An Introduction to Pachyderm Return

In light of the November 4th election, there has been much debate, scape-goating, teeth-knashing and blood-letting in regards to what went wrong. What direction should the GOP go? What is the current "State of the Union" of the Republican Party?

Should we be more conservative?

....more moderate?

....more pragmatic?

....more "centrist"?

....centralized...decentralized?

Is our problem message? Is it "delivery"? Is it incoherence?

Is the problem message at all?

Is the problem strategy? Tactics?


This blog will be my attempt to answer these questions and raise more. While I tend to be more conservative philosophically, I am pragmatic in my politics. I tend to believe that ideological purity is important, and platforms are important, but that those things that bind us, those principles that are shared and fundamental, are the secret to our success. They are what make Republicans "Republican" and they are what attract independent voters to vote Republican.

On many of those fundamentals, we have lost our way.