The voting public, disgusted with the Democrats, has decided to try the Republicans for a couple of years. But if a Republican Congress does not win the public’s heart by 2016, it will be ousted as emphatically as it was installed a few weeks ago. Therefore, Republicans must change their strategy and do what they have so far failed to do: win the war of words and propose alternative programs instead of merely opposing Democratic proposals. In issues such as immigration, the two strategies are closely connected. Words are the stuff that ideas are made of. If you can control the vocabulary of a discussion, you can usually control the outcome. In warfare, it is axiomatic that one must not let the enemy choose the battleground. But Republicans have been violating that rule for decades by letting the liberals choose the vocabulary of debate. Of course, liberals are famous for chanting catchphrases, such as "war on women" or “equality”, so incessantly...(Read Full Article)