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The 2012 presidential election shown once more that Florida might be the most purple point out in the Union. Northwest Florida, however, remains staunchly Republican. Barbara Olschner is convinced in her party's founding guidelines: lower fees, less regulation, limited federal, and individual accountability. But she also is convinced in regulating through compromise, in respectfully hearing competitors' viewpoints, and in the opportunity that a Republican can be fiscally but not socially traditional. In hindsight, it isn't surprising that when she ran for Congress at the elevation of the Tea Party's influence she was brand name an elitist and a RINO (Republican in Name Only) - and done dead last. The Reluctant Republican traces her advertising campaign and her realization that the current leadership of her party demands tight adherence to its ideology. Not only are different viewpoints not tolerated, but those who espouse them are vilified for their disloyalty. Olschner is hesitant to stay in the party but more hesitant to leave. She refuses to accept the current dogma but also refuses to abandon her conservatism. Her battle for civility and her refusal to kowtow to the lowest common denominator reveal much in what passes for politics in sunlight Condition - and in the us. Barbara F. Olschner is a local of NEW YORK who migrated to Birmingham, Alabama, to apply laws. After 30 years, she migrated to Walton State, in the Florida Panhandle.
