The biggest challenge facing the GOP is not that Rush Limbaugh is the “main person who speaks for the Republican Party today,” according to a new Gallup poll. Rather, it’s that 47 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents surveyed couldn’t name a main GOP spokesman. Within that leadership vacuum, Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich were picked by 10 percent of those surveyed, and former Vice President Dick Cheney was next with 9 percent.
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Three old (ages run from 58 – 72), white, angry men.
Where is Sarah Palin? Where is Michael Steele? Where is JC Watts? Where is Bobby Jindal? Why is it that the majority of the party doesn’t identify one of these people as titular leader?
ANS: because the party itself is now filled with old, white, angry men (and the women who live with them).
Oh well. At least none of them has lost control and shot anybody.
Yet
The Dems have awful leaders in Obama, Pelosi, Reed and the tax avoiding cabinet of the One. It’s take a lib WE to bring up this subject. Trying for a Gotcha?
Considering the usual CON silliness Cheney, Gingrich, and Limbaugh can’t possibly lead the new Repubic Party.
Too liberal.
The GOP is quickly becoming a regional party.
Regional to the South, corporate board rooms, and trailer parks.
What? *GASP* Say it isn’t so!
You mean to tell me, that if for a couple of months the media plays to the Democrats game of attacking Rush Limbaugh as the head of the party while playing him against Steel and Powel and Cheney that a poll shows that no clear leader can be identified?
Imagine that….
What next? Will the editors give us a blog saying it is raining this morning to?
Help me here, libs. I’m an old guy and I’m having trouble recalling.
Six months into GWB’s first term, when the Algore was off somewhere pouting, growing a beard and getting obese . . . who was the titular head of the dims?
You all need an updated pic for fatmouth Rush.
He’s considerable larger than in the pic above. Got his own gravity well.
“HLP” admits senility –
“… I’m an old guy and I’m having trouble recalling.
Six months into GWB’s first term, when the Algore was off somewhere pouting, growing a beard and getting obese . . . who was the titular head of the dims?”
Pretty much the Clintons and Ted Kennedy. It was in the papers.
LOL!
Ted Kennedy? Really? The Clintons? Of the hildebeast and the serial philanderer which one was the main one?
Which one of them was the main ‘Dem spokesman’?
You had none. No one cared.
You’re wrong, “HLP” –
But that’s okay.
We’re used to that from you.
“Why is it that the majority of the party doesn’t identify one of these people as titular leader”?
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Chuckle… Pedantic. HLP is right, the exact same stupid comment could have been made about the Democrats during the Bush presidency. It is all shifting and positioning now. I think they call that politics.
No one speaks for me.
There are numerous politicians and commentators I agree with on a number of issues, but none 100%. Same goes for the same on disagreements.
If anyone is listening to any other man or woman simply nodding your head, you’re a sheep. I don’t care what side of the fence you sit on.
How the Repubic Party is reaching out to young voters –
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121763410337806247.html
“I have on my desk a CD sent out this spring from the Republican House Policy Committee. Fat, 1970s lettering bears the title, “Freedom Songs.” The cover image of the CD package is a sepia-tone photo of Teddy Roosevelt.
Open it up and you are treated to photos of Warren G. Harding staring into the horn of a crank phonograph, Herbert Hoover listening to a wireless, and a glum-looking Calvin Coolidge simply glowering at a camera. In an accompanying letter, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan writes that the CD includes “riffs by Dr. Russell Kirk,” as well as “the pounding rhythm section of the Austrian School of Economics.”
Warren Harding!
Herbert Hoover!
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BlueJay
Posted June 12, 2009 at 7:28 am | Permalink
You all need an updated pic for fatmouth Rush.
He’s considerable larger than in the pic above. Got his own gravity well.
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Let us all know when you call into his show Blowjay. We could all use a laugh.
Yes Mr. Kia. It seems unusual for the Democrat sheep for anyone not having someone they follow.
Let me try that again.
Yes Mr. Kia. It seems unusual to the Democrat sheep for Republicans not to have someone they follow.
You all need an updated pic for fatmouth Rush.
He’s considerable larger than in the pic above. Got his own gravity well.
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Are there any overweight Libs on this blog?
What do you think of blowjay’s dissing you?
You’ll always have Harding.
This week Piggy has the conch, So?
Poor poor Piggy….
One of my favorite books, BTW.
In their defense, they couldn’t name the current president, vice president, senate leader or speaker of the house!
Everybody knows that conservative principles drive GOP voter choices, unlike the popularity contest winners that the Democrats put forward.
Whether one GOP individual is considered the leader or not is inconsequential to the future success of the party as a whole since the GOP does not depend on one individual. It is framed by conservative party principles that have been proven to be effective.
After 2000 and again 2004 the Democratic Party was in a similar situation. The big question now is just who will come forward and fill that vacuum? Will it be someone who can attract voters from outside the base? That is what it will take to win general elections.
What I like about the party of conservatives is that they have several potential leaders. In off years this has always been what happens. Positions and viewpoints are presented and then conservatives get behind a candidate that reflects that values and thoughts on how gov should be ran.
At least that is what happened until the last election when the MSM got behind the candidate ‘they’ wanted to run and bad mouthed all other candidates.
Look for a different kind of election in 2010. The wind is changing. Why does the Eagle try these tired topics day after day. Boring.
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BTW Pedant of the three mentioned as the leaders of the dims after Bush was re-elected – which one isn’t an ‘old white guy/gal’?
Teddy, Bill or Hillary?
You guys don’t even realize how silly you sound at times – or most of the time.
Yawn. As has been pointed out, the same could have been said post 2000 of the Democratic party.
