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Posted: Wed Jul 8th, 2009 03:25 pm |
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dover-diva wrote: EvanQ if you are as stated then go for it, because I for one, would back a common sense candidate.
Thank you! I appreciate that support and I can assure you that I am as stated.
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Posted: Wed Jul 8th, 2009 03:18 pm |
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| EvanQ if you are as stated then go for it, because I for one, would back a common sense candidate.
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Posted: Wed Jul 8th, 2009 01:37 am |
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Thanks Lavitakus...plenty to think about...some of which I had prepared for already and some of which I had not completely answered. I did want to touch on a couple of things...
I know the local candidates, I know what they've done and what they stand for and I know it's nto going to be easy if I run party line like those before me have done. I also know the people here. Maybe not all of them but enough to know that they're not enjoying life as it goes and that bringing more gambling to the state and generally doing little else to make things better here weighs heavily on them. They see their lives getting harder but their own rep/senator aren't doing anything to make that better. Neither of them stands for much except reelection. They both get big union money (luckily Delaware limits its contributions for state rep/senate positions) and given the support I've gotten personally and through an exploratory campaign I think that based on last years data I can raise enough money to more than compete with either of them.
Back to the people...I believe that they are fundamentally fed up with all the garbage being thrown at them. They're sick of the "safe" pick and I believe based on recent data that they will vote on principles instead of issues. That being said, I've got positions on issues that matter at all levels and I'm not going to be afraid to start fires where needed when the people are getting the shaft. I'm not running to make friends in the political realm, I'm running to be a voice for the people here that don't have one.
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I'm not referencing your principles when I say shallow. It's the "on the issues" part. Have you worked on a campaign before? Anyway, the position you intend to run for will determine what you should expect. The more local and obscure, the less work you'll usually need to do, and the less money you will need to raise. However, there are exceptions even to this; in some cities the city council is a huge deals, not so much in others. Sometimes someone will run a very gung-ho campaign for something most people don't care about, and if you end up running against one of those people you're going to have as hard a time of it as getting elected to more well-known positions. Also, depending on the area and the seat, you might have to sink a lot of money into a campaign that would not be as costly in other parts of the country.
The first and most important thing I would advise here is to get to know your community well politically. You should have a good grasp of who is who, and preferably talk to people who have held posts that you are interested in. Do as much as you can to get involved with your party in the area. Since you claim to be conservative, I would advise to be careful here though because you don't want to stray onto the corporate conservative template because they are the single greatest enablers of the corporate socialism that has destroyed the American economy. If you can stick to the core consevative values you may perhapse do well.
Once you have done that, you should get an idea of what you might be interested in running for. However, it's not that simple. A big determinant of what you want to run for first will simply be what's available. This is why being politically "hooked-in" to your area is very important, because you'll miss those opportunities otherwise. Let's say you decide to be a state representative. Well, there might not be a crappy state representative of your party that you could replace, and there might not be any of the other party whatsoever. It will depend on where you live. You could run to replace a good state rep from your own party, but good luck with that. Plus, it would not be doing a lot for your community to replace a guy that's essentially doing a good job, so it would be contrary to your goal. This is why particularly ambitious politicians will move to run for a particular office. Is that something you're willing to do? If not, it will limit your options.
Then you have to consider money. I was told by a politician whose campaign I worked on that calling and asking people for money was the most soul-sucking part of his job. Now, how much money you need will depend on what you're running for, where you live, whether the area tends toward your party or not (if applicable) and how hotly contested the position is. There are state representative races that get into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The state party may or may not be in a position to help you with this, and chances are you probably shouldn't count on them. Let's not even get into the figures for national races, but on the upside, you will get help from the national party if they think you have a shot of winning. (If they don't think you have a shot, hah, good luck.)
