North Carolina’s senior Senator, Richard Burr, speaks at the national convention.

Just ran across a brilliant article by Jon Henke as read fron the blog The Next Right.

Getting straignt to the point, Jon writes:

The point: Republicans are moving into a veritable golden age of “look what they’re doing to you!” material, like we haven’t seen since the Carter era stagflation. There are going to be so many outrages in the coming years that we can use to illustrate the costs of government and the case for more limited government.

The problem: We’re entering a new era with the Old Guard. Republicans are thoroughly unprepared to do the kind of information organization, distribution and activism they would need to do to capitalize on this important opportunity, and - despite the fact that it’s comparatively inexpensive - I’m not really sure they are yet willing to build the kind of modern infrastructure they need to do it.

The GOP leadership at the state and local levels are going to have to come to grips with the advent of social media - meaning blogs, myspace, facebook, twitter etc… (generally referred to as web 2.0) if Republicans plan on winning over the hearts and minds of the future of America.

Runsmart2win has unearthed few juicy tidbits of some good news happening to help the cause of the GOP

Aaron Marks is a sharp young Republican getting things done through the internet and social media. The media would have us believe the Democrats are light years ahead of us in terms of capitalizing technology. See this article for a bright spot on the GOP side of things.

Another linked site that showcases the outreach to younger voters and the future of the GOP.

Remember, it all comes down to winning political campaigns. We have to aspire to win at every level to influence legislation and to bolster fundraising.