Part 1: De-Bushification
In order to begin to rebuild, the DE GOP must utterly, totally and publicly reject George Bush. This should begin with Mike Castle making a public apology for the fact that he supported George Bush’s campaign here in Delaware and as well as apologizing for voting with Bush’s Iraq war policies 95% of the time.
Every Republican office holder should sign some kind of statement accepting culpability for the fiasco that is George Bush. The statement should say something like, “through our inaction we allowed this country to come to incredible harm. ”
The higher ups might need step down in order to give this statement of contrition some authenticity.
The only Republican that I know of that would not have to sign would be Tyler Nixon and RSmitty who have both been public in their disgust over Bush’s anti-American policies.
Registered Republicans should also be encouraged to make some act of contrition. Baking a tray of brownies for their Democratic neighbors would be a start.