Posted by
Andrews on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:59:48 AM
As regular readers know, from time to time, but very rarely, I have cited a good post, or an interesting article. I tend not to do it often, partly for selfish reasons, as I hate to send potential readers elsewhere from whence they might not return, but also because I don't want to give the impression I am endorsing an entire site when I am just agreeing with a single post. I may be a bit overly cautious, but I take politics rather seriously and would hate people to think I endorsed or even agreed with some of the ideas floating around out there.
However, I am today going to endorse a website, because I actually agree with the concept behind it. The site
We Are Watching You apparently began as
an idea on Garnet92's blog, the concept being that we need to target Democrats, not Republicans. It is a good point, that even if we replace the RINOs with devout conservatives the Democrat majority will remain. So we need to target the shakiest Democrats, either replace them with Republicans, or at least provide enough support to their opponents that we let them know that they cannot just serve as a rubber stamp for Pelosi and Reid. (I know the site endorses only the first goal,but the second outcome would still be beneficial, so in this case, even failure would be better than doing nothing. And Garnet92's original post actually suggests writing to these Democrats, so I have to think he is thinking in terms of the second outcome as well.)
This is actually in line with two concepts I have pushed. First, as mentioned in "
Cigarettes, Sudan and Abortion" and elsewhere, trying to take partial steps to reach our goal, rather than holding out for a total solution all at once. Second, trying to strengthen the rift I believe is inevitable between the Democrats, especially blue dogs, in congress, and Obama and his loyalists. Even if we don't succeed in unseating them, the fact that their support of Obama put their seat at risk will make them think twice about blindly following party discipline (and may even make them reconsider their belief that they have a seat for life). (See "
Easy to Explain", "
ObamaCare on the Ropes?", "
Percpetion Is Reality", "
Positive Sign", "
Obama Forgets All He Learned" and "
2010 and Health Care".)
So, as it is a site promoting taking concrete steps to advance ideas I have advocated, I feel good endorsing it.
POSTSCRIPT
Thanks to
Bobbie for bringing this to my attention. And, for those not aware of its existence, I would like to take a moment to also plug Bobbie's message board for TH bloggers and others. It is a great method to stay up to date on new posts as well as pass along information to like minded bloggers. She
has a page on her blog telling everyone who is interested how to sign up, and if you are a political junkie interested in conservative political debate, I recommend it. I certainly don't agree with everything my fellow bloggers write (and they certainly don't always agree with me), but they are always interesting. And I have to say the list does contain most of the more active and thoughtful bloggers on TH. (Not sure if Bobbie is going to love or hate me for creating extra work for her, but I had to give her a plug.)