The new but committee-less Member of Congress from Georgia Tweeted that, “The vast majority of Republican voters, volunteers, and donors are no longer loyal to the GOP … Their loyalty now lies with Donald J Trump.” Whether you think this is right, wrong, wonderful, terrible, or something in between, it reveals how urgent the need is to revisit what the Republican Party itself believes and...
Before I dive further into the 2016 national platform, I thought it’d be worth looking at what else is out there from the state Republican parties. Maybe there’s something inspirational? My Approach I took some time and visited each state party committee website, one by one, and looked for a few things: Does the state party have an identifiable platform linked to from its website at all —...
The first and maybe only thing people will see from a party platform is the preamble, so if we’re going to have one at all, we want a good one. But what does a good preamble look like? I think a good preamble a) is brief; b) contains some specific action items or pledges; and c) is clear on the principles to which all committed to the platform are beholden. Let’s step back and look at the...
The Republican Party doesn’t have a platform. So I decided to write one. I’ve considered myself a political conservative for as long as I can remember, worked in government and campaigns for Republicans for more than a decade, and have directly supported Republican candidates, officials, and parties even longer. But I don’t know what it means to be a Republican today. I know what I think it...