that the whole “except in the case of rape” is a farce. It is always used just to get pols on the right to leave the door open. Check out
http://www.physiciansforlife.org/ if you want to know the truth about rape and abortion.
The Republican party did itself in with its own ignorance and by attacking Akin and Mourdock with such vile nastyness.

Sadly, like so many others on the right you know absolutely nothing about “basic human biology.” Again, I point you to the Physicians for Life website or are you too afraid to have your ignorant assumptions tested?

they are wrong. You need to get out more often.

Yes, and perhaps some of our new crop might get it in their heads that when people talk about “gifts” and such like, they are not trying to be divisive, they are pointing out how the Democrats are winning by being divisive, which we can either choose to descend to or rise above.