An open letter to conservatives

    I had a very exciting time at the Republican National Convention.  My conservative allies and I all worked very hard in the presidential election. When I woke up the day after the election, everything I had worked for appeared to be in ruins.  An extreme leftist had been reelected president of the United States. Some liberal Republicans immediately began to blame newly activated conservatives for | Read More »

    Don’t Count Delegates Before They Are Hatched

    News media, political pundits, and the candidates themselves make unwarranted assumptions as they report the number of delegate votes won to date by candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.  They don’t know or they choose to ignore one of the Rules of the Republican Party which govern the nomination process this year. That is Rule 15 (b)(2). In a contested convention, which means that | Read More »

    Advice to Just-Elected Officials

    Immediately following the November 2 election, I mailed a letter of advice to 27 just-elected conservative officials.  I have decided to release this letter to the public. This historic election brings much opportunity and danger.  Hundreds of grassroots conservatives will soon enter local, state, and federal government.  Liberals in the bureaucracies, media, and the party establishments will do their very best to co-opt or derail | Read More »

    Conservative Principles and Actions Under Obama

    For those of you not familiar with Morton Blackwell, he runs the Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. and has served as the Virginia Republican National Committeeman since 1988. He was President Ronald Reagan’s White House liaison (1981-84) to all U.S. conservative organizations. This is a speech Mr. Blackwell gave at the Louisa County Republican Committee luncheon November 12, 2008. — Erick Thank you for your | Read More »