Answering the call to action for a center-right country

If you think that it sounds like something that the left did after the election of President Bush, as Chris Cillizza did in an article about us for the Washington Post, well, I won’t try to dissuade you from that. But I would also point out that the Left created those organizations at a time very much like we are in now: out of power (losing the White House and Congress) and with a great amount of energy ready to be focused (the Tea Parties). They learned from our successes, and we should learn from theirs, as we have done before.

It’s too soon to say that 2010 will be like 2006 was for the left (or even another 1994) but we can make it happen. There are a lot of great center-right candidates hopping into the 2010 races now, some of whom I have discussed recently from my vantage point at the RGA. They are doing the difficult groundwork of building individual campaigns. Now it is up to us to build a broader argument that will help them get elected and govern.

I have always believed that principled center-right governance is crucial to preserving our country’s success and creating opportunity for our future. Never before have I been so confident as I am now that we can build a platform to make this happen nationwide, and to elect leaders who understand how important this is. What we do now will determine what is possible for the next generation. We have already started, and I am very excited about what comes next.

Fred Malek is Founder and Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners and the American Action Network.