We, the Undersigned, as long-time, loyal Republicans, supporters of the Party's candidates and its core values of smaller, more efficient government, individual liberty and personal freedom condemn in the strongest possible fashion the circumstances and actions of so-called "conservatives" who have driven Senator Arlen Specter and many of our best and brightest from our Party. We also call on every member of the Party to take action to bring our Party back from the brink of irrelevancy. We call for the RNC leadership to take this opportunity to begin an honest, frank, open and, most importantly inclusive "soul-searching" exercise, to determine what has been driving individuals out of the Party and to create a comprehensive strategy to reverse this trend. We ask for the rank and file members of the Party who have turned on the members of the Party who don't always agree with them to rethink their positions and ask themselves, as Senator John Cornyn has "Would I rather have an ally who supports me and my agenda 90% of the time, or an opponent who never supports me" We also ask the Republicans who have thought about leaving to reconsider. Now is the time to fight for our Party and our country. America cannot afford a single party government. Not in good times, and especially not now when we face almost unprecedented economic, ideological and real military threats. Our nation needs to hear voices who advocate efficient use of government funds, fight to safeguard America's hard-earned assets and defend the lives and well-being of the American people. We ask, lastly, for those who have left the Party to think about coming back home. Things have been tough for some time, but together, we can stop this downward spiral and bring our Party, the Party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Wilson Reagan, the Republican Party back from the brink. We can make this a Party ALL OF US can be proud of. (If you agree with the message in this letter, please send your name and location via e-mail to [email protected] and we'll attach your name to the signatures affixed below.) Signed, Travis G. Johnson (Reston, VA - Founder, Progressive Republicans) Richard Ivory (New York, NY - Founder, Hip Hop Republicans) DeLille Jett Anthony (Atlanta, GA) Karl Von Batten (Washington, DC) Bishop LaDarius J. Beal (Chiago, IL) Dr. Oname Burlingame, M.D (Boston, MA) Joshua David Boyer (Liverpool, OH) Mattew Butler (Indianapolis, IN) Michael Carroll (Washington, DC) Brian Clarke (Scranton, PA) Tyler Craft (Chairman Emeritus of the University of Mississippi College Republicans) Mike Daigler Jim DiPeso (Seattle, WA - Vice President for Policy and Communications, Republicans for Environmental Protection) Lisa Pless Doherty (West Palm Beach, FL) Susan McMaster Douclef (Cincinnati, OH) Stephen Drachler (Harrisburg, PA) Nadra Enzi (Savannah, GA) Pamm Garber (South Bend, IN) William Golden (Washington, DC - CEO Intelligencecareers.com) Mark Griffin (New York, NY) Amanda Gross (West Palm Beach, FL) Lisa Habmed (Detroit, MI) Sean Christopher Hawkins Jack Kalpackian (Morocco) Michael L. Keaton (Washington, DC) Jeni Kunz (San Francisco, CA) Bob Linhares (New York, NY) Jedd McConnell (LaGrange, GA) Alexandra B. McLeod (Las Vegas, NV) Matthew Munson (Ontario, CA) Laurie S. Murphy (Petaluma, CA) Shana Orczyk (Boston, MA) Brandon Rhea (Flemington, NJ) Martin Rybicki (San Antonio, TX) Brian Samuel (Metairie, LA) Dennis Sanders (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) Donald L. Scoggins (Loudoun, VA - President, Republicans for Black Empowerment) John Schafer (Atlanta, GA) Noel Siksai (Bloomfield Hills, MI) James N. Smith (Franklin, MA) Darius Thomson (Auburn Hills, MI)Aaron Alghawi (Dayton, OH - Wright State University Progressive Conservatives President/Founder) DeLille Jett Anthony (Atlanta, GA) Karl Von Batten (Washington, DC) Bishop LaDarius J. Beal (Chiago, IL) Dr. Oname Burlingame, M.D (Boston, MA) Joshua David Boyer (Liverpool, OH) Mattew Butler (Indianapolis, IN) Michael Carroll (Washington, DC) Brian Clarke (Scranton, PA) Tyler Craft (Chairman Emeritus of the University of Mississippi College Republicans) Mike Daigler Jim DiPeso (Seattle, WA - Vice President for Policy and Communications, Republicans for Environmental Protection) Lisa Pless Doherty (West Palm Beach, FL) Susan McMaster Douclef (Cincinnati, OH) Stephen Drachler (Harrisburg, PA) Nadra Enzi (Savannah, GA) Pamm Garber (South Bend, IN) William Golden (Washington, DC - CEO Intelligencecareers.com) Mark Griffin (New York, NY) Jawann Graves Amanda Gross (West Palm Beach, FL) Lisa Habmed (Detroit, MI) Sean Christopher Hawkins Candice Johnson(Reston, VA) Adam Jones (Charlotte, NC) Jack Kalpackian (Morocco) Kristen Kane (Indianapolis, IN) Michael L. Keaton (Washington, DC) Jeni Kunz (San Francisco, CA) Bob Linhares (New York, NY) Isaac Màrchànt Grove(Tampa Bay Metro, FL) Christopher Mattogno Jedd McConnell (LaGrange, GA) Alexandra B. McLeod (Las Vegas, NV) Matthew Munson (Ontario, CA) Laurie S. Murphy (Petaluma, CA) Shana Orczyk (Boston, MA) Mary Rennie Brandon Rhea (Flemington, NJ) Martin Rybicki (San Antonio, TX) Brian Samuel (Metairie, LA) Dennis Sanders (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) Donald L. Scoggins (Loudoun, VA - President, Republicans for Black Empowerment) John Schafer (Atlanta, GA) Hugo Schwyzer (Pasadena, CA) Noel Siksai (Bloomfield Hills, MI) Jacob Simpson James N. Smith (Franklin, MA) Darcell Streeter (Jacksonville, FL - African American Republican Leadership Council, Co-Chair, Minority Republican Council-Jax) Paul Strong (Pitman , N.J.) Ann EW Stone (Alexandria, VA - Chairman, Republicans for Choice) Darius Thomson (Auburn Hills, MI) De'Von Weatherspoon (Detroit, MI)