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This has, I think, some interesting elements of him trying to guide the Presidential Race on the GOP Side.
Wonder what Conservatives will conclude from it in that regards, as pertains to the current candidate crop.
very "now is the time for choosing". on purpose, mind you.
Wonder what Conservatives will conclude from it in that regards, as pertains to the current candidate crop.
We know that this election cannot be just a referendum on President Obama’s failed leadership.
Americans deserve a choice – a choice between two dramatically different visions for our country’s future. As conservatives, we owe Americans that choice.
Look, I know there are people in this town who are terrified at the prospect of an election with real alternative visions at stake. “Make it a referendum. Win by default,” they say. Just oppose – we can win that way. Don’t propose bold ideas – that’s too risky.
I’ll admit, the easy way is always tempting. But my friends, if that’s all we stand for, then what are we doing at here CPAC – the place where so many giants of our movement came to advance their boldest ideas?...
Instead, we must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet...
Everybody knows this is politically risky territory. Republicans have their battle scars on entitlement reform. That’s why some argue that we should downplay bold agendas and simply wage a campaign focused solely on the President and his party.
I firmly disagree. Boldness and clarity offer the greatest opportunity to create a winning coalition. We will not only win the next election – we have a unique opportunity to sweep and remake the political landscape.
Of course we will highlight the President’s failed agenda. But Americans deserve to choose an alternative agenda – one that aligns with our needs. One we can rally behind. One of our movement’s great accomplishments this past year was to unify conservatives around just such an agenda... For all of the overblown talk about conservative divisions, our movement has achieved astonishing unity, not only on the destination we want to reach, but also on the specific path to get there...
Every time we force the President and his party’s leaders to get specific on how they would solve our fiscal challenges, they show us an agenda that does great harm to our economic security, our health security, and our national security. So our strategy for changing the conversation last year was not just a policy success – it was a political success as well...
Let’s lead this coalition by applying our timeless principles to the challenges of today, with reforms that get our economy into high gear, repair our safety net, and strengthen our health and retirement security programs. And let’s turn this coalition into a governing majority by advancing these reforms when it matters most – in the midst of a critical election year...
Pitting one group against another only distracts us from the true sources of inequity in this country: corporate welfare that enriches the powerful, and empty promises that betray the powerless. The only class warfare that threatens America comes from a class of bureaucrats and crony capitalists rising above society – calling the shots, rigging the rules, and securing their places of privilege at our expense.
My friends, America deserves a choice – and if it is an honest choice between these two visions, well, then we win, they lose...
very "now is the time for choosing". on purpose, mind you.