In the states where the Reagan Project is in full campaign mode (Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Kentucky and Maine) we’re hunting for Blue Dogs, or conservative Democrats. These are the D’s who live in the most conservative districts, and who have relatively conservative political views. They’re often quite sincere in their moderation and mainstream values. They’re people we can get along with, people who might even support an Article V resolution.
But they’ve got to go. Because in the most important vote of all, the vote to organize, they stick with the liberals, and we get Pelosis and Reeds. Counting Blue Dogs, we can have majority support for an Article V resolution, but the Democratic leadership will never allow a vote.
I want to tie these people to the national Democratic Party, to Obama, Pelosi, and Reed. To Obamacare, and the national debt. To the whole “progressive” agenda, with its wealth redistribution, its hostility to family values, the second amendment, and traditional America.
They howl in protest when you do it. They don’t believe all that crap, and they resent being associated with it. But they endorse it all when they vote to organize, so they’ve got it coming.
This isn’t hard to do. It’s not rocket science. It may be controversial, but it’s entirely legitimate. You don’t need big bucks to do it. Often these Blue Dogs are personally very popular; well respected community leaders with a long record of public service. The Republican candidate, and his campaign, would face a backlash if they did this themselves. Which is why it must be done by a truly independent PAC, with no ties to the candidate. Often the candidate will disavow the attacks, even publicly call for them to stop. Fine. Whatever. It’s called free speech.
This will all take time, and a lot of work, in each state. But it doesn’t take much money. Handled properly, you can get a lot of earned media when you do it. You can make it an important issue in the campaign.
Hunting Blue Dogs is exciting, but it can be sad, in a way. When you’ve successfully hunted a big game animal, you feel a bit of remorse posing with the carcass. They’re beautiful animals. But you can’t let that bother you.
It’s just business.
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