Memo To The Republican Party

November 5, 2009. First George W. Bush destroys the GOP, then Obama is elected President and the Republicans lost seats in the Senate and the House and now CA Governor Schwarzenegger is calling to "re brand" the Republican Party. What next?

Memo to the Republican Party: How about going back to basics?

Traditionally, the Party stood for pro-life, fiscal responsibility and low taxes, among other things and it seems like the party leaders are hellbent on getting away from these core values to attract a new breed of voters. There are many of us out there, conservative in nature, who are so very disillusioned or who feel like we've been downright cast adrift because of the party's quest for new blood.

Here's a thought, if it's not broken, don't fix it. Let the party's core values speak for itself. Anything else and what we're left with is but a shadow of what is now a very successful Democrat Party.

So where do we start? How about rebuilding the party foundation and basing it on its roots? How about raising a new breed of go-getting, conservative, and principled leaders, men and women of character and integrity and not Republicans In Name Only. How about listening, for once, to the people. After all, this is still a country where democracy is the order of the day. Remember: it's a government of the people, for the people and by the people.

With all due respect to the Giulianis, and the Schwarzeneggers and all the other "country-club" members of the party, let's go back to the basics and rebuild the party based on the voices of people like Joe-the-plumber - ordinary, everyday citizens who carry this great country on the backs of their hard work and inherent patriotism.