How our Grand Old Party can retake the initiative


Since the election disaster on November 7, now is the time for the Republican Party to get back to basics.

Not knowing -- or even caring -- about the greatness of our Party is what placed us on the defensive against the Democrats and allowed them to outmaneuver us so easily.

The way to wrest the political initiative away from the Democrats is to draw upon the strength and clarity to be found in our Grand Old Party’s (forgotten) heritage of civil rights achievement. Our heritage is the moral high ground, and giving that up cost us the political initiative. Republican office-holders, candidates and activists would benefit tremendously from integrating this truth into political campaigns.

To illustrate, one of the founders of the Republican Party, Senator Zachariah Chandler (R-MI), had been a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape northward. The first Republican to serve as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Salmon Chase, had earlier won renown for defending runaway slaves. Another of our founders, Senator Lyman Trumbull (R-IL), wrote the 13th Amendment as well as the 1866 Civil Rights Act.

Today, for example, is the anniversary of the day back in 1872 when Susan B. Anthony was arrested for having cast a ballot. Afterward, she boasted to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she had voted for "the Republican ticket... straight!"
To bring back to our Party that zeal and dedication is why I speak at Republican events around the country.

Contact Michael Zak (Grand_Old_Partisan@hotmail.com) to invite him to speak at Lincoln/Reagan dinners, conventions, and other Republican events. For more information, see www.republicanbasics.com.
Michael Zak is the author of Back to Basics for the Republican Party, the acclaimed history of the GOP from the Republican point of view.


Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country, showing office- holders, candidates, and activists how they would benefit tremendously from knowing and appreciating our Party's heritage of civil rights achievement. His book, Back to Basics for the Republican Party, is the acclaimed history of the GOP from the civil rights perspective.

Contact Mr. Zak to invite him to speak at Lincoln and Reagan Day dinners, conventions, fundraisers, and other Republican events. Click here for more information

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