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Who's Leading the Republican Party?
I'm rooting for Michael Steele.
Partly because the chairman of the Republican National Committee is the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, my home state. And because one time I saw him campaigning at my local grocery store, and he handed me a flyer, so I feel some sort of connection to him.
But mostly because the Republican Party needs a strong leader now that the Democrats are running the show in Washington. Let's bring back the two-party system.
Steele hasn't had a strong start. I was impressed when he tried to put conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in his place, but Steele quickly backed down and praised the bombastic radio personality instead. He made another mistake when he contradicted the Republican stance on abortion a few weeks later.
But let's take a look at the other options for the Republican Party.
CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider wrote a story Wednesday looking at the Republican hopefuls for the 2012 race. The Party should choose a leader before then, but the options don't look great, according to Schneider's article.
Schneider picked former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who won the straw poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) recently, former vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Romney admitted to CNN's Larry King that the GOP doesn't have "one spokesman" right now, reported Schneider.
"That's just one of the features of not having either house in Congress or having the White House," Romney said. "You don't have an official place to be heard."
Politico reported a few weeks ago that a recent report from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press showed that few people were able to name who they consider to be the leader of the GOP. Seventy-three percent of Americans responded that either the GOP has no leader, or, if they do, they don't know who it would be.
Of those who could name a GOP leader, 11 percent named Sen. John McCain and 5 percent named Rush Limbaugh. Gingrich and Steele both got 2 percent of the vote.
Clearly, the GOP has a leadership gap that needs to be filled. The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that Steele spoke at a fundraiser Tuesday, urging members of the party to stop infighting and be more like him, meaning "unconventional, unpredictable ... to do from time to time the unexpected."
President Obama and the Democrats are running the country, and the conversation. Someone give Chairman Steele some media training so he stops sticking his foot in his mouth, then let's see him present a strong, yet productive, counterpoint to Obama.
Partly because the chairman of the Republican National Committee is the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, my home state. And because one time I saw him campaigning at my local grocery store, and he handed me a flyer, so I feel some sort of connection to him.
But mostly because the Republican Party needs a strong leader now that the Democrats are running the show in Washington. Let's bring back the two-party system.
Steele hasn't had a strong start. I was impressed when he tried to put conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in his place, but Steele quickly backed down and praised the bombastic radio personality instead. He made another mistake when he contradicted the Republican stance on abortion a few weeks later.
But let's take a look at the other options for the Republican Party.
CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider wrote a story Wednesday looking at the Republican hopefuls for the 2012 race. The Party should choose a leader before then, but the options don't look great, according to Schneider's article.
Schneider picked former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who won the straw poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) recently, former vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Romney admitted to CNN's Larry King that the GOP doesn't have "one spokesman" right now, reported Schneider.
"That's just one of the features of not having either house in Congress or having the White House," Romney said. "You don't have an official place to be heard."
Politico reported a few weeks ago that a recent report from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press showed that few people were able to name who they consider to be the leader of the GOP. Seventy-three percent of Americans responded that either the GOP has no leader, or, if they do, they don't know who it would be.
Of those who could name a GOP leader, 11 percent named Sen. John McCain and 5 percent named Rush Limbaugh. Gingrich and Steele both got 2 percent of the vote.
Clearly, the GOP has a leadership gap that needs to be filled. The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that Steele spoke at a fundraiser Tuesday, urging members of the party to stop infighting and be more like him, meaning "unconventional, unpredictable ... to do from time to time the unexpected."
President Obama and the Democrats are running the country, and the conversation. Someone give Chairman Steele some media training so he stops sticking his foot in his mouth, then let's see him present a strong, yet productive, counterpoint to Obama.
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Gary H
1:28AM 1:28AM Apr 2nd 2009
What are all of the Republican's stupid!?! Rush Limbaugh is leader of the Republican Party and when Rush is out-of-action (drugs), then it is Bill O. Sarah Palin thought that she was the leader, but when she found that her last interview was in front of a turkey decapitator and not a terrorist truth area at Gitmo, she abdicated. This has become a real problem for the Republican Party, and I sure hope that they can find someone to run for President in 2012 besides Joe-the Plumber!
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Feed the Republicans to the Lions
6:37AM 6:37AM Apr 2nd 2009
The Republicans didn't have a leader for the 8 years that Bush was in power with his cronies. That's why they accomplished nothing but 2 unending wars, a deficit to beat all deficits, a divided nation that THEY created. No matter your argument, a "leader" doesn't tank an economy, divide its citizens or lie to the masses to go to war. Period.
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Haywood
1:49PM 1:49PM Apr 2nd 2009
A deficit to beat all deficits?
Oh, don't you worry, the deficit will be topped. Heck, I bet the Dems can triple it.....in one year!
You thought Bush was bad? You ain't seen nothing yet!
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Feed the Republicans to the Lions
2:33PM 2:33PM Apr 2nd 2009
So says a republican low life lacky. It's ok Haywood, your type is the first I would cut for the lions to dine. YOU BETCHA!
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Ronald
8:55AM 8:55AM Apr 2nd 2009
The root of the problem is the Republicans have to lie. They can't come outright and with their real agendas because they would not get elected. It's an a party for the elete. It revolves around their core -business. They fight for business. That's fine and dandy but they are so anti-union it borders on hate. If you are not in business - therefore a worker they want low wages. It's good for business. Many of their supporters are not in business. Go figure?
