The Republican Party is in a state of change when the committee members meet for their meeting to decide who should be the next chairman of the national party. Six leading members are running for chairman including the incumbent chairman Robert ‘Mike’ Duncan, SC Chairman Katon Dawson, MI Chairman Saul Anuzis, Ohio former Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, former Maryland Lt.Governor Michael Steele and former TN state party chair Chip Saltsman.

We lost in 2008, and traditionally if the party did not succeed we replace the chairman. Thus bringing forth an election to keep or replace the RNC Chairman right now. For us as a party we need to bring forth someone conservative yet inclusive to reach out to the American people to articulate the message during the Sunday morning talk shows and in the blog-o-sphere.

I would like to give some caution to the people who have the vote in California to avoid voting for Ken Blackwell and to consider someone else to represent us as our new Republican Party chairman. Ohio’s Republican machine collapsed and Ken Blackwell lost so bad he conceded within one hour of polls closing in 2006. Ken Blackwell may have the religiosity that helps the evangelicals and other social conservative groups to be excited about the Republican Party, but that is the only major thing that is good about him in this race for party chairman. If we are running referendum about banning marriage equality or abortion then he would be useful, but if its for second amendment rights or lower taxes then his ability to reach out will not be as vital.

If I had one of California’s three votes I would probably vote for Saul Anuzis or Michael Steele. Saul is conservative and very popular with a very strong message to get the party on track. I think I would like to have a bulldog that will help give the political party a spine. Saul looks towards using technology to help mobilize supporters, bringing forth the young people and get them involved, bringing forth a 50 state strategy where even Hawaii and Massachusetts would be reached out to and reaching out to all voters no matter who they are who share our core values.

Michael Steele is inclusive yet a centrist conservative that would also deserve consideration. He also has a blueprint for making our party successful by communicating the party’s message. Improving the party’s fundraising, communication network and candidate recruitment would be vital in helping to shrink the Democratic Party majority in congress and the state houses. If you want to read his first chapter of this blueprint the link is here.

Americans do share the majority of the views of the Republican Party, but they strayed from us because we moved away from what we stood for during the days of Contract With America. If we maintain our fiscal conservatism, while being social conservative and not exclusionary I think good things can happen in 2010 and beyond.

We have many good candidates running, but we just have to tread carefully on who will be the organization’s spokesman and executive. Steele or Anuzis would be good choices.

Since the Republicans failed to win the election on Election Day, there is going to be an election at the RNC to elect the new leader of the party. However if you are a centrist in the Republican party this new direction does not include us.

When we look at the electoral map it shows that the south and the mid west of the United States voted for McCain while Obama cleaned the rest of the nation. Although McCain choose Palin to boost the base, he depressed the vote from all other groups that would lean towards the party. However the Republican anti-intellectualism movement is starting to alienate people within the party where the party would rather have leaders who would rather ban gay marriage, restrict abortion and spend like drunken Democrats like the eight years of the Bush administration.

Throwing the same agenda across this whole nation is only going to lead towards the Republicans becoming a pale imitation of itself. Lt.Governor Steele of Maryland is one choice I would not want to represent my party. Yes we need diversity in our party, but any warm body of color should not qualify as diversity. Having the chairman of our party as a black man is only symbolic, although he will speak weekly on the weekly political chat shows about the message of the party. People are not going to rush out and convert to the Republican party because our party leader is black. We have to have the substance to go with our symbolism in order for us to have an impact.

Voters in California from minority communities still voted Yes on 8 and voted for Democratic party members down the ticket. I hear stories from Republican politicians and pundits stating that minority communities share our social values, but they never vote for us. There are some good examples why they never vote for our party because we are perceived as the party of immigrant bashing and that the party used the Southern Strategy to get those racists into our party.

Yes, cultural issues are important to many voters. However economics should be just as critical in helping to shape our nation. If we are going to be known as the values party without any other issue to define us then we should pack up our bags and lay on the KY Jelly and get decimated by the opposition.

There are many issues to explore in the next coming months and I hope to go through them all.