Miller: We Must Win In A Way That Is Worth the Fight

The goal in 2014 must not only be to win, but to win in such a way that it is worth the fight!

In what columnist Daniel Horowitz calls “The Great Establishment Deception on Winning Back Senate” is found the belief that if we can simply put more senators with R’s than D’s next to their name in the chamber we will have accomplished our mission and America will be back on the right track.

To that end, the Chamber of Commerce, Karl Rove, and even new moderate Republican organizations have pledged tens of millions to attack “tea party” or true conservative candidates and to support “mainstream” or more “electable” candidates.

If we had followed their advice, there would be no Senators Cruz, Lee, or Paul. None of these men were the Establishment’s candidate, yet they are the leading lights in the Senate today and at the forefront of pushing the kinds of reforms needed to restore the American dream and secure our constitutional liberties.

I pledge to you as Alaska’s next senator, I won’t back down in the fight to restore our freedom! I will partner with these men and new senators committed to true reform whom, I believe, will be joining them in the next Congress.

By media accounts, a significant percentage of one of my opponent’s funding last quarter came through members of the RINO group American Opportunity Alliance and its partner organization, Friends for an American Majority, both founded by a New York billionaire who is committed to taking the party in a more “mainstream” direction. If these interests are willing to back his candidacy to the tune of hundreds of thousands, it is clear they know him to be a Karl Rove-type Republican who will continue to grow government. He obviously will not be a Ted Cruz or a Mike Lee.

Of course, the Establishment knows that when I get to Washington, DC, I will be rocking the boat. Like the vast majority of Americans, I believe our nation is on the wrong track, and the policies of our federal government carry a good part of the blame. We tried the mainstream Republican route last decade, and it was a disaster.

Let’s be part of restoring the nation to its rightful place as a “shining city on a hill” once again.

As Ronald Reagan exhorted, the Republican Party must fly a flag of bold colors, not pale pastels if we are to save our nation. President Reagan fought – as we are today – against the Establishment and won! We offer the same message of freedom, which in the end, always carries the day.