2:58 | Fred Barbash-Moderator - Let's begin with a post by Arena contributor Cesar Conda this morning: Rush Limbaugh's strategy of simply opposing President Obama's plans without offering any commonsense policy alternatives will doom the GOP to being the Party of the deep, Deep South, a couple of Plain States, talk radio, and the 150 "Inside-the-Beltway" conservatives who attend Grover Norquist's "Wednesday Meeting." By all means, Congressional Republicans should use every parliamentary tool available to stop Obama's proposed tax increases, which would be the largest in the history of the world. But they also must propose their own budget alternative, one that calls for pro-growth tax relief, cuts wasteful domestic spending, expands quality and affordable private health insurance coverage, and increases domestic energy production. Republicans should also put forth ideas to reform and improve entitlement programs, along the lines proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin). Finally, we need a compelling free-market policy agenda to address middle-class quality-of-life and cost-of-living concerns, and here are twelve specific ideas to get Republicans started.
Rush is a fantastic entertainer, and an important voice for conservative principles. But if I were a Republican officeholder or candidate, he probably would not be my first choice to execute my legislative strategy or run my campaign.
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