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MANASSAS, Va., Sept. 23, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Richard A. Viguerie, conservative direct marketing pioneer and author of "TAKEOVER, The 100-Year War for the Soul of the GOP and How Conservatives Can Finally Win It," today released an op-ed on www.conservativehq.com blasting the national leadership of the Republican Party for failing to nationalize the 2014 midterm election and missing a once in a lifetime opportunity to brand the Democratic Party as the party of government and blame Obama and the Democrats for its failures.

"The political brain driving the Democratic Party's 2014 midterm election effort isn't President Barack Obama; it is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Reid's plan is simple – don't allow Republicans to nationalize the election."

"A truism in American politics is that Republicans never win elections unless they are nationalized. Nationalizing an election doesn't guarantee a GOP victory, Goldwater lost in 1964 in an election defined largely by national issues, but never in modern times have Republicans won a national campaign fought on local issues," said Viguerie.

Rather than nationalize the election Republican leaders are engaged in a "prevent defense" in which they plan to "move to the center" and sit on the ball between now and the election, noted Viguerie, citing media reports.

"The result of this content-free, stand for nothing strategy is that despite President Obama's deep unpopularity, most key Senate races remain toss-ups, with many polls showing the GOP candidate trailing in the race," observed Mr. Viguerie.

Viguerie said that the positions of President Obama and the Democratic Party are behind by substantial margins on half-a-dozen key political questions, but boiled down to their essence they all fit broadly into these three issues:

• Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
• National Security
• Obama and the Democrats' Culture of Lies

Americans are angered by the idea of an unconstitutional executive amnesty and the raw political calculation behind it and oppose amnesty by 8 to1, said Viguerie.

On national security Americans are frustrated by the contempt with which dictators, such as Russia's Vladimir Putin, view America under Barack Obama. Voters, particularly women, are fearful of a world where American defense spending is being cut, but their President has no strategy to confront the brutal jihadis of the Islamic State, and we face an increasingly hostile and expansionist Russia and the unknown threats presented by a porous southern border.

Likewise, Because of Obama's lies about everything from Obamacare, to Benghazi, to the threat posed by ISIS and the IRS targeting of conservatives, Americans are more distrustful of government than ever. Capitol Hill Democrats are fully invested in this culture of lies and the distrust of government that it has bred.

"Astonishingly, those three issues are entirely absent from establishment Republicans' national campaign messaging," said the conservative direct marketing guru.

Mr. Viguerie said he feels so strongly about the failure of the national leadership of the Republican Party to seize the opportunity presented by voters distrust of government under Obama that he is urging conservatives to act on their own to force the issues of amnesty, national security and the lies and corruption of the Obama administration into the national conversation. "Starting today, starting right now, each conservative must commit themselves to driving home where Democrats stand on these issues. This is the golden hour; we can change history and save our country if we act together today," concluded Viguerie.

About Richard Viguerie: RICHARD A. VIGUERIE, called the "Funding Father of the conservative movement," transformed American politics in the 1960s and '70s by pioneering the use of direct mail as a means for conservatives to bypass the mainstream media. He serves as the chairman of www.ConservativeHQ.com. The author of a number of books on politics and the conservative movement, Viguerie's latest book is "TAKEOVER, The 100-Year War for the Soul of the GOP and How Conservatives Can Finally Win It."