VIDEO UPDATE: Proft: Engendering a Republican Renaissance in Illinois
I have had the good fortune to speak at many county GOP Lincoln Day dinners and before a number of Republican organizations around the state over the past several months. The speech I have linked to here was last week before a great group of concerned Republicans in Yorkville (Kendall County) as represented by the Kendall County Women’s Republican Club.
Click here to watch the video…
My talk breaks down into four component parts and is, in part, my contribution to the important discussions and debates Republicans across the state are having as to how to make our party relevant and competitive again in Illinois. The four parts: (1) Where are we? What is the landscape?; (2) How did we get here?; (3) Where do we want to go? What kind of party do we want to be?; and (4) How do we get to where we want to go?
I want to again thank the Kendall County Republican Women for their indulgence as well as offer my thanks to the many other GOP county chairmen, township GOP organizations, and rank-and-file Republicans throughout Illinois who have welcomed my thoughts and observations (and who, of course, have expressed their undying devotion to WLS-AM 890 and the “Don Wade & Roma Show”).
I would welcome your feedback and your ideas as to the policies and practices the Illinois GOP must embody in order to be successful again.
–DP
Comment by Hanno on 28 April 2008 at 5:07 pm:
Disassociate from the national Republican party. You’re on the Titanic, grab a life boat.
Comment by Augur on 28 April 2008 at 5:54 pm:
If I were managing the message for the IL GOP I would forge a socially moderate economically disciplined path, and constantly be highlighting and alleging the corruption/ incompetence of the Democrats.
Pile on those like Blago and associate everyone in swing districts with him. Have party wise men pick a handful of Blago slayers and have the party do research on GOP candidates, including divorce records, etc, for anyone courting party support so the party can stop having major candidates go down w/ sex scandals.
Fan the flames between Blago and Madigan - constantly.