Do you have a lot of contacts that you can get money from? Furthermore, are you comfortable spending hours and hours a day calling people you know and asking them for money? Really stop and imagine that. For the most part, you're not going to get a lot of money from people in the area, even if you're likable and a great candidate. It sucks, but it's true; people tend not to give much money to local races, or even national congressional races.
Also, are you independently wealthy? Depending on the state you intend to run in, this might be a dealbreaker. Did you know that Texas state representatives only make $7,000 a year when they work a lot? Incredible, but true. One guy I worked for worked for typically did 12 - 16 hour days, every day. He could not have done it if he weren't independently wealthy. As horrible as it is, money keeps a lot of good people out of politics. The national level pays fine, but you'll need to research everything below that.
Speaking of which, are you willing to work those hours, day in, day out? Are you willing to completely devote your schedule, including weekends most hours, to whatever is necessary? Because if you run for your state legislature, or the national legislature, that's exactly what you're going to have to do. Do you have a family or loved one you care about spending time with? It will be very difficult.
Are you willing to spend a lot of those hours with people you don't like very much? Are you willing to eat lunch most days with people who just want something from you? Are you willing to try and make friends with every single person you meet? Are you willing to go to social functions all the time and talk to everyone you encounter? Are you basically cool with talking to people all day -- on the phone, in person, etc?
Are you willing to go up and talk to regular people you don't know? Are you willing to knock on their doors and tell them why they should vote for you, even when they're nasty to you? Do you know how to handle all different types of people?
Are you willing to watch every single word that comes out of your mouth? Are you willing to accept that sometimes you really do have to compromise on what you believe in just to inch in the right direction? Are you prepared to deal with people who don't understand what your job entails calling you a sell-out because you have done so?
Are you willing to have your entire life run through the wringer by the press? What about your family's? If there is anything you are hiding, or your family is hiding -- and you might not even know about those things! -- it will come out unless you have an honorable opponent who sticks to whatever is relevant. (Don't count on it.) Are you willing to defend yourself against made-up allegations too, which some people -- including acquaintances, friends, and some family -- may always believe about you anyway? Even in obscure local races this will happen. Some local races are downright nasty.
If you decide you can do all that, then you need to actually hire campaign staff. How are you going to pay for that? And the rent on the field office? Do you know who to hire? If you don't know specifically who to hire, do you at least know the positions you will need to fill? If not, this is why you should make sure you've worked on a few campaigns before you run for anything.
Finally, something you should keep in mind is that no matter what position you run for, your power is most likely going to be a lot more limited than you imagine. You have to know precisely what the position you run for actually does, or you're going to disappoint yourself if you make it into office. You'll spend a lot of time dealing with things like zoning laws and things that don't seem quite so grand if you run for city council, for example. If you're in the state legislature you'll get to vote on some important things, but you'll spend the vast majority of your time attending to things that seem tedious or relatively unimportant. Same for national-level politics. And if you're in the minority party, chances are you're not going to be able to do anything that you really want to do. You can work on some important bipartisan efforts, but most things you probably want to change aren't going to be within your grasp. You'll be hanging in there just because you know things would be even worse if you left.
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Posted: Tue Jul 7th, 2009 02:29 am |
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EvanQ wrote: Lavitakus wrote: EvanQ wrote: I'm a conservative who feels very strongly that our country has been hijacked by "the loud ones" who are also known as the liberal Democrats.
How?
surveys found that in 2009, 75% of Americans identify as Conservative/Moderate and only 21 percent as liberal.
The liberal left (think Sierra Club, ACORN, Al Gore) are so LOUD and make such a stir that they often look like they have more support than they do. Add to that the fact that the liberal left distorts facts and misrepresents the truth. In some cases they flat out lie.
Before you liberals begin attacking me for the lying comment, let's look at global warming. They say "the science is settled" and yet we have thousands of climatologists, meteorologists and other scientists that say the science is far from settled.
Our country has been slowly jerked away from the essence of our founders by people who believe in the Communist/Socialist ideal of the community being more important than the individual. Our founding fathers moved away from that ideal by putting government at the feet of the people and most Americans believe that's how it should be.
