Republican governors are the party future leadership

Within the Republican Party, governors have more reason to be happy than most. No sitting Republican governors were defeated on Election Day.

Some Republican governors, like Indiana's Mitch Daniels and Utah's Jon Huntsman, won by wide margins. And it's among governors that Republicans see some rising stars ? people like Louisiana's Bobby Jindal.

At the conference Wednesday in downtown Miami, two main narratives emerged to explain the party's problems. Jindal picked up one of the story lines ? that the party has strayed from its principles.

"When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism, when we start defending spending that we would have rightfully criticized on the other side ? whether it's earmarks or growth in discretionary spending or new programs that we never would have tolerated if the other side had proposed it ? then clearly, I would argue that we've lost our way, we've lost the reason that we stand as fiscal conservatives."

By getting back to basics ? cutting taxes and spending and innovating in areas like education and health care ? Jindal and other pragmatists say, the party can rebuild its brand and restore voter trust.



Republican Governors Search For Party Rebound : NPR

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