Are You Building the Political Farm Team?
By Drew McKissick
Most every professional baseball player that you see has spent time in the minor leagues before they got a chance to play in the big leagues. Nobody lasts forever, and eventually somebody has to move up and take someone else’s place. It’s why teams spend so much time and money recruiting and developing new talent.…
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Six Basic Online Campaign Tools and Activities
By Drew McKissick
Since we’ve been discussing online activity and organization lately, I wanted to give some thoughts on some of the specific but basic things that you can do online in support of a campaign or organization, (or to augment any “offline” organization activity). Here’s a handy list of six basic online campaign tools and activities that…
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Three methods for conservative grassroots organization
By Drew McKissick
Whether you’re organizing for a campaign, a group or just an issue you care about, there are three areas where it pays for conservatives to focus their time. And each area has different benefits and challenges. 1) Precinct Organization Organizing by precinct is more geographically focused and as a result can have a more direct…
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Tips for Effective Confrontation in Politics
By Drew McKissick
The principles that are at stake in American politics sometimes require that conservatives be willing to be confrontational. If we’re always fighting with one hand tied behind our backs, we can’t very well expect to win. But it’s one thing to point out the need to be willing to be confrontational, and another to go…
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The Five Types of Elected Officials
By Drew McKissick
If you’ve been paying attention to politics for any length of time you’ve probably noticed that there are several different types of elected officials. Not just in terms of partisanship or ideology, but in the sense of how active or vocal they are. If you’ve ever done any lobbying, you’ve noticed a difference in how…
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Know Your Environment
By Drew McKissick
Before you can put together a good plan for any type of campaign, you have to have good information. That means that you need an honest evaluation of the things that will have an impact on the campaign and its ability to succeed. In other words, you need to know your environment. It’s like the…
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Why Conservatives Should Get Involved in the Republican Party
By Drew McKissick
Photo: Robert Neff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. How would you like to have more political influence than 99.99% of the population? Would you like to become so influential for the things that you care about that candidates and public officials come to you for support, seek out your opinions or come to know…
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What are you going to do about it?
By Drew McKissick
Do you spend more time than you would like complaining about things going on in government? That’s not unusual. In fact, it’s pretty much a prerequisite (or at least a direct symptom) of democracy. Government is run by imperfect people who represent a lot of other imperfect people with a lot of different philosophies and…
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Political Resolutions for Conservatives
By Drew McKissick
Sometimes we get so caught up in what’s going on in politics at the moment that we can lose sight of what’s important and what to do next. Don’t let that happen this year. If conservatives are going to be successful in the long-term, then we have to THINK long-term. With that in mind, here…
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Making a difference in politics via the grassroots
By Drew McKissick
Remember that quote from Edmund Burke, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”? Well, here it is in political terms: “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” (George Nathan) Getting involved is the key. But conservatives have to remember that the battle for…
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