Now Hear This...Pt. 2...

Mark Steyn hits BINGO!

"If the non-political sphere is permanently left-of-center — the movies, the pop songs, the plays, the sitcoms, the newspapers plus the churches, schools and much else — it's simply unreasonable to expect people to walk into a polling booth every other November and vote conservative. The culture is where the issues get framed and the boundaries set."

Steyn's Article in Full

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The value of social networking is to bulwark and reverse what Steyn points out - the default is liberal. It's less about logic or reason than celebrity, cool, and hip. We and Hillary were rolled by a campaign devoid of substance that became a movement.

BiasedGirl Sees the Light...

BiasedGirl's web blog gives a good account of the power within "social networking."

"As a Conservative, I survived 'Obama-Mania', by friends, colleagues and the Obama Loving Media (OLM). The onslaught of Obamism taught me a bit about others and myself. Turns out even if 'Everyone else is doing it'...If I disagree with it, I'm Out. Good to know. I never felt like much of a Sheep, but somehow now I feel like I have proof. I learned a little about my friends, and how even though they don't 'follow' politics, their ears perked up this time around on Both sides of the political spectrum."

Visit WithBias.net

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Even a cursory understanding of group dynamics is sufficient to understand what is at work here - the group membership, peer pressure, constant reassurance, the associated rewards and penalties. Now, you may recoil at all this - but know this, it is how the world works. Politics runs on money, organization and volunteer manpower. The Obama campaign hit the trifecta in ways conservatives could not fathom.

Mindy Finn on CSPAN

If you need a primer on what tech work needs to be done by GOP, here is a link to the CSPAN Mindy Finn interview in which she discusses the balance between tech and touch. Ms Finn, who writes for Next Right.com, talked about the future of the Republican party in Congress and the White House in 2012.

Click to See Mindy Finn on CSPAN

RTP: The Co-Dependence of Ideology and Infrastructure

By Mindy Finn, RebuildtheParty.com 01/02/09

"What's needed right now is less tactical refinement, and more conversation about the agenda tactics are supposed to serve." -- Julian Sanchez, ArsTechnica.com

Exactly. As one of the co-founders of Rebuild the Party, I couldn't agree more. If you cruise around RebuildtheParty.com's action network, you will see just that -- conversation about rebooting the Republican agenda -- is taking place. The 10-point action plan, which focuses on tactics, was the hook that brought grassroots activists to the site. Once there, they began to organize and engage in debates over the future of the party's agenda. RebuildtheParty.com is one place that has provided an open forum for such discussion.

http://rebuildtheparty.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-codependence-of-ideology
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Saw Mindy on CSPAN over weekend. IMO she's bright and has a vision worth pursuing. Imagine encouraging grassroots Republicans...what an "INSANE" idea!!! You go, young lady!!!