by Matt Towery at TownHall.comThe D.C. pundits think they have it nailed. Sure President Obama and the Democrats have slipped from their mighty post-election high approval ratings. But the Republicans have no message and no candidates, and are a party that has allowed itself to become marginalized because of an over-reliance on the support of Southern whites.
Wrong...........
But ideas don't always have to mean new government programs. They can also mean reductions, eliminations, restrictions and limitations. Current polling suggests that Republican candidates that run on a platform of "less is more" won't necessarily be seen as being negative, but rather as constructive. Less spending, less interference with the free-market economy, and fewer new White House advisors and "czars" -- those are some of the ideas that might make a solid platform from which a Republican might launch a successful campaign for president in 2012...........
Above all, this much is near-certain: Current trends tell us that the Republican Party's best chance to regain power is to put forth the philosophy that elevated the GOP starting with the rise of Ronald Reagan, and that somehow got lost in the George W. Bush years: to the greatest extent possible, keep government out of our lives.
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