While your new movement's leadership must always be open to
communications from your troops in the field, it is a mistake to think
any movement will just "happen" on a bottom-up basis. For the most part,
your troops will be asking you, "What should we do?" Your leadership
must be pro-active in coming up with things for them to do, things that
will hold their interest while advancing your movement's cause.
Again, this is a simplified version of the mechanics of
movement-building, but it touches on all the basics. Remember, no matter
how good your message, without the right mechanics it will go nowhere.
With a correct, proven approach to political mechanics, I have no
question that it is possible to build a new movement around the next
conservatism. If I were twenty years younger, I would do it myself. In
fact, I would enjoy doing it. Nothing has been more rewarding in my
career than working with the many good people who make up the
conservative grass roots.
As it is, building the new movement is a task I will have to leave to
others to lead. But I do stand ready to advise and assist them with all
I have learned over more than four decades of building conservative
movements. Creating the next conservative movement is something that
needs to be done and can be done.