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Sick of Political Manipulation, I’m Running for State Committee
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Tuesday, May 18th, my name is on the ballot for Republican State Committee. Why would I run for this obscure, no-pay post?
I run because I’m just sick of the political manipulation which is carried out in our name.
In February, I attended the annual meeting of [...]
Beware the Embrace of Bipartisanship: Does Obama Want to Negotiate or Just Share the Blame?
Why does the president suddenly want to negotiate after a year of shutting Republicans out of both houses of Congress — is he really looking for new ideas, or just new ways to share the blame for his stalled policies? Steve Green leads Scott Ott and Bill Whittle to analyze what to make of the [...]
Is the Country Turning Republican? Is That a Good Thing?
Lehigh County Republican Committee executive director Scott Ott appears on local TV talkshow ‘Business Matters’ deconstructing the Scott Brown win in Massachusetts, and a lot more.
Original Airdate: 2/8/2010 | Guests: Bob Smith (Allentown School Board), Jude-Laure Denis (Obama for America), Scott Ott (Lehigh County Republican Committee), Jeff Warren (Easton City Council)
Where Has the Republican Market Gone? Should We Go There?
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As we survey the landscape in January 2010, with Democrat-dominated legislative and executive branches at the federal level and far too many states, perhaps Republicans need to ask:
Where has the market gone? Should we go there? What kinds of change would be required to go there? Would we need to alter our principles, practices, [...]
The Contradiction of Being Republican
To be active in Republican politics is to live a contradiction.
We’re working to elect politicians, but we believe the ultimate answers don’t lie in government, but rather in private-sector liberty, industry and the resulting dignity…and often prosperity.
We need to elect people who are willing to diminish the power of their offices and thus to increase [...]
Does the GOP Need the Tea Party, or Vice-Versa?
With at least one poll showing a fictitious Tea Party candidate outpolling a pretend GOP candidate, Steve Green asks what this means for the Republican Party. Bill Whittle and Scott Ott engage this question in another lively episiode of Trifecta on PJTV.
Watch Trifecta Episode #2811 [7 min.]
