the Republican Party should get Back to Basics

Why is it that we Republicans are so easily outmaneuvered by Democrats?

Why do Republicans so readily fight among themselves?

Why is it so difficult for Republicans to advance their policy agenda?

Here's why.  Having forgotten our roots, modern Republicans can be thrown on the defensive on nearly any issue. Democrats control most of the media, but they also write most of the history books, thereby controlling what even Republican activists think they know about our Grand Old Party.

What we must do is to draw upon the strength and clarity to be found in the GOP's heritage of civil rights achievement.  Our heritage is the moral high ground, and giving that up costs us the political initiative.  Republican office-holders and candidates and activists would benefit tremendously from integrating this truth into political campaigns.

In the words of Mary Terrell, an African-American Republican who co-founded the NAACP: "Every right that has been bestowed upon blacks was initiated by the Republican Party."

Each day, Grand Old Partisan -- http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com -- celebrates 154 years of Republican heroes and heroics.  For example, today the blog salutes David Wilmot, the anti-slavery activist who co-founded the Republican Party.  An article on March 13 honored Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL), father of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

"Michael Zak should be giving the talk that he gave to us 3-5 days per week in a different city in the country until he had spoken in every city with a population of 100,000 or more at least two times. In my opinion, he would be worth his weight in gold; and within a decade, the Republican Party would have a registration of 1.5 times the Democrat registration."

"Back to Basics for the Republican Party is the most significant contribution to the Republican Party in the last twenty years apart from Ronald Reagan."

Democrats would regret you informing Republican leaders about this message of opportunity for our Grand Old Party.

Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country.  He is the author of Back to Basics for the Republican Party, the acclaimed history of the GOP cited by Clarence Thomas in a Supreme Court decision.  See www.republicanbasics.com for more information.