Ingoglia and Gruters: The Right Men in the Right Place at the Right Time

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Did I use the word “right” enough times in my headline? The Republican Party of Florida has elected a new Chairman and Vice Chairman. I know both men well. Both men are much needed in a party that has gone adrift since 2008.  Florida twice went in the Democratic Party presidential race column. These men have the character, values and abilities to turn Florida deep red in 2016.

How can they easily do this? Ingoglia and Gruters need to focus their 2016 GOTV effort on a gold mine of 1 million untapped Florida voters.

Tom Trento in his column “A ’1 Million Voter Pot of Gold’ that will Turn Florida Deep Red” writes:

Florida, over the past two Presidential election cycles, has been carried by President Obama by a narrow margin. If Republicans lose Florida in 2016 then they cannot win the Presidency, regardless of the Republican nominee. That is a cold hard fact. Voters are won based on public policy issues that motivate them to go to the polls and pull the lever or touch the voter screen for the political party that best reflects their values and beliefs.

It makes no sense for Republicans in Florida to “chase” special interest left-of-center groups in a hope to get their vote, which will never happen. In makes a lot of sense to “chase” the obvious demographic that is with Republicans on most issues, the Christian vote. If more Conservative Christians get seriously involved in Florida politics, then the state will turn solid RED (Republican).

Many believe it is time for the Republican Party of Florida to stop “chasing” the little fish and cast a wider net, going for the big fish – Evangelical Christian voters. This voting block is needed to turn Florida a deep red state in 2016.

Ingoglia and Gruters understand that President Reagan had a simple but compelling strategy based on his three legged stool:

  1. Strong pro-national defense.
  2. Pro-free market economic policies.
  3. Pro-family policies.

To ignore one of these legs makes the stool unstable. History can repeat itself with a strong pro-American presidential candidate. For Floridians 2016 is now in the sunshine.

There is hope in Florida, for a change.

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