// Reclaim Conservatism

Here is a good list of the 10 Conservative Principles.   It is from the Russell Kirk Center

First, the conservative believes that there exists an enduring moral order.
Second, the conservative adheres to custom, convention, and continuity.
Third, conservatives believe in what may be called the principle of prescription.
Fourth, conservatives are guided by their principle of prudence.
Fifth, conservatives [...]

That is what the Heritage Foundation Young President’s Club asked Robert Bluey and Mary Katherine Ham to discuss.   This is  a long video, almost an hour long, so give yourself some time to watch it.   I think that they came up with some very good solutions to how to get the conservative message to the [...]

Alright now that I have the blog all set up, it is time to get to business. I have not really posted too much on politics in my transition from Typepad to here, so I thought I would do a post about my thoughts on the political landscape.
We now have Obama as President [...]

I wanted to let the elections sink in before I said anything about, or do a long post about it.   I want to congratulate Obama for a splendid campaign.   He had the organization and the rhetoric that people heard and wanted to follow.   He stated focused and did not make many mistakes.   So I want [...]

I secured the domain and started this site in May of this year inspired by a post by Doug Ross. Examining the results of last night’s election leads me to believe that the idea behind Reclaim Conservatism is going to be needed more than ever.
Of course defining true conservatism can be as difficult as determining [...]

John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.  Empty suits, empty heads.  Each has policies that are incompatable either with a free market or with a constitutional democracy, certainly this one. Yet, each has adherents that all but deify their choice for president, and many complain that Obama has indeed been deified into the “Obamessiah.”  
And [...]

It is common for conservatives to think we are alone. We are accustomed to the effrontery of the left and the erosion from within our own party. I have been very encouraged and excited about the reaction to Reclaim Conservatism. In the short time the site has been active we’ve had great posts and comments, [...]

The Mainstream Media is trumpeting a massive defeat for the Republican Party. Of course, this is in part an attempt by the MSM to influence that outcome by setting up expectations. Adding to the predictions has been a lackadaisical performance by the Republicans. Did I say “lackadaisical?” change that to “unbelievably poor” [...]

This is about Democrats, and I’m not necessarily a Republican since the party left me and hundreds of thousands of other conservatives some time ago. In 1994 we conservatives elected, by dint of hard work, a new congress based on the principles explained in the Contract with America only to watch the elected Republicans gradually morph [...]

Hello.  My name is Doug Welch and most of you out ther might now me as Stix or Stix1972 on other blogs.  But I have joined this blog to get the Republican Party back into the conservative fold.  We have long had to endure squishy RINOs and other more centrists Republicans of late.   The GOP [...]