Chip Saltsman for RNC Chairman!

This past election validated an assumption this nation has held in modern times: that this is in fact a center-right country.

Center because our voters will never continously vote in one party to dominate govenment over and over, no matter what they stand for. They want change periodically, especially in a troubled economy, and this time the GOP just happened to be the people who were going to be kicked out. Not because John McCain wasn't conservative enough or Sarah Palin was too inexperienced but because the GOP have been in charge for most of the decade and voters decided it was a chance to give the other party a shot, a foolish decision but their decision nonetheless. Voters were not, and still aren't, in complete agreement with Obama's policies, not by a long shot but since conservatives, real or unreal, got them in trouble, they were going to put in the liberals to hopefully use their ideology to, in effect, neutralize the economy. They pushed the economy to the right, they're pushing it to the left to bring it right in the middle in stabilization.

Right because of social issues. California banned same-sex marriages, along with Florida (my homestate) and Arizona I believe. The majority of Americans believe abortion should be rare, only occuring in extreme circumstances. The majority of Americans believe that if adult stem cells can be utilized to bring about positve discoveries for science, there's no need to use embyonic stem cells. And, bottom line: This is still a Christian nation.

So what does this mean for the GOP?

We must be flexible politically and stern socially. When the free market is in dissarray, whatever the reason may be, there must be the realization that there must be a little government oversight and protection. When our citizens get tired of supporting a war, whether just or unjust, then we should take measures to ensure a gradual and safe departure, if possible. We must become the party of enonomic security as well as national security.

However, when the minority of bigot citizens want to change the traditional model of marriage, we must advocate opposition with clear reasons why. When a liberal politician wants to sign into law a bill that will make abortion on demand unopposable by anyone, even those who believe because of their religious conviction that it is an evil act of murder, we must voice opposition (like now with the Freedom of Choice Act Obama might sign into law).

We can't assume that because we lost an election that our ideology is lost or needs reformation, it was going to happen sooner or later. Happened to Ford and happened to Bush 41. We just need to calm down about our principles, adapt to the internet, and continue to put country first.