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		<title>Have a very GOP Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure it will matter in the polls in November, but the GOP is showing a certain charm and humor this February.  You can send GOP Valentine e-cards to your loved ones (or just good friends) this Valentine&#8217;s Day. I&#8217;m trying to decide between the Pelosi/Reid card (&#8220;We crafted this Valentine&#8217;s card behind closed [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;m not sure it will matter in the polls in November, but the GOP is showing a certain charm and humor this February.  You can send <a href="http://www.gopvalentine.com/" target="_blank">GOP Valentine e-cards</a> to your loved ones (or just good friends) this Valentine&#8217;s Day.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m trying to decide between the Pelosi/Reid card (&#8220;We crafted this Valentine&#8217;s card behind closed doors&#8221;) and the Rahm card (&#8220;Happy [explective] Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8221;).  Check it out.</p>
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		<title>The GOP needs to study the art of pizza making</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bookworm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domino&#8217;s Pizza has just come had with one of the most brilliant ads I&#8217;ve ever seen &#8212; and, even better, the ad seems to riff off of an even more brilliant corporate decision.  In essence, Domino&#8217;s realized its pizza stank, determined to change that fact, and then let the public know exactly where it erred [...]]]></description>
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<p>Domino&#8217;s Pizza has just come had with one of the most brilliant ads I&#8217;ve ever seen &#8212; and, even better, the ad seems to riff off of an even more brilliant corporate decision.  In essence, Domino&#8217;s realized its pizza stank, determined to change that fact, and then let the public know exactly where it erred and how it was fixing the problem:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bookwormroom.com/2010/01/08/the-gop-needs-to-study-the-art-of-pizza-making/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t even like pizza, and I&#8217;m tempted to order in one of these nights.</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, astute political observers have noticed that the GOP could learn some lessons from Domino&#8217;s, and <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGJkNjhjZWFmYmYwODA0ZjZmZWE1N2FmNmE4ZWIwNGE=" target="_blank">no one is more astute than Jonah Goldberg</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Obviously, the analogy to the GOP isn’t perfect. For example, last I checked, Domino’s didn’t get bogged down in an unpopular war.</p>
<p>But the GOP’s troubles over the last decade have a lot to do with the fact that Americans didn’t stop liking what the Republican party is supposed to deliver. They stopped liking what the GOP actually delivered.</p></blockquote>
<p>In the remainder of his article (which you should definitely read), Goldberg envisions what a GOP  turnaround would look like.</p>
<p>As for me, one of the things I&#8217;d suggest right off the bat is getting rid of Michael Steele.  I really liked the guy when he first took over.  I thought (and still think, I guess) that he has charm and courage.  Unfortunately, he&#8217;s got a tin ear when it comes to political management.  He&#8217;s like the un-James Carville.  Carville who was charmless, but he really understood how politics operates.  And then I&#8217;d just retreat to core conservative values:  more money in the hands of the people and less churning through government; a willingness to identify the enemy and defend against him; and a belief in American greatness, something that need not exist only at the expense of other nations, but that should be celebrated on its own terms.</p>
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		<title>GOP:  Real solutions for a real recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/07/11/gop-real-solutions-for-a-real-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bookworm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans are finally figuring out how to push back: I like Ed Morrissey&#8217;s comment about the video: Today, Barack Obama once again dishonestly claimed that Porkulus opponents wanted to “do nothing” in the face of the economic collapse, but that’s simply not true — which Obama might have learned had he leaned on Nancy Pelosi [...]]]></description>
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<p>Republicans are finally figuring out how to push back:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/07/11/gop-real-solutions-for-a-real-recovery/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>I like <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/11/video-gop-had-a-plan/" target="_blank">Ed Morrissey&#8217;s comment about the video</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Today, Barack Obama once again dishonestly claimed that Porkulus opponents wanted to “do nothing” in the face of the economic collapse, but that’s simply not true — which Obama might have learned had he leaned on Nancy Pelosi to include Republicans in the negotiations. Instead, she locked the doors, which resulted in zero GOP votes for Porkulus in the House, and only three in the Senate.</p></blockquote>
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