Leadership/Communications

Counterinsurgency: Political Troops, Energy and Action

By John Biver

Our elected officials must be political organizers, recruiters, and educators. If they’re not going to be, then their legacy will be one of massive failure and eight years of President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the national level. Illinois Republican elected officials have already provided an assist to Democratic Party control by their inaction.

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Counterinsurgency and Modern Political Communications

By John Biver

Generals David Petraeus and James Amos have written one of the most important documents so far this century with their “Counterinsurgency” field manual published in 2006. It serves as a terrific warfare parallel for the domestic political challenge facing conservatives.

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Counterinsurgency: An Operations Manual for Conservatives

By John Biver

As socialist and collectivist thought was on the rise in the middle of the last century there was a need for a defense of free market capitalism and what is known today as conservative political thought. A quote capturing that sentiment was recently featured prominently on the second page of a Washington, D.C. think tank’s annual report.

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Self government and a republic in name only

By John Biver

Republican Party energy is down for a number of reasons. Republican leaders didn’t accomplish enough while they held power and too often governed like Democrats. Republican Party and elected officials have also preferred to keep grassroots energy at a safe distance. Many of our leaders see their life as complicated enough without having to get involved with or listen to outsiders. The fact that they can’t win majorities without a lot of volunteer support or that some of the input they’d receive could be quite valuable hasn’t mattered to them.

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Now Hiring Political Fighters

By John Biver

Since the work of reform has to start with Republican leaders, we need fighters, not socialites. If politics is seen as one big social event, then being liked is what’s most important.

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Political Battlefields to Reach the Middle Third

By John Biver

Historians tell us that during the founding era about one-third of the population didn’t favor separation from Britain, a third was ardently for separation, and a third was ambivalent. Today the fractions are similar in that a third of the public can be counted on by each political party. The battle each election is about who can win most of that independent third.

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GOP Dominated by Political Socialites Instead of Public Opinion Leaders

By John Biver

There are over 500,000 elected officials in the United States. As shocking as that number is, the bright side is that surely we can find one percent of that total to step forward and truly lead. Imagine the potential of a nationwide sales force of 5,000 people intelligently articulating the problems with Obama collectivism and why GOP platform-based solutions are the way to go instead.

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A Sherman-Like Warning Needed for Republicans

By John Biver

What happens when the Republican Party forfeits the public education system and large sections of the media to the political left, fails to modernize its party organization or repair its brand, and actively disdains and distances itself from its allied state level grassroots organizations? We’re seeing the results today in Barack Obama’s opinion poll numbers.

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Talk Radio: What I meant to say…

By John Biver

For anyone who caught our first show this morningĀ on AM560 WIND radio let me fix what I jumbled in my opening remarks. There’s nothing like losing your train of thought or using the wrong…

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