OXON HILL, Md.— As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union declared Thursday that the Republican Party is not a home for everyone, as prominent voices in Republican politics gather with thousands of conservatives and tea party activists outside Washington.
The Conservative Political Action Conference offers Republican leaders — past and potential presidential contenders among them — a high-profile stage to court their party’s most passionate voters. The three-day gathering also shines a spotlight on deep divisions within the Republican Party as it tries to recover from a painful 2012 election season.
“I’m a firm believer that if the Republican Party is going to have some success, it’s going to do so by being a conservative party and not a home for everybody. That’s how you grow,” Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union, told reporters Thursday morning as the conference began at Maryland’s National Harbor, just south of Washington.
He continued: “You grow your tent by convincing others, persuading others that yours is the way. And you build your tent by reaching out to the new demographics of America, not with a watered down version of who we ought to be,” he said.
Read More at OfficialWire . By Ken Thomas.
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It all started here in the 1912 PROGRESSIVE PARTY PLATFORM . . .
http://articlevprojecttorestoreliberty.com/history-of-political-parties.html
Choose godly virtues and the Republican Party will grow, follow the ways of the masses and you will follow them to your own destruction and the destruction of the godless.
If the 4 – 5 million Conservative did not stay home the Senate and the WH would not be as occupied today . . .
WRONG>>>>They need to appeal to conservatives not IDIOTS….act and be conservative not middle of the road dips, that is one of the reasons Romney lost, besides the fact he was a Progressive Republican version of Obama, he was and is not a conservative and no where near what REAL Americans Want, they listen too much to the worthless media. Listen to us you DIPS!