Newt Gingrich offers an eleven point plan for Republican success in November. Whatever you think about the guy he certainly does generate ideas and think strategically, probably more than anyone else in politics - in either party. His eleven proposals are these:
Republicans should spend the next two months focused on 11 straightforward, morally grounded issues about which the American people have clearly defined beliefs.
Some of these issues will make Republican elitists uncomfortable, but these were the same elitists who were uncomfortable with President Reagan and who scoffed at the Contract with America and rejected its bold proposals.
A Republican majority in the House that spent the next two months on these eleven issues would go a long way toward clarifying the choice between the San Francisco values of Nancy Pelosi and those of a GOP majority. This refreshing approach would reject the "incumbentitis" of relying on pork-barrel spending for reelection and return to the basic populist conservative values which gave us a majority in the first place.
These 11 issues are all clear and all doable.
- Make English the Official Language of Government.
- Control the Borders.
- Keep God in the Pledge.
- Require a Voter ID Card.
- Repeal the Death Tax, for Good.
- Restore Property Rights.
- Achieve Sustainable Energy Independence.
- Control Spending and Balance the Budget.
- Tie Education Funding to Teacher Accountability.
- Defend America From the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam.
- Focus on Iran and North Korea.
He explains each of these at the link. It would be fun to watch the Democrats run against anyone who campaigns on these issues. There'd be lots of name-calling, of course, but very little attempt to explain to the voters why any of these proposals would be bad for America.
