In the beginning, there was darkness...

I've recently returned from the National Review Conservative Summit, and among other things, it has reminded me that I need to be doing more. As the conservative party enters 2007 we've been doing so with a sense of trepidation and fear. There is good reason for this, but it takes a Newt Gingrich to point out the proper reaction is not fear but appropriate levels of self examination and reinvigoration. The party needs to define issues for the candidates, and for too long we've been seeing it in the opposite direction. This has led to the out of control spending, the corruption, and the undersold efforts towards a vital and necessary national security in these dark times.

I make no pretense that this will be read by many or even by anyone, and I'm not going to over analyze every piece of news put out by every organization to dispel it's errors. There are plenty of folks with those things firmly in mind and they can do it much better than I. What I do want is, as we head towards a 2008 election, to add my voice to the public discourse and add in some small way to the necessary and critical rebirth of a leaner and meaner conservative movement. The conservative movement must re-assert itself and demonstrate why the Party of Lincoln rose to power in the first place. If more people speak up, we will get there faster.