In the wake of the historic election of Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, observers have expressed interest in the strategy behind his online campaign. Three members of the Scott Brown team visited The Heritage Foundation yesterday to talk about the campaign’s incredible success. Afterwards, we sat down with Robert Willington, one of the chief architects of their web strategy.
When asked how conservatives can continue to stoke the momentum they currently enjoy online, Mr. Willington replied, “By being conservative. By having a conservative message. Conservative activists are not in this for anything other than for the power of ideas and their philosophy, so they will be engaged as long as the message is there.”
In the Green Room: Rep. Paul Ryan on the ‘Paternalism’ of the House Health Bill
Author: Gerrit Lansing“The most outrageous detail in the current House bill is the philosophy on which it is premised. It is premised on the philosophy that the government knows best how to organize 1/6th of our economy,” said Rep. Ryan (R-WI) today before visiting Heritage’s Bloggers Briefing. Ryan was speaking about the current House health bill, a behemoth piece of legislation weighing in at 1,990 pages and costing $1.5 trillion.
The Wisconsin Congressman does not lack health care solutions of his own. “With more market-based, patient-centered, consumer-directed reforms,” lawmakers could lower costs, expand coverage, cover pre-existing conditions and not add to the deficit, he said. ”But because of the ideological commitment and fixations of this administration and this Congress they are going down [the wrong] path.”