The Republican Party over the past 10 years has been in a very similar state to that of the 1970’s.
Today, much of the population would define themselves as conservative, but only a small portion would identify with being Republican.
“Back then it was very much the corporate party,” said Craig Shirley, author of Rendezvous With Destiny: Ronal Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America. The left is still using that argument against us in smear tactics that labels us corporate yes men. 
Our solution for today is the same one that Rendezvous With Destiny records. We need to communicate that the Republican Party is the party of the individual. We need to tap into peoples’ desires to be in control of their own destinies.
Shirley thinks we can take our country in a positive direction because we have the facts, sentiment and arguments to make the intellectual case that limited government works, and that countries are most productive when the power flows from bottom to top, not top down.
Rendezvous With Destiny shows how Reagan was against any monopolization of power which is the current American sentiment.
Deficit issues are also a high concern among the average American. Both today and in the 1980’s our country accumulated debt due to high spending. However, according to Tim Mooney, the National Coordinator of Deficit Free, the debt we accrued by out-spending the Soviets in the cold war was owed mostly to ourselves. Our current debt is owed to other nations, thus subordinating America in a way never seen before.
- You can be a part of the deficit solution by visiting http://www.deficitfree.com
Some people get tired of iconizing Reagan, but I think after reading this book they will see how he was a man deeply influenced by Jefferson himself. Actually, a return to Reagan is a return to our founding, and that is exactly what I am hoping for.
