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What Effective Lobbying Looks Like 26 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
Ever complain about your point of view not being reflected in government? Before you complain, make sure it’s not your fault. Our form of government – representative self-government – relies on the ...
Why Conservatives Should Get Involved in the Republican Party 22 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
How would you like to have more political influence than 99.99% of the population? Would you like to become so influential for the things that you care about that candidates and public officials come...
How to Plan Grassroots Organization 19 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
So just how DO you get started with creating a local grassroots organization? It’s simple and doesn’t take a lot of time, but action is critical. We all know the hardest part of “doing” anything is ...
If You Build It, They Will Come 15 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
Just over one month after repeated assurances from the government that the NSA’s data-collection program wasn’t anything like what we thought it was, we’re now finding out that they were right. It’s ...
Basic grassroots lobbying 12 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
No matter how involved you may become in the political process, every citizen – in the serious sense of that word – should know how to lobby their government. (Don’t forget that it IS a Constitutiona...
How to avoid political burnout 7 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
So you’re all excited or worked up about some issue, campaign or candidate and you decide it’s time to volunteer and try to make a difference? That’s great. But there’s always a risk that you’ll be ...
Making a difference in politics via the grassroots 5 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
Remember that quote from Edmund Burke, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”? Well, here it is in political terms: “Bad officials are elected by good citizens w...
Updating the dead girl, live boy rule 31 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
Former Democrat Governor Edwin Edwards of Louisiana gave the political world what has since become known as the “dead girl, live boy rule” of politics when, en route to his 1984 election to a third te...
Six basic online campaign tools and activities 29 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
Since we’ve been discussing online activity and organization lately, I wanted to give some thoughts on some of the specific but basic things that you can do online in support of a campaign or organiza...
Four tips for conservative online organization 22 Jul 2013 | 10:42 pm
Whether everyone in politics realizes it yet or not (still “not” for many people), online organization is not only here to stay, but it represents the quickest, most impactful and cost effective form ...
