Republican, Democratic, or Independent candidates can use this Precinct Organizing methodology to win elections in November, 2010. Similarly, this methodology can be leveraged to elect Precinct Executive or Committeeman to County Central Committees of either Party in May, 2010.

To grow your Constitution principle based organizations, though, we suggest you recruit voters with a non-partisan message of limited government, free markets, and individual freedoms. This message will have a much broader appeal among Constitutionally oriented Republicans (current and former), Independents, and conservative Democrats. Additionally, this message more correctly positions the voter choices for candidates on the continuum of totalitarianism to anarchy, which the Founders used in crafting the Constitution. The Founders intent was to establish a government in the center of this continuum with appropriate checks-and-balances to assure that it stays there and provide the desired limited government, free markets, and individual freedoms.

In contrast, the false Party choice between Republicans and Democrats has gotten us to where we are today, i.e. an oppressive large government with massive intrusion into the private sector with associated reductions of individual liberties. These incumbent Party politicians have lost touch with their constituents. They have succumbed to lobbying monies which help pay for their campaigns, while assuring “pork” in bills as payback to these contributors. Once elected, political contributions from special lobbying interests allow politicians to purchase much media advertising which assures reelection, despite no longer serving the people. If any incumbent politician claims otherwise, have them prove their allegiance to Constitutional principles through their voting record and their stand against “pork” spending!

For the 2010 elections, Voters will have to decide, at their local levels, which candidates can win the election and come closest to adhering to the Constitutional principles of limited government, free markets, and individual freedoms. Constitution principle based organizations can help educate voters and help them make informed candidate choices by holding candidate nights or forums and by providing non-partisan Voter Guides.

Constitutionally-grounded political candidates who support limited government, free markets, and individual freedoms will originate from many sources in 2010. The Republican Party right now has an internal struggle between conservative, Constitutional politicians and those who want to maintain the status quo. We are also seeing disenchanted Republicans leave the Party to run as Independents. Conservative Democrats are leaving the totalitarian-leaning, socialist-oriented Democratic Party. Lastly, the ranks of Independent candidates will grow due to efforts of “Get Out Of Our House” ( GOOOH ) started by Tim Cox. GOOOH uses a rigorous screening process to identify like-minded citizens willing to run for office. They also use citizen, instead of special interest monies, to fund the campaign. While we don’t endorse individual candidates or Parties, we certainly endorse this approach to get more people involved in the political process.

Lastly, many Constitution principle based organizations are encouraging members interested in becoming Party Precinct Executives or Committee Persons to run for this office with the hopes of having these Parties offer more conservative, Constitutionally oriented candidates. Many of these positions are currently vacant and candidates have a 30-50% chance to run for this position unopposed. This organizational focus is having the unfortunate effect of making the running for Precinct Executive synonymous with Precinct Organizing. While the latter can be used to accomplish the former, it sells Precinct Organizing short. Precinct Organizing will affect November, 2010 elections, while getting elected to Precinct Executive or Committeeman in May, 2010 will not! Once elected, Precinct Executives can run for higher offices within each Party’s organizational structure with ever-increasing influence over Party candidate selection and election funding, but this will take time and most likely encounter resistance from incumbent career politicians within each Party. The newly elected Precinct Executives may eventually have an impact on candidate selection and funding for the 2012 elections. For more perspective on this Precinct Executive initiative, check out the relevant tabs above or the website for the "National Precinct Alliance".