America voted for the hope and change promised by Obama which to the untrained eye was more Ronald Reagan than the Karl Marx we have since endured. They wanted someone who would RESTRAIN wreckless spending not make it worse.
As I expected. I've crossed mudholes that were not that shallow. Anyway, good luck with all of that, junior. You are stepping up for what you believe in and thats respectable enough.
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Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 06:45 pm |
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I concur with your assessment.
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Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 06:44 pm |
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Lavitakus wrote: EvanQ wrote: I'm a conservative who feels very strongly that our country has been hijacked by "the loud ones" who are also known as the liberal Democrats.
How?
One quick look at the makeup of the Congress and White House Administration and you have answered your own question.
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Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 06:42 pm |
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Lavitakus wrote: EvanQ wrote: I'm a conservative who feels very strongly that our country has been hijacked by "the loud ones" who are also known as the liberal Democrats.
How?
surveys found that in 2009, 75% of Americans identify as Conservative/Moderate and only 21 percent as liberal.
The liberal left (think Sierra Club, ACORN, Al Gore) are so LOUD and make such a stir that they often look like they have more support than they do. Add to that the fact that the liberal left distorts facts and misrepresents the truth. In some cases they flat out lie.
Before you liberals begin attacking me for the lying comment, let's look at global warming. They say "the science is settled" and yet we have thousands of climatologists, meteorologists and other scientists that say the science is far from settled.
Our country has been slowly jerked away from the essence of our founders by people who believe in the Communist/Socialist ideal of the community being more important than the individual. Our founding fathers moved away from that ideal by putting government at the feet of the people and most Americans believe that's how it should be.
America voted for the hope and change promised by Obama which to the untrained eye was more Ronald Reagan than the Karl Marx we have since endured. They wanted someone who would RESTRAIN wreckless spending not make it worse.
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Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 05:28 am |
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EvanQ wrote: I'm a conservative who feels very strongly that our country has been hijacked by "the loud ones" who are also known as the liberal Democrats.
How?
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Posted: Sun Jul 5th, 2009 11:28 pm |
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Hartlyboy wrote: Playing the Game wrote: Go for it, as a fellow Conservative I wish you well. BTW the State Budget is ONLY $3 billion, not $8 billion.
Actually, PTG, the budget is 8 billion plus when you add in things like Medicaid which has expanded drastically over the past 5 years of Dem rule to now cover one in five Delaware residents. Go to http://www.DelawaresBadHabit.com for some further info. click on the pdf file to see where the money goes.
By the way, is this candidate running for a state or national office? Good on him either way but I'm not sure which he's aiming at.
Thanks! (I plucked that info from that presentation...excellent work there.
I'm planning to run for state office. Unfortunately I'm not sure I have the name recognition to bring in enough money to compete with "the big boys". I hope we can change our system to make this type of comment untrue in the future but I do know some true conservatives with better name recognition who could beat out Castle/Kaufman/Carney.
I'm thinking about starting on the state level as I am a novice to the arena. I'd like to be prepared for the slime in Washington by slogging through the muck in Dover. I do believe a change can be made but to be honest the people with my views are going to need massive support. We're going to need people telling their neighbors and friends about us and really getting involved.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. 2010 is the most important election since 1860. This country has two choices: Total government with a "ruler" or Limited government with a "President". We've let the government usurp control to the point that we either get moral and just people in office who believe on returning rights to the people or we become a society where we no longer act for ourselves and our families but for everyone else as well.
Consider how your life would change if you were in a "communal society". When you reach working age your government decides what jobs you can choose from based on the needs of society. "No, you can't be a banker, we have plenty of those, but we do need a new ditch digger." It's ok though because even though the banker brings in more money, he's taxed more as well and ditch diggers get an "extra" break on taxes since they're in demand!
