Former House Speaker and leader of the 1994 Republican mid-term Congressional landslide Newt Gingrich has let it be known that he would be open to serving as Chairman of the Republican National Committee if asked.

Is this even a question? Apparently, it is.

For one thing, six days after the election of Barack Obama and substantial gains by Democrats in the House and Senate, Republicans have yet to decide whether a serious overhaul of the party is required.

If a revolution is in order, then there’s the small matter of which side is issued the pitchforks, and whose castle is to be stormed. Is this a fight to purge moderates, or a battle to expand the tent?

I’m hoping this is press spin and not a serious debate within the 168-member Committee on whether conservatism or squishy quasi-liberalism is the future of the Republican Party.

The Democrat-lite wing of the party got their nominee this year.  He favors amnesty for illegal immigrants, championed a free-speech stifling campaign finance bill, and was under consideration in 2004 as John Kerry’s running mate, for God’s sake.  They told us it would take a “moderate” to beat the Democrats this year, and they were wrong.  He got trounced because he had no message. We had one candidate even attempt to forward a small government conservative message, and she was gagged and hidden away.

When conservatives run as conservatives, they win. When conservative values and ideals are clearly articulated, they always prevail.

And, no, I’m not talking specifically about abortion here, although one of the biggest hits Obama took this year is when he said thinking about when life begins was “above his pay grade.” I’m talking about small-government based on the words in the Constitution, workers keep the fruits of their labor, strong defense, pro-America, “government is the problem” conservatism.  Pragmatic conservatism.  Life issues are a part of it, but they are not the only part.

We do, obviously, need to grow our “tent.” But we need to do that by convincing people that we’re right, not by shifting our values to match what we think are the values of the majority of voters.  If the 2006 and 2008 elections have proved anything, it’s that.  Democrats ran the most liberal candidate they could find this year, and he convinced people he was right.

Having a strong conservative like Gingrich at the head of the national party is a start, but we also need to revamp the Republican party here in Pennsylvania. Every election gets worse for Republicans here, yet nothing changes at the top. We can’t just “turn out the base” and hope for the best anymore. We need people in positions of power all the way down who will work to change minds.

We need to defeat the media.  We need to stop paying for liberal media at the newsstand and watching their newscasts and cable talk shows.  This is something we can all do right now with no party or organization.  Writing letters to their editors or having your conservative email read on their shows does nothing. Cancel your subscriptions and stop watching their shows.

We have two years to turn this around and limit the damage that can be done by an Obama administration. This needs to start now.

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