Mainstream Republicans who fret about the rogue tea party
Cruzaders shouldn’t be looking to the heavens for guidance, they should be
looking north.
Cruzaders shouldn’t be looking to the heavens for guidance, they should be
looking north.
That’s the message from Dennis Lennox who, in his column this week, writes that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper should serve as a
conservative role model for the GOP.
conservative role model for the GOP.
Writing in the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, one of our
sister papers, Lennox points out that Harper’s Conservative Party has staked
out a reputation as the party of workers and the middle class, not big
business.
sister papers, Lennox points out that Harper’s Conservative Party has staked
out a reputation as the party of workers and the middle class, not big
business.
The prime minister’s party also succeeds in wooing ethnic
Canadians, unlike the Republican failure to gain Hispanic support and its slide
among Asian-Americans that is “particularly concerning and largely unreported,” according to
Lennox, a GOP activist.
Canadians, unlike the Republican failure to gain Hispanic support and its slide
among Asian-Americans that is “particularly concerning and largely unreported,” according to
Lennox, a GOP activist.
Most importantly, Harper, 54, has established a Canadian track
record on policy initiatives that is impressive, whether the issue is jobs,
fiscal restraint or financial soundness.
record on policy initiatives that is impressive, whether the issue is jobs,
fiscal restraint or financial soundness.
Here’s a portion of Lennox’s piece:
“The Harper experience is an excellent case study for
Republicans who get that a new strategy for electioneering – not new technology
for campaigns (a favorite crutch for losing Republicans) or substantive policy
reverses – is needed to win in the 21st century.
Republicans who get that a new strategy for electioneering – not new technology
for campaigns (a favorite crutch for losing Republicans) or substantive policy
reverses – is needed to win in the 21st century.
“… The Canadian lesson is necessary for conservatives who
actually want to govern and not engage in circular firing squads.
actually want to govern and not engage in circular firing squads.
“Since Harper’s party formed minority governments …in 2006 and
2008 before winning a majority in 2011, the Conservatives have been relentless
in shifting focus from preaching to the choir to winning the unconverted.”
2008 before winning a majority in 2011, the Conservatives have been relentless
in shifting focus from preaching to the choir to winning the unconverted.”
