Palin for President!

The GOP needs to change. This phrase isn’t by any degree new; nearly every conservative and liberal writer has said the same, but I doubt many have said it in relation to what is really needed. The drubbing McCain took in this past election and the ascendancy of the liberal left into every seat of power this country has to offer is a lesson yet to be learned by the Republican heads.

Obama’s campaign team hit a nerve when they continuously attacked McCain’s ties to the Bush administration. The recent developments in this ridiculous bailout scam are only yet another symptom of the disease that riddles the beltway. The ones making these decisions are so out of touch with everyday America that when an issue is brought forward with a common sense solution, they cannot understand what is being said. In many cases the one offering the solution is ridiculed as being naive. This happened to me while solutions were being discussed with regard to my state’s fiscal problems. Now, those who did the ridiculing are being forced to implement what I suggested two years ago. Will any credit be given where it belongs? Not on your life. This is the world of politics after all.

Infighting within the Republican ranks has been escalating since the first ad hit the airwaves for the Presidential elections. This tells us that change is not something the Republican party wants to consider, at least not the change it truly needs. Consider Mike Huckabee’s attacks on Sarah Palin. What they boil down to is what the GOP says about every party member who stands up against the corruption within the party, “She isn’t Republican enough.” Apparently Governor Palin, in order to be a real republican, should have gone along with outgoing Senator Ted Stevens’ corruption, and not stood against him. To many in the party it is better to have a politician who breaks the law on a daily basis than to have them replaced with a Democrat. To the Republican Party leadership change means not having to say you’re sorry.

Governor Huckabee needs to learn the lesson of the electorate. American is not so interested in moving to left as it is interested in cleaning house. Average America wants honorable leadership. They want “Read my lips” to be a statement of truth, not a lead-in to a broken promise. When they are watching their bank accounts dwindle, they do not want to see those who oversaw the demolition of the economy get a golden parachute. They want honesty, even if it inconveniences the wealthy and the powerful. Sarah Palin gets that and so does Mitt Romney.

It is already obvious that Obama’s promise of change only went as far as the occupancy of the White House. He is busily building his staff out of insiders from the Clinton and Carter Administrations. Governor Huckabee apparently believes Sarah Palin’s climb into the spotlight is more dangerous to our nation than what President-elect Obama is preparing to do. Here is why; Governor Palin struck a chord with the American people, and if she had been coupled with Romney rather than McCain, the result of the election may have been quite different. GOP insiders are almost as afraid of what Palin portends as are the liberals.

Sarah Palin, in spite of what my Democrat acquaintances say, would make a great President. What many of them forget is that much the same arguments against a Palin Presidency were also made about Ronald Reagan before he trounced a totally incompetent Jimmy Carter.

Yes, the GOP needs to change. It needs to embrace Middle America and it needs to embrace the truth, even if the truth costs them money. Rather than driving out those members who stand against corruption, the GOP leadership needs to grit their teeth, wave goodbye to the bribe money, and stand with them. America wants representation, not politics as usual. And remember, the news networks have no relation with real America.