It looks like our elected Republican leaders are finally starting to listen to Conservatives.

Via Redstate :

Not waiting for the RNC to lead, House, Senate, and Gubernatorial Republicans have decided to unite and form a new organization to speak with one message. It is very similar to that which Haley Barbour did in 1993-1994. In fact, Haley Barbour is involved in this effort.

Called the National Council For A New America, Congressional Republicans tell me they “hope that it will form the foundation of a concerted, policy-based forum to listen to, partner with, and empower the American people with ideas and solutions that speak directly to the needs of our great nation.” It is not, interestingly enough, a fund raising vehicle.

More importantly, the major players intend to get all the big players and big egos in the same room and on the same page to combat Obama with one voice. Hopefully that will last. While they are trying to cast it as bipartisan, I don’t think anyone is going to treat it that way. What people should see is Republicans recognizing the precariousness of their position and that they are committed to doing something about it.

That Bobby JIndal, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, and Jeb Bush have all signed on should be very encouraging to very many people.

In my opinion it is about time. We need to stop catering to the moderates and liberals and return to conservative principles.

Make sure to take a look at the rest of the article on Redstate.

I am a fan of Representative John Boehner, because I believe he is a Conservative fighter in the House. It also helps that he has contributed to ROTR. Recently, a reader of mine told me to "go back to being Boehner's mouthpiece" when we got into an argument, and I had to think thoroughly about whether that was a good or bad thing. I decided that giving Boehner's point of view was simply giving the Conservative point of view. To close out on this, Boehner has been named one of the most Conservative Congressmen in the country:

House Minority Leader John Boehner of West Chester.

The local Republican tied with seven other U.S. House members for the HIGHEST score among conservative members. That means that Boehner and the seven other lawmakers are MORE CONSERVATIVE than 93.3 percent of their House colleagues.

Voter fraud is a serious issue, and the results of America's elections need to be secure, trusted, and without dispute. The RNC has been doing a great job documenting voter fraud, and recently unveiled a new feature. They're now showing flashbacks, in categories such as irregularities and violence and intimidation. Here's an example of a flashback from their registration fraud file:

Investigators also pointed out that 18 felons had been sworn in as deputy registrars prior to the 2004 election, including eight who listed ACORN as their sponsoring organization. Investigators found that ineligible absentee ballots were counted, while the ballots of “numerous” eligible voters were not counted. The report also focuses on systemic irregularities arising from colleges and homeless shelters within the city, concluding “vote portability and the abject poverty that defines homelessness, makes these unfortunate individuals vulnerable to become the tools of voter fraud by those that would exploit the homeless.” Investigators, however, cited their inability to prosecute most offenses due to the “unreliability of the Milwaukee election records and the lack of confidence that both prosecutors and juries had in those records.”

The Republican Party is committed to honest and free elections, and the fact that they're documenting voter fraud proves it. I suggest you keep an eye on the website, especially as we get into the heat of the 2008 election cycle. America needs to trust in our electoral system.

The Republican Party and the Conservative Movement seem to have a problem sometimes putting up serious and articulate candidates to defend our views. Maybe those of us who are enlightened are just too sane to make a run. Via RedState, here's why we lose:

Baldermann, 41, said that until the primary was finished, he was unaware of how time consuming his campaign would be.

He said when he ran for mayor he had no trouble fulfilling his duties as police chief, despite critics who said it could not be done. But campaigning in a large congressional district and raising the money to run a legitimate campaign would require all of his time and attention over the next nine months.

"That wouldn't be fair to the people of Chicago Ridge, New Lenox, or my wife and children," Baldermann said.

The Republican Party loses when we put up candidates who do not truly embrace Conservative values, and when we put up candidates who aren't invested in their campaigns. We need intelligent articulate spokesmen for our party, and now, IL-11 may not really be competitive.

Eric Cantor (R-VA) has the right idea. When a Congressman wants to find out what his constituents think, he can hire a polling group, ask a thinktank, or do the right thing, which is ask them himself. Now, I understand that Congressmen can't individually talk to thousands of constituents, but they can poll them themselves, on their own websites. That's what Eric Cantor is doing, and he's also putting out the right information via e-mail. Wake Up America has the story. Check out this great excerpt from Cantor's e-mail:

Speaker Pelosi will say that she has plenty of accomplishments, but a hard look at the facts tells a different story. Of the 106 bills signed into law:

• 46 bills named post offices, courthouses, or roads;
• 44 bills were non-controversial measures sponsored by Republicans or passed with overwhelming GOP support;
• 4 bills extended pre-existing public laws or laws passed during a Republican-led Congress;
• 2 bills were enacted on the strength of GOP votes over the objections of Democratic leaders – including the war supplemental in May and the Protect America Act in August.

With an 11 percent approval rating, the lowest in recorded history, it is clear that the American people are simply not satisfied with the job the Democrats have been doing.

Why are the Democrats wasting so much time and money on naming post offices, post houses, roads, and other pork-barrel projects? I'm guessing they want all of their members to have Robert Byrd-like noteriety. Moreso about Cantor's polling, he's going to be sharing the results with top House Republicans. Go take the survey, and feel confident that House Republicans are listening, and the Conservative wing of the party is trying to bring us back to principles. Cantor knows it, Boehner knows it, bloggers know it, and we're gonna bring the party back.