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coney
9:30AM 9:30AM Apr 2nd 2009
Is it Fats? Fats Limbaugh is the head of this mis- directed party. The fatman speaks each day about how right he is and how wrong the "democrat" party is. The bloated one can see the future and knows what will happen. This fat jerk probably would have hated Washington (too fumbling), Lincoln(too much of a hick),T Roosevelt(too anti business) and FDR (for everything). Why would any of the lemmings listen and believe this fat jackass is beyond comprehension.
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TRogers
11:53AM 11:53AM Apr 2nd 2009
The Dems in the 70s got hijacked by the Looney Left, and couldn't answer Ronald Reagan's movement except with tired old Great Society slogans. Today the GOP is hopelessly hijacked by the Evangelical Looney Right, knuckle-dragging racist Flat-Earthers who purged all but the most wooden-headed from their ranks. All they are mumbling to Obama's challenge are 25 year old slogans about giving Oil Companies tax cuts! Yeah, Exxon-Mobil needs a break!
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Feed the Republicans to the Lions
1:54PM 1:54PM Apr 2nd 2009
Hey TG.. I USE to be a Republican until the knuckledraggers took over the party and everyones bedroom, personal choices and religion became their business. When they cut lose the churches and the religious crap, I will change my name and I will be back ;)
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BonBon
1:40PM 1:40PM Apr 2nd 2009
Who the hell do you think is...it is Michael Steele...Rush Limbaugh was just a smear campaign brought up by the insecure Obama administration and liberals to divert attention away from the fact that Obama sucks. Liberals are never happy they won, they are just obsessed with the GOP for some strange reason, it's freaky.
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Feed the Republicans to the Lions
2:36PM 2:36PM Apr 2nd 2009
Steele was our LT Gov here in Maryland. Want to know why he and Bobby only served one term? They ABSOLUTELY SUCK, that's why. He sucked then, he sucks now, and if sucks any more he can change his name to Hoover.
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Ernie
7:45PM 7:45PM Apr 2nd 2009
Rush was an Obama smear campaign??? Are you that ignorant that you'll lie to yourself?
Rush put himself out there. No one told him to continually focus on the male rectal area but he continues to do so.
Why do people like you refuse to acknowledge what a disaster Bush and the GOP were for 8 years? Where is your shame for all the hatred and lies that pass as "family values"....the GOP lack values, pride or humility.
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janine
9:26PM 9:26PM Apr 2nd 2009
Um...Ernie...Carville and a few others in the Democrat machine admitted to engineering a smear campaign about Rush as the head of the Republican party. They said the point was to give libs a target to pitch their anger at. Smoke and mirrors. They knew their supporters would go after the carrot while they played with the AIG debacle. And you think republicans are stupid!?
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Dennis
3:28PM 3:28PM Apr 2nd 2009
So now that the republicans are out of power you care about a two party system? Effe Ewe. The republicans did this to themselves and if the fact that Michael Steele gave you a flyer and you swooned is reason enough to like republicans, then you are the low intellect type they like to appeal to.
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william
8:37PM 8:37PM Apr 9th 2009
The stupidest thing is that there was a clear consensus between McCain and Obama that we needed a real bi-partisan approach until we make it to the next level, so all Republicans had to do was just agree with Obama for a few months and they would be right at the top of the media stories with him as a group of positive agreeable characters who care. Instead, they couldn't even make it 10 days without forming a line against everything the President stands for and continue to dig themselves deeper into a negative public perception. I think this shows plenty that the Republicans are about, when they can't even accomplish the simple task of hanging loose and staying positive.
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Judy
6:30PM 6:30PM Apr 2nd 2009
In the end, all of you weaklings will be praying for a Republican to come bail you out of this Liberal mess. Also,
pre emptive strikes will not seem like such a bad thing. Wait...you'll wind up screaming for help.
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Ernie
7:44PM 7:44PM Apr 2nd 2009
And the losers continue to whine and yet take no responsibility for the last 8 years of incompetence, lies and greed. Until any republican ponies up and takes the heat for Bush, then anything they say about Democrats or President Obama is just loser talk!
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Hod
6:05PM 6:05PM Apr 2nd 2009
You can tell the Republicans are falling apart when they use clowns like Rush, Bill O'Rielly, Sarah and Joe the Plumber to represent them. Next thing you know they will ask a crook like Romney to speak for them. It was funny that they thought that maybe people would feel sorry for McCain and vote for him because he is a Gimp.
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KUNZSP
6:48PM 6:48PM Apr 2nd 2009
The Republican Party is still the
party of George W. Bush.
I think the others are all swell,
but ex-president Bush is the better man wE
STILL NEED HIM IF AMERICA IS TO SURVIVE..
PHYLLIS KUNZ
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Corrine
3:20PM 3:20PM Apr 3rd 2009
I truly love you die-hard white people. You people never give up on your racism, do you. Good for you. I like knowing where your hearts are. But, I love your little racist, pea-picking hearts anyway. May God bless you, may God bless Mr. Obama and his beautiful family, and may God bless the United States of America
STOP THE HATE, IT WILL DO YOUR HEART A WORLD OF GOOD!
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Al Nelson
7:38PM 7:38PM Apr 2nd 2009
Who's the leader of the club,
that's for rich men exclusively,
It's M-I-C-K-E-Y---M-O-U-S-E
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