Morning Briefing
For October 17, 2013
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Good Morning,
I know many of you are depressed this morning with the GOP caving. Allow me to provide you some food for thought as your morning briefing today.
Much cynicism has been expressed over the
past month about the effort, led by Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, to fight
Obamacare. It was about money or defeating Republicans or something
other than what it was about — undermining Obamacare with a united
front.
It was always about undermining Obamacare,
despite the claims of others. But, those of us who were in this fight
against Obamacare have been quite open that we knew there were side
benefits. This fight would expose conservative activists to the frauds
they have funded.
Men
like Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and
others have preached a great sermon against Obamacare, but now
conservatives who supported them see that these men have refused to
actually practice what they’ve been preaching. They’ve refused to stand
and fight with the rest of us.
The fight was always about Obamacare. Today
we know we must keep fighting and fight harder against even our own
supposed side. But we always knew the fight would force the charlatans
of the GOP out of the shadows into disinfecting sunlight. It has
happened as I wrote it would almost a month ago.
Now conservatives can keep advancing. They should not be disheartened.
In reality, the GOP of a decade ago would
never have fought like it has fought now. The party that gave us No
Child Left Behind, Medicare Part D, and TARP would never have stood for
two weeks embarrassing Democrats with short term spending bills.
Ted
Cruz and Mike Lee may not have been able to strike a death blow to
Obamacare today, but they were able to fight a fight that would have
been impossible before them. They have now made it less and less
possible for Republicans to collaborate with Democrats to fix or
stabilize Obamacare.
So we must advance. Two Republicans in the
Senate caused this fight that their colleagues would have surrendered on
more quickly but for them. Imagine a Senate filled with more. We have
an opportunity to replace Mitch McConnell in Kentucky with a better conservative. We should do that. We have the opportunity to send a strong conservative from North Carolina and we should do that. Same in Colorado. Kansas looks to be in play.
Chris McDaniel will declare his candidacy for the Senate in
Mississippi. Conservatives will rally to him quickly. Tennessee could be
in play too.
The establishment has given conservatives a
brilliant opportunity to advance against them and then against the
Democrats. As Obamacare now goes into full swing, conservatives can show
that they tried to stop it while Mitch McConnell and so many others sat
and watched from a cozy booth the Capitol Hill Club leaving the
fighting to others while they did everything possible to undermine the
fight.
As
more Americans watch Obamacare fail them through the Republican primary
season, conservatives will be able to put the focus on Republicans who
funded Obamacare instead of fighting it. Whether they like it or not,
Republicans in Congress will find their names on ballots in 2014. They
cannot hide or escape fate.
Conservatives must advance — ever advancing
against the Republicans who have folded in the fight against Obamacare.
We will not win all the fights. But Ted Cruz and Mike Lee show we do not
have to win them all. We just need reinforcements.
The
last time the major leaders of an American political party tried to
compromise their way to power, the party broke apart giving us the
Republicans. This fight too will break apart the GOP. There will not
necessarily be a new party from it, but there will be a fundamentally
altered party of new faces fueled by a grassroots movement now able to
connect with each other and independent from Wall Street and K Street
funders.
Never before have the people been less dependent on a party apparatus to play in primaries. Conservatives now have groups like Heritage Action, Senate Conservatives Fund, Madison Project, Club for Growth, FreedomWorks, For America, and others to fund and rely on.
Grassroots upset about this fight should be
encouraged. We’d have never gotten this far with the GOP before 2010.
Imagine now the possibilities in 2014 if we make examples of a GOP that
refused to fight Obamacare.
2014 must now be about advancing, ever advancing, even through the ranks of the GOP to have the fights that must be had.
Republican leaders in Washington want you to get off the field. Instead, get involved and get even.
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Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState
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