The goals of the Cambridge Republican City Committee (CRCC) are to promote the principles of the Republican Party, to cooperate in carrying out the program of the Republican State and Republican National Committees, and to promote and effectuate the election of Republican candidates. In particular, the CRCC’s objectives are to recruit and assist Republican candidates; to communicate our positions and activities by maintaining a website and a newsletter and by hosting speakers; to recruit new members and activists, raise funds, and promote Republican voter registration; and to hold elected officials accountable and keep tabs on local issues.
The CRCC is a party of ideas with a big-tent attitude that welcomes debate. It embraces Ronald Reagan’s idea of America, and by extension Cambridge, as a “shining city upon a hill,” which is to say the CRCC welcomes anyone with the will and the heart to participate in the debate.
On its website and in its e-newsletter, the CRCC encourages discussion of topics bounded by the three legs of the political stool – economic, social and foreign policy. Its primary focus will be on fiscal and economic policies. It supports economic growth spurred by incentives incorporated in the supply-side model of low tax rates, limited government, market-driven solutions for better schooling, more efficient health care, free trade, a sound dollar, and help for those who suffer misfortune or injustice.
The website and the e-newsletter will include links to political commentary to encourage informed debate, not to give that opinion an official sanction. The political convictions of Cambridge Republicans cover a wide range and no opinion piece can pretend to represent the views of all–or any–of our members.