2010 candidate briefing: Peter Schiff.

2010 Briefing:

 

As we draw closer to the beggining of 2010, and the start of a new election year, I'll be doing features here and there on candidates who I believe would make a positive impact on the country as a whole.

Republicans across the country are upset with the GOP. The party has strayed from it's traditional platform of sound money, reduced government spending, a limited government role in day to day life, and a strong but reasoned foreign policy.

This has resulted in a non existent "Tea Party" doing better than the actual Republican Party in hypothetical matchups against Democrats, according to Rasmussen Reports.

This highlights voter dissatisfaction with the Republican Party, and it's governing over the past decade. Government has grown too large, deficits have become unmanagable, and coming tax increases threaten to choke any economic growth that may occur in the near term. 

I'm definately one who believes a third party is not the answer. It's an uphill struggle, and there's no need for one as the Republican Party platform is a recipe for success when properly enacted.

The quickest way to revitalize and modernize the Republican Party, and to avoid a 3rd party challenge, while giving voters an actual choice between the parties is to support Republicans who advocate a limited government philosophy in the upcoming primaries that will be occuring throughout the country in 2010.

Peter Schiff

One Republican that can be an advocate for real change in this country is Peter Schiff.  Schiff is a very successful stock broker, economist and author. He came to national prominence in the early to mid 2000's by accurately predicting the economic catastrophy of 2008, and the credit and housing bubbles which has resulted in the worst recession in decades. Schiff is also the president of Euro Pacific Capital, and was an ecnomic advsior to Ron Paul's presidential campaign.

Schiff's competitors in the Republican Primary in Connecticut are Linda McMahon of WWE fame, and Rob Simmons who is generally considered the "most electable" candidate by the Republican establishment. McMahon and Simmons are typical Connecticut Republicans. Pretty moderate on most issues, and they certainly don't provide voters will a real robust choice, though they would be better than the alternative, which is the extremely corrupt and economically illiterate liberal Democrat, Chris Dodd.

Recent polls show all three Republicans would defeat Dodd, whose approval rating is stuck around 40%, which spells trouble for any incumbent this close to an election.

While McMahon and Simmons are milquetoast moderate Republicans, Schiff is a libertarian republican in the mold of Ron Paul. He's an advocate for Austrian economics, restraint when it comes to foreign policy, and believes government should stay out of social issues, which means no government funding for abortion.

The unemployment rate currently stands at 10% despite the Obama administrations insistence that it would not go above 8% if Congress rushed and passed it's nearly one trillion dollar stimulus package. It has clearly failed, as unemployment has continued to rise, and the work force has continued to shrink.

As a strong fiscal conservative, and a constant critic of both the Bush and Obama administrations, Schiff has a leg to stand on when it comes to fiscal conservative cred, unlike many Republicans who blindly supported the growth of government programs, and increasingly high budget deficits during the Bush administration.

With most experts expecting unemployment to remain high in the lead up to the November elections, someone with the economic credentials of Peter Schiff would be the best candidate to go up against Chris Dodd who will have to explain himself to voters for supporting the failed economic policies of the Obama administration, while at the same time being one of the leading characters in the economic meltdown of 2008.

Candidates such as Schiff won't always be electable. But the election of 2010 is an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the economic miscues of the Democrats in Congress, and voters unhappiness with Chris Dodd to elect a true advocate of limited government, and the traditional principles of the Republican Party.

To learn more about Peter Schiff, or to donate to his campaign go to http://www.schiffforsenate.com

I also highly recommend his YouTube channel, which is updated with video blogs pretty regularly:  http://www.youtube.com/user/SchiffReport