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Playing the Game wrote: Go for it, as a fellow Conservative I wish you well. BTW the State Budget is ONLY $3 billion, not $8 billion.
Actually, PTG, the budget is 8 billion plus when you add in things like Medicaid which has expanded drastically over the past 5 years of Dem rule to now cover one in five Delaware residents. Go to http://www.DelawaresBadHabit.com for some further info. click on the pdf file to see where the money goes.
By the way, is this candidate running for a state or national office? Good on him either way but I'm not sure which he's aiming at.
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Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 11:57 am |
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| Go for it, as a fellow Conservative I wish you well. BTW the State Budget is ONLY $3 billion, not $8 billion.
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| Sounds good -and we've heard it all before. Still it's encouraging to see someone conservative trying to take a shot. Go for it. Try the House. After Castle's last vote , any Republicans left won't much care if you nudge him out or try to....
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Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 02:01 am |
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It's on the petition but here is a list of some of them...
On the Issues
Budget
Delaware must have a balanced budget. We cannot expect citizens to tighten their belts if we are not willing to do so ourselves. Our budget has doubled in the last 12 years to over $8 Billion (that’s $31,500 per family). Our government makes up 15% of our state’s workforce today and grows every day. We must transition some of our public workforce to the private sector and reduce our spending. We must also reduce the rampant fraud and waste within our government departments. Just by selling our two marinas, two golf courses and reducing the number of cell phones provided to state workers (currently 7,259) by 50% we could save $35 million.
Economy
Delaware’s economy has been hit hard by the economic downturn. The massive government spending and federal government taxation has only further injured an already frail system. In order to fix Delaware’s economy we must decrease spending, lower the tax burden on our businesses and citizens and help the private sector create jobs.
Job Creation
Delaware has got to reduce taxes on business to encourage job growth. Our government needs to be working with domestic and foreign auto companies to replace the jobs lost when Chrysler and GM abandoned their plants. We should also encourage high tech companies to locate their facilities in Delaware. High tech companies provide high paying and high quality jobs to our citizens and use half the footprint of “dirty” manufacturing with much less pollution. Delaware also has an opportunity to become a leader in alternative energy sources by encouraging leaders in alternative energy to locate their businesses here in Delaware.
Education
Delaware currently spends around $14,000 per student and only ranks 43rd in graduation rate. Our children deserve better than that. Delaware has 429 administrators (principles, district staff, etc.) making over $100,000 per year. By comparison, VT which is ranked number 1 in education in the nation has approximately 341 administrators making over $100,000 and they have 155 more schools than Delaware. We must consolidate our School District services and offer early retirement to senior administrators where possible. We must freeze expansion of the administrative staff in our school districts and pool purchasing, contracting and transportation best practices. We should also consider the effects of consolidating our school districts.
Healthcare
Delaware spends $1.2 Billion dollars on Medicaid and in the last 4 years that number has risen 20%. Medicare/Medicaid must be reformed to lower costs and improve care. We need to work with providers and devise a system that incentivizes doctors to spend the necessary amount of time to diagnose and cure patients as opposed to simply paying by the patient seen. Government must focus on ways to reduce the Medicaid roles and move people to affordable private insurance. We must cap malpractice insurance claims to decrease the cost of malpractice insurance to doctors. We must digitize our medical records and design a safe and effective way to share that information quickly between doctors. We should encourage providers to come together and share best practices and common themes in order to more quickly and accurately diagnose, treat and cure patients.
My Principles
I believe in returning the foundations of our Republic. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States and we ought to hold ourselves to that standard of government. George Read, John Dickinson, Jacob Broom, Gunning Bedford, Jr. and Richard Bassett understood that the key to the success of our government lies in the idea of government’s power being derived from the people.
In fact, it was our representatives that fought so hard for states’ rights. They did not want to see a large federal government, or the consensus of the larger states push the smaller states down. Over the last 110 years our state government has given the federal government more and more power over us and betrayed that trust.
