Is the Republican Label Irrelevant?

Bay Buchanan at Townhall.com in "Is The Republican Label Irrelevant" has it right!

According to a recent Gallup study, 40% of Americans view themselves as conservative, 36% call themselves moderate, and only 20% fall into the liberal category. While this may be great news for conservatives, the Grand Old Party did not fare so well.

Last Spring a Pew poll found that only 23% of voters consider themselves Republicans. This month an ABC/Washington Post survey suggests the number has fallen even further—to 20%. Meanwhile the largest block of voters, 36%, classify as Independents, with 35% calling themselves Democrats.

 So what?

One more number: 72% of Republicans identify themselves as conservative.

Bottom line—the Republicans Party is deeply conservative while America is predominantly conservative. It is the party label that has trouble, not the philosophy which was once its driving force.

So what should the GOP do?

The key to expansion then is to realign itself with that which is conservative and regain the trust of the 35% of Independents and 21% of Democrat who also call themselves conservative. You do this with candidates who appeal to these voters—conservative populists who speak with boldness and clarity about their vision for America. Then you paint democratic candidates with the Obama brush-- fiscally irresponsible, socially radical, out of touch liberals fully engaged in bankrupting the nation.
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Will Republicans leaders figure it all out before 2010? Will they embrace as candidates bold populist conservatives who “speak without fear” in the words of Glenn Beck? Or will they shun these patriots and let them run as Conservatives? The revolution spreading across America will provide men and women strong enough to take this country back—only question is: what role will the Republican Party play?

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