Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders - Political Book for American Conservatives, GOP Supporters & Political Enthusiasts - Perfect for Book Clubs, Debates & Political Discussions

... a book from the authors that is so self-critical of their own party. Sure Democrats are Democrats; nothing new there. But Cantor, Ryan and McCarthy frequently (and deservedly) place blame on both parties in Washington. In Chapter One Cantor conveys the first example: "Neither party has addressed a building crisis in America; a crisis of government spending and growth that, if continued unchecked, will-not might but will-change our country from a place where a generation does better than the last into a place where every generation piles more debt and burden on the next." McCarthy later on writes: "The first step was admitting how the party had lost its way. Under Republican leadership in the early 2000s, spending and government got out of control."There are multiple instances throughout the book where all three authors used similar self-critical phrasing: "we lost our way" or "we lost our focus" and "we cared more about getting re-elected than the issues." This auto-critique is both welcome and healthy to the important discussion concerning the problems in Washington. We the people have had enough of the malfeasance and corrupt behavior in DC and it's refreshing to hear these three young men owning up (if at the least acknowledgment)to the misconduct of the political elite-a-crats in Washington.As you read through 'Young Guns' you will see that Cantor, Ryan and McCarthy make several statements like: "To earn back the voters' trust we would have to do more than just oppose the policies of the Democratic majority. We had to offer creative and effective solutions of our own." With one example being Ryan's "Roadmap For America" they have done just that.It is refreshing that the party in shambles a couple of short years ago has appeared to (at least attempted) to own up to it's bad behavior and shear stupidity that helped get them into the minority. Afterall, wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from mistakes. And mistakes come from bad judgement. These three young Republican leaders display to this reader that they have learned from their experience. Their humble expressions and reflections in this book prove that they have learned some great lessons these past few tumultuous years. It is in my opinion these 'Young Guns' be given a chance. If their actions prove to be fraudulent like those of Obama, Pelosi and Reid, then we the people will again rise up and take action. However, I don't think this 'action' will be called for. That is... if these three young men demonsrate that they are men of good sense like that which is expressed in this book. It is my conclusion that they certainly have the capacity to do just that. Read the book.