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For those of you who aren't familiar with this event, for the past 20 years a group of volunteers has been getting together and lighting a candle for each of the soldiers who died at the Antietam battlefield. Antietam is the bloodiest single day battle in US history, with 23,100 dead. The candles burn in bags all night and visitors can drive through the battle field and view the candles. There is something about driving through 5 miles of continuous candles and realizing that each one of those c… Continue

Ok, so I have spent the past 3 blogs focusing on what my perception of the problems are, and I may revisit some of that in the future, but as I tell my kids, don't just complain that things aren't going your way, have a plan to change things (which is a very useful suggestion when dealing with 6 year olds or some politicians). So I will break things down in a logical manner. Leadership: We need to take a hard look at all of the party leaders, starting at the national level and moving dow… Continue

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. In the third and what may be final part of my Deconstruction Blog series, looking at the perceptions of the Republican party by me and the people I know, let's talk about who speaks for the Republican party. We have a saying in consulting, Perception IS Reality, so the people who are perceived to be your spokesmen are very important. I am not talking about the official spokesmen but those unofficial people who show up on talk radio, television stations… Continue

As I have been involved in discussions with several people on this site, as well as some who are not on this site, but whose opinion on these things I value, I think the next thing I want to understand is "What is a Republican?" I ask that because a lot of the discussion today centered around conservatism, social conservatism versus fiscal conservatism, social moderates and other phrases that everyone seems to have their own definition of. So what is a Republican? What do Republicans stand for?… Continue

Welcome to the new hit show CSI: GOP For right now I am not going to focus on what went wrong with the election. First, I am not qualified to comment on how to run a campaign and second, there are many people out there who are doing that. I want to focus on what the GOP needs to do to return the party to power. The plus side is that I get to live out my fantasy of being Gil Grissom. In order to understand why the GOP lost touch with the American electorate, it will be useful to look at the perc… Continue

Wow, my first blog entry. You would think that with my job I would have a blog that goes back years, but alas I am just a lurker. I believe that every blog should start with a description of what the readers should expect from the blog and an overview of the author. So with that said, and with much respect to all of the 12 step programs out there...my name is Bill and I am a disenfranchised voter. A little about me, I am an average guy. I am not now, nor have I ever been associated with the Rep… Continue