John Adams said in 1798 that” Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other." I believe we must return to the basic ideal that there is a Creator and that our government is created in His vision while maintaining the religious freedom that has made America the most sought after nation on Earth.
I believe that America is a force for good in this world and a bastion of freedom. This country has done more to advance the cause of liberty in this world than any other nation and those actions ought to be lauded from the highest mountains. We are not without our mistakes as no country is but we are a country with a long tradition of standing against tyranny and supporting liberty.
I believe that our elected leaders ought to be honest and open with the people. The foundations of our nation are built on an open and honest government held accountable by the people from who the government gets its power. Our elected leadership must not make secret deals in closed rooms but rather open its doors and offices to the citizens for without the citizen’s trust, our government may receive no power. George Washington once said “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
I believe that our government must protect family values. The job of government should be to remove all obstacles for parents to raise their kids based on their own moral and religious beliefs while ensuring the individual liberties of all citizens. Government should empower its citizens to govern themselves.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” I believe that all men and women are created equal regardless of race, color, creed, national origin or sexual orientation. Government has no other place in the personal lives of Americans. We have a fair and equitable judicial system designed to protect the basic fundamental right of equality. With this being said, there is no guarantee of equal results. Hard work and determination produce results and government should not attempt to “equal the playing field”.
I do not believe that the government should force its citizens to be charitable. Charity is an individual choice. Americans have always shown a unique ability to help those less fortunate and do not need to be forced to do so even in times of great economic pain. Government should lessen the burden on all citizens so that the less fortunate will need less and the rich will have more to give.
I believe that government must be held accountable for its actions. Our Republican system of government for and by the people requires that we have checks and balances. Our Judicial system ought to be independent of both the Executive and Legislative branches and our citizens must be vigilant. It is every citizen’s responsibility to ensure that government works for them and when it doesn’t to inform them. Likewise government must be receptive to the people. Elected officials can no longer say one thing during the campaign and do another when elected. It is the job of government to represent the people and not to misrepresent their stances in order to get elected.
About Me (http://www.facebook.com/EvanQueitsch)
I was born in 1980 in Wilmington, Delaware. I went to Mount Pleasant High School and shortly after graduation I joined the Marine Corps. I'm not perfect, in fact I've been through an a lot in a short time. I've never been to prison but I've been close enough to have reevaluated my life.
I know how it feels to come from suburbia and I also know how it feels to be in the "rut" created by the inner city. I've seen both sides of "the system" and I've attoned for my sins. I haven't always made the best choices but through God and the wisdom of my family and friends I have grown as a person. I now live in Newark with my wife Tammy and our 3 children Jordan, Steven and Emillee.
I am a former U.S. Marine who served in the Middle East during the beginning of the war in Iraq. I believe in a small but strong national government who focuses on national defense, energy initiatives and oversees state governments while respecting the states rghts.
I'm a conservative who feels very strongly that our country has been hijacked by "the loud ones" who are also known as the liberal Democrats. I really wish that America would just wake up...stop arguing about the parties. Let's be honest, especially here in Delaware they are so much the same and so different from most of America that they're not even legitimate anymore.
I believe that the Republicans will be the party that catches on to that fact first but I don't see it now especially here in DE. There is very little outreach to new candidates with good ideas. They're going to have to find those new conservatives or they will just be more of the same big government garbage.
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Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 01:52 am |
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| Takes more than a petition and a desire. What are your positions lad.
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Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 12:52 am |
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All,
I have been asked by friends and family to consider running for office. After much debate internally and with the family I have decided to commit to asking for the support of as many Delawareans as possible and meeting with GOP party leaders to determine the feasibility of my desire to run. Please visit the following petition site and take a look at the principles, values and positions that I hold and let me know if you feel you can support them and me for state office. To be honest I’m not sure if I want to run for Senate of for the House but I do know that it’s something I believe I should do. Thank you.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/evan-queitsch.html
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