The winnowing is really going strong at the moment. In the past couple of weeks, the Republican nomination race has said goodbye to Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina. I can't remember when George Pataki quit because I'm not sure he was really running in the first place, and don't get me started on Lindsey Graham.
But we're basically down to Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Carson, Bush and Kasich. And each candidate is going to try to stand out from the crowd by embracing issues that he feels will appeal to the largest group of voters. There's nothing wrong with that. That's what I did with 9-9-9. Of course, it wasn't just a maybe-this-will-work thing. I believed in the plan and thought it was just what the country needed (and for what it's worth, I still do).
The remaining candidates need to know what is important to Republican primary voters, and I'd like to issue a challenge to you: Read my new book, The Right Problems, and tell me if I haven't identified the exact things the remaining presidential candidates should make their priorities.
I'll make it really easy for you. You can order it from Amazon here, from Barnes and Noble here or by the case directly from us here.
We spell out the nine essential problems that the president, Congress and every candidate should be focused on right now - four "easy" ones (in the sense that they only require a policy change) and five much more difficult ones. These are the crucial leverage points that, by solving them, our leaders can help set the stage for many other problems to also be solved.
This is a principle I learned in my business career - you can't solve 1,000 problems all at once so focus on the right problems - and I decided to write this book precisely because I believed that if Americans read it, they would agree and let the candidates know this is where they should be focusing.
By the way, it's only 160 pages. You can read it quickly and digest it easily. But it's substantive and gets right down to the point. I am more convinced than ever that a new president who follows the advice in this book can turn the ship of this country around.
But don't just believe me. Read the book and tell me what you think!
The winnowing is really going strong at the moment. In the past couple of weeks, the Republican nomination race has said goodbye to Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina. I can't remember when George Pataki quit because I'm not sure he was really running in the first place, and don't get me started on Lindsey Graham.
But we're basically down to Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Carson, Bush and Kasich. And each candidate is going to try to stand out from the crowd by embracing issues that he feels will appeal to the largest group of voters. There's nothing wrong with that. That's what I did with 9-9-9. Of course, it wasn't just a maybe-this-will-work thing. I believed in the plan and thought it was just what the country needed (and for what it's worth, I still do).
