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Does this cryptic message mean you may be running for office?

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all this talk agansit the repubs is a great thing. THANK YOU PEOPLE FOR WAKING UP

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Does this cryptic message mean you may be running for office?

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And the conservs are non-existent!!

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I don't really think it matters if the Republican Party "resurrects" itself or not, assuming it needs resurrection.  The Republican Party today looks like the Democratic Party of yesterday...a party in complete disarray.  Poor administrations and poor candidates will tend to do that to a party.

It comes back to candidates.  I've always been a registered Republican, though today I couldn't begin to justify why I remain so.  Over the years, I've cast my vote for Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and Conservatives.  It's all about the right candidate, especially at the local level where your vote is much more tangible.

Getting the right candidate can be tricky for anyone familiar with how the parties actually go about choosing one.  My recent experience with that process opened my eyes quite a bit to what they consider the most important criteria.  Change leadership all you want, but the new leader comes out of the flawed process, and the paradigm doesn't change all that much.

Compromise as a solution?  Sure, sounds nice.  And I like the premise absolutely. But read the comments in this thread alone by outsiders and the reliance on affixing blame for the past is astounding...do you really think the players are any better?  You'll never ever get the results you're seeking until you start holding yourself to the higher standard you expect from others.

We need to get out of our own way.  Stop complaining so much about what went wrong and who's to blame, and just start fixing things.  To do that, we're going to have to change the entire paradigm.  Forget trying to "resurrect" the party.  Shoot it and put it out of it's own misery.  It's time to find true, caring candidates that will get the job done that needs to get done.  Start thinking beyond whatever "party" you attribute yourself and take the chance of voting for the newcomer.  Look beyond the entrenched incumbents.  Some of these guys have been around forever and yet, here we are so how good have they really been?

I've had enough.  I expect to make a giant leap toward trying to change the paradigm.  If all goes well, I hope to be coming to a ballot near you soon.