A New Day for Republicans and America

It is a gesture of respect for his Party and his President and for the cause they represent. Even more importantly, it opens the door of opportunity for the Republican Party to take a leadership role in shaping the American future.

In the year of the millennium, George Bush launched a presidential campaign to change the American political landscape. He reclaimed the heritage of his party as the party of Lincoln. He proclaimed that Republicans would leave no child behind; he denounced the liberal bigotry of low expectations for Americans whom Democratic policies -- most particularly destructive welfarism and racial preferences -- were consigning to permanent second class status. By appointing minorities to 45% of his top Administration posts (twice that of Clinton) he proved that he would make good on his words if given the chance.

Now with the resignation of Trent Lott, the Republican congressional party has itself entered the future the President promised. With Lott's resignation, Republicans can get on to the task of pointing out the obvious (but still invisible) truth about the political battle in this country. The Democratic Party is the party of racial preferences and race-baiting; it is the party that rules America's inner cities and has done so for fifty years. Democrats control 100% of the city councils and school boards that shape the destinies of the poor and minorities in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, St. Louis, and every other blighted urban big city in America. Everything that is wrong with the inner cities of America that policy can affect, Democrats are responsible for. Now the decks are cleared for Republicans to begin pointing this out, to begin the task of winning the necessary hearts and minds, and eventually to lead poor people in this country who are often minorities through the portals of the American dream.


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David Horowitz is the author of numerous books including an autobiography, Radical Son, which has been described as “the first great autobiography of his generation,” and which chronicles his odyssey from radical activism to the current positions he holds. Among his other books are The Politics of Bad Faith and The Art of Political War. The Art of Political War was described by White House political strategist Karl Rove as “the perfect guide to winning on the political battlefield.” Horowitz’s latest book, Uncivil Wars, was published in January this year, and chronicles his crusade against intolerance and racial McCarthyism on college campuses last spring. Click here to read more about David