The New Republican Party

As much as George W. Bush would like to believe, the destruction he and his cronies laid down upon America the past eight years has been nothing short of near- catastrophe. America went from being the shining beacon of exemplary action to “Those Americans are so stupid” in just eight short years.

Not only did W. run amok our global agenda, but he may have damaged his party so badly, there is little chance of GOP survival going forward. Let me explain…

Republicans are now polarized so deeply they will never be able to beat the now unified Democrats. There is the Southern, talk radio Republicans (Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, etc), what George W.’s “mastermind” Karl Rove defined as “the base” in W.’s two election victories. That faction is officially dead, but they won’t admit it. If that group of Republicans were still viable, we’d be inaugurating John McCain this week. They couldn’t beat a black guy with the name ‘Barack Obama’.

The smarter GOP faction is the Northern, Business minded Republicans (Those that got John McCain on the ticket). Many Republicans did not like John McCain because he was too liberal. How silly in hindsight. John McCain would have been a fine President. But he couldn’t get his own supporters behind him because of this great GOP divide I see erupting in America.

And to top it off, those Business Republicans are going to get so fed up with the Bible Belt ‘base’ Republicans that they are going to jump ship and re-elect Obama and keep a liberal congress in place. And the business Republicans are outnumbering the moral Republicans, 56% of Republicans say they care most about taxes, economic growth, and national security. 34% of Republicans say they care most about abortion, guns, and family values.

So what does the GOP do? First, they need to say ‘Goodbye’ to the likes of Sarah Palin and Joe The Plumber. That type of politics is officially dead in America. Americans have realized what happens when you elect the candidate you’d want to have a beer with. Intelligence is officially back in American policy making.

Second, they need to go back to being the ‘Business Party’ and not the ‘Moral Party’. Humans are all corrupt beings. That whole morality thing worked twice for them, but it is over. The GOP needs to harness the Reagan approach to government and push for free market principles and stop pushing the Bible at every turn.

Third, they need new leadership at the top. Think about it for a second. The Republicans have become the ‘old rich white man party’ in America. At a time of shifting diversity and the generational baton being passed down from the baby boomers, being the old white rich man isn’t going to win any elections going forward.

Old white & rich won't win elections anymore

So who should step up for the GOP in the coming years? Mitt Romney? Mike Huckabee? Sarah Palin? Rudy Guiliani? Jeb Bush? Gen. David Petraeus? Nope, none of the usual suspects are going to have a shot in hell of beating Obama.

Republicans need to take a look at someone like Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. I don’t know if he is the exact answer the GOP needs, but he is the best I can come up with. He, or someone similar in terms of a fresh face with fresh ideas are where the GOP needs to go from here. Not with the cronies of yesterday’s politics.

It is going to be a long road back for the Republican party with the destruction abroad caused by the current administration. While I welcome their future competition and ideas on how to improve America, I am a pretty satisfied citizen knowing the GOP is a weakened force at this point in American history.