A very ugly autopsy on the Romney campaign…
by Tim Condon
…and a very angry critique of the Republican Party as it exists today, which states in part that…
…as far as today’s Republican Party is concerned, “there’s nothing to speak for — no principles other than accommodation, and thus no message. And until it gets one, something at once fundamentally American and electrifyingly appealing, it’s not going to find its voice.”
I hate to point out that critique (h/t to Instapundit for pointing it out), but it is important to read and understand it. So please do.
Why?
Because the writer is spot-on in some parts of the critique, but unfortunately wrong about the most fundamental point. He’s making an assumption that simply will not hold up, an assumption about the bedrock question in his column: How are the Republicans going to win national elections in the future?
And that brings me—somewhat counterintuitively—to the New Hampshire Republican Party, and the current race heating up for its chairmanship between Andrew Hemingway and Jennifer Horn, about which I will speak shortly….
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I’ve been political my entire life, starting out with Barry Goldwater and The Conscience of a Conservative in the1960's. In 1967 I enlisted in the U.S. Marines for four years, spending nearly two of them in South Vietnam. In 1972 I was a Florida presidential elector for Prof. John Hospers, the first Presidential candidate of the national Libertarian Party which was founded that same year. During the late 1970's and into the 1980's I was a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Reason magazine, and I’ve authored numerous articles in the print and online media about various subjects relating to individual rights and personal freedom. Today I'm a lawyer by profession; I divide my time between New Hampshire and Florida all year long, spending much of my time practicing law in Florida. As an early supporter and past member of the board of directors of the Free State Project, I was drawn to the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire in late 2003 when it was chosen by a vote of the first 5,000 FSP participants. In 2004 I founded the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and continue today to work within the state political system to advance the traditional NH values of frugal small government, low taxes, small business, free enterprise, and self-responsibility. To all, I say "Come and see what we are building in the beautiful, healthy, livable Free State of New Hampshire!"
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