How Republicans Can Win in November

The Presidential election will not be won or lost in Georgia in 2012, but you can bet that all eyes will be on Georgia on March 6, 2012 on Super Tuesday. Are the two front runners in the GOP race, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich wearing each other out with negative advertising to the point where voters will throw up their hands and give the election to the incumbent? Can the pall of religion or non-religion cloud votes in the South to the point that voters would rather vote for the incumbent than for a Republican challenger? What about all the other Republican candidates. Just lately, Mr. Santorum seems to have garnered additional support.

Many of these questions will be answered as southern states cast their ballots in the preference elections. The secret is that Republicans cannot secure election to the White House without a strong showing in the South -- nor can they cede the vote of minorities or union members if Republicans expect to win. Democrats cannot keep the White House if they run on the record of the incumbent President.

I always say that an incumbent must run on his record. The incumbent President’s record is shaky even with the best of spins. But if Republicans expect to win in November, they must start attacking the President’s record. The hue and cry should be “it’s the economy stupid!” Republicans need to show how they would run the economy and contrast it to the failed Democrat policies in place now. Here’s a suggestion. If you want job creation, determine what the best tax policies are to encourage private-sector creation of jobs. Putting jobs in government is just another drain on the economic future of the United States. That’s a sure path to a larger, bloated bureaucratic government -- bad for you and me and our progeny.

The candidate and the party that win in November will be the candidate and party that present the best platform for curing the economic woes of the United States. That means meaningful budget cuts, expanding tax incentives for companies that produce jobs, and generally reducing the tax burden on working Americans. Without meaningful planks for economic solutions, both parties stand the chance of failing the American voter and making the Presidential election into a beauty contest once more.

Here is a look at the Presidential preferences to date:

• Iowa—Rick!
• New Hampshire—Mitt!
• South Carolina—Newt!
• Florida—Mitt!
• Nevada—Mitt!
• Maine—Mitt!
• Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri—Rick!, Rick! and Rick!
• Arizona, Michigan—Up February 28, 2012
• Georgia and nine other states—Up March 6, 2012
• All the rest from Wyoming through Utah later.

You may read this before any of the March preference elections occur. Early, in-person voting starts Feb. 13, 2012 at the Elections Office at 455 Grayson Highway, Lawrenceville, GA. Elections Satellite Offices, including the poll at Dacula Activity Center, open for voting on February 27, 2012. Check with the elections office at 678-226-7210 for other satellite locations where you can vote early. But by the time Super Tuesday occurs on March 6, 2012 with the normal polling places open, we may have an idea how the Republican race to November is going to play out. We already know that the Democrats are going to stay with the incumbent President.

Learn all you can about the economic policies that affect you and your family. Make your decision on voting for an individual/party based on the record. Don’t buy into vague promises. We need job creation, and we need those jobs now!

Find a candidate you can support, and support him/her. Send a few dollars to help with the campaign. I understand that the average donation to the billion dollar campaign fund for the incumbent President is $55. (FEC are you kidding me?). All the lobbyists are donating big time, why not you?