Failure of the GOP Base...NY-23

The local party base is at fault here. This is true both in New York as well as the rest of the country. A very good example are the 52 "Blue Dog" Democrats who were elected in "right leaning" districts. If the local GOP had been effectively doing their jobs, those Congressmen wouldn't have been elected in those districts.

The local GOP organizations around the country have been complacent by allowing RINO's to take control of the local party apparatus as well as the state organizations. We as a party must take a long hard look locally, before we can do anything effective nationally. This is especially true in the Northeast and far west. If the local party organizations are run by RINO's then they will push RINO's to run in local and state elections.

We collectively have failed in not urging those individuals who are conservatives, not religiously, but fiscally, and will actually uphold the basic tenants of our party. Additionally, those Congressmen and Senators who claim the GOP as their party affiliation have forgotten what they are supposed to uphold. We, the base, have not held them accountable for their free spending stupidity. We, the base have allowed them to be captured by the "inside the beltway" mentality of "politics as usual" way of doing things. OUR members of Congress on their own, forgot what the "Contract With America" was about, because we allowed them to. They wandered far from our party's beliefs and tenets. Eight years of free spending under Mr. Bush (#43) is laid at OUR feet, because we didn't hold them accountable for what they wrought.

Now, in order to rebuild this party from the mess WE allowed to grow unchecked, we must look to the local party organizations, and rebuild those with genuine conservatives. If we don't take back control of the local party apparatus from RINO's, we won't be able to regain anything nationally. Let's begin to act locally by electing city councilmen and women, county commissioners, state legislators...THEN think about Congress.

UPDATE: I edited this for clarity as the final paragraph didn't have the meaning I intended.