The Conservative Hand | A Manifesto to Achieve Conservative Political Goals

The Conservative Hand

The Tea Party movement doesn’t have a single leader or a central organization, and that’s the way the members of the movement like it. How though, can an unorganized movement get anything done? Economist Adam Smith addressed this same question. He recognized that the free market is made up of …

One Goal Per Second Party

It has been emphasized several times in this book that a second-party should be built around achieving a single goal. Despite those warnings, it is inevitable that someone will come along and declare “We can handle multiple goals; we can do just a little bit more.” Consider the following list. …

Election Integrity

The integrity of our election process has been declining for decades, and people (at least those in power) don't seem to care. Election fraud—dead people voting, fraudulent registrations, ballot box stuffing, counterfeit write-in ballots, corrupted voter rolls, and boxes of ballots turning up in the trunk of someone's car—has become …

We’re Not Using Alinsky Tactics

Alinsky’s Rules Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals has been in the spotlight since Barack Obama became president. It is well known that President Obama immersed himself in Alinsky’s ideas; using and teaching Alinsky’s techniques as a community organizer. Alinsky’s book and ideas have also been adopted by progressives as a blueprint …

A Final Note

In 1981 Auburn had lost 18 of the last 22 games against Alabama. Auburn knew its place: the other school in the state; they were destined to be dominated by The Crimson Tide. Auburn fans were happy if the game was close, even if they didn't win, because they had …

Summary

Where are we? We've accepted a fundamental fact of life: everyone works in their self-interest. That means everyone works for their own goals harder than they do for the goals of others. Consequently, we have become goal oriented and established that the purpose of our involvement in politics is …

The Rulebook

1. Our goal is to enact conservative legislation. People choose to support politicians for a number of reasons: Party membership (Republican). Endorsements (endorsed by the local police union). Personality or charisma. Debate performance. A slogan (Yes America Can!—Bush 2004, Yes We Can!—Obama 2008). The politician is from a state or …

A New Action Plan

Now that we have this new system, how do we use it to get politicians to accomplish our goals? We're going to use an old variation on the “carrot and stick” approach. Politicians can accept our positive incentives (the carrot) or we'll nudge them on with some negative incentives (we'll …

A New Measurement

We need to establish a standard to determine if a politician is achieving conservative goals. Before we do that, let's look at what hasn't worked in the past. What Hasn't Worked—Ratings The American Conservative Union defines anyone with an 80+ rating as a “standout ACU conservative.” That would include Lindsey …

A New Standard—Productivity

What's a promise made without the intent of keeping it? Manipulation. A promise means nothing. Productivity is the only thing that matters, and it must be measured in real accomplishments: measurable actions that move an issue towards legislative enactment. What's Not Productivity Giving politicians credit for doing the same things …

A New Organization—The Second-Party

We've seen that becoming loyal Republican Party members doesn't achieve our goals, and neither do third-parties. What we need is something in between the primary Republican Party and third-parties; an organization that stands alone like a third-party, but that also controls the primary Republican Party—a secondary (or second) party. Second-parties …