Republicans Must Reject Fiscal Conservatism If They Want To Win

    The 2012 election made it abundantly clear that the Republican Party must reject fiscal conservatism if they want to win any more national elections.  Small government fiscal conservatism is simply an archaic notion that a majority of the population now rejects.  If the future is demographics – as many here and in the MSM claim – then the demographics we need to win are turned | Read More »

    In Defense of Rick Santorum

    Although I am not a member of the Santorum camp, I appreciate the tenacity he brought to the Republican primary.  As Dan McLaughlin mentioned earlier, Santorum trailed the GOP pack for most of the primary season.  When he won in Iowa, must of us wrote him off.  After all, he had no money and no national campaign staff.  Yet, despite the odds, Santorum continued the | Read More »

    The Fiscal Conservative “Go It Alone” Strategy Failed

    From the diaries by Leon… Let me begin with two brief qualifiers.  First, I believe in fiscal conservatism.  I am a 100% fiscally conservative believer in small government.  I also happen to be 100% in favor of social conservatism and a strong national defense.  So, in short, I am a Reagan conservative.  The following diary is not a critique of fiscal conservatism but rather those | Read More »