Just more political gamesmanship. And the media demonstrating, once again, it’s astounding grasp of the obvious along with it contextual and historical cluelessness.
Personally, that the party does not seem to have a single, or even a relatively few identified leaders I see as a strength, not a weakness. Those leaders will arise. And were that leader at this point clearly known, the usual “identify, polarize, discredit, demonize” game the Democrats condemn out of one side of their mouths and practice with regularity out the other would be fully in play. We see it with Palin now; at this point she’s the person Democrats are most fearful of.
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Monkeyhawk
Posted June 12, 2009 at 7:52 am | Permalink
You’re wrong, “HLP” –
But that’s okay.
We’re used to that from you.
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Rather non-responsive to the questions, don’t ya think?
We’re used to that from you.
What a nimrod.
“We see it with Palin now; at this point she’s the person Democrats are most fearful of.”
On the contrary! Palin Limbaugh 2012!
IF this country was far enough gone for them to win, it is not WORTH saving.
I think a better question would be,
Who is feeding words to Obama?
It’s obvious that he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer when he’s off the teleprompter.
Easy,
Huckabee, Romney, Gingrich, Jindel…
“Regular” posits –
“Huckabee, Romney, Gingrich, Jindel…”
Reasonable enough list, I guess. Not so sure about Jindel.
But you’ve just dissed the Moose-Dresser.
I wanna see the Romney, Huckabee, Palin debate!
It’ll be like a cartoon fest. And I THINK Palin’s one useful trait may be that she could get Huckleberry and plastic man to overheat.
Nice read Monkeyhawk.
I have to wonder what Herbert Hoover is doing in a Austrian School CD. He was a big spender and started almost all the programs that FDR used in the new deal.
Bluejay while I am sure ever conservative on here appreciates your help in choosing the next GOP leader if as your post suggest, then you no longer have to wait.
Just tune in to O’bama and O’biden. Enough laughs to crack anyone up. Of course O’bamas best stuff doesn’t end up in the press as Bush’s every word did but listen and you will get plenty of laughs.
Again thanks for the help, but no thanks. We are doing just fine. O’bama is helping our cause so you don’t need to.
BlueJay
Posted June 12, 2009 at 10:50 am | Permalink
I wanna see the Romney, Huckabee, Palin debate!
It’ll be like a cartoon fest. And I THINK Palin’s one useful trait may be that she could get Huckleberry and plastic man to overheat.
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Blowjay as one of the few women to post here – I want to know why you look at every woman as a sex object. Are you sick or what? Sure you are for abortion but not because you respect women and their right to choose. You show your true feelings with your posts every day.
Does it really matter who the GOP leader is when only 22% of the population even claim to be Republican?
When has 22% ever won an election?
“okobserver” –
(Or should that be “o’kobserver?”
The CON echo chamber has rendered you CONs so tone deaf to the realities of contemporary politics it’s laughable.
But keep doin’ what’cher doin’!
okie – come on now girl, I remember all the Republican MEN on this blog when McCain picked Palin for his running mate.
The running theme was how ‘hot’ Palin is. And you accuse Bluejay of being sex-obsessed?
Really, now grandma, you and I both know better, don’t we?
I’d say your last is more about where YOUR mind is there okie.
Eeewwwww.
I was referring to Palin’s possible ability to get Huck and Plas angry, not aroused. I don’t think Romney CAN get aroused. He’s not programmed for it.
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totoinks
Posted June 12, 2009 at 11:07 am | Permalink
Does it really matter who the GOP leader is when only 22% of the population even claim to be Republican?
When has 22% ever won an election?
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Whatever the percentage is, it’s still more than the percentage of dims.
When has LESS THAN 22% ever won an election?
“okobserver” asks “BlueJay” –
“…I want to know why you look at every woman as a sex object.”
In your dreams.
In your dreams?!
Kinky, ol’ gal.
You’ve still got it!
Well monkeyman just for you. As much as he has tried Jr has never laid eyes on me.
I of course was referring to his obsession with Palin.
Palin = “every woman?”
Thanks for clearing that up.
All the Republicans need to do to assure another 4 years of Obama is to keep their warm and inviting personalities of Rush, O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck, Newt, Cheney, Michael Steel, Bobby Jindahl, Sarah Palin and let’s not forget Michelle Baachman – now she is the warmest of all.
And Heaven forbid if the anti-abortionists finally figure out that Republicans really don’t care about the abortion issue. After all, Republicans had control of Congress from 1994 to 2006 and control of White House from 2000 to 2006 and 5 male Catholics on Supreme Court but yet in all that time, not one single attempt to overturn Roe vs Wade. Why not?
That sucking noise you hear in Washington is the Repub vacuum, or maybe it’s just rush.
Monkey, You should grow some real balls and overcome your feminine tendencies you espouse so vehemently.
“donndublin” advises –
“Monkey, You should grow some real balls and overcome your feminine tendencies you espouse so vehemently.”
And what, specifically, are those “feminine tendencies” that upset you so much?
Give me a check list and I’ll work on ‘em.
Well back to a blog that actually has people with a brain. Monkey you really need to look deeply into why you got fired as a radio commentator. The answers are here right in front of you.
The only women the blog primate is interested in are types like Sally Bendover and Barbara Blome.
“okobserver” –
They told me why I was fired.
They said I was “…making CONs looked bad.”
Now, run away back to your wing-nut echo chamber.
totoinks
Posted June 12, 2009 at 11:16 am | Permalink
After all, Republicans had control of Congress from 1994 to 2006 and control of White House from 2000 to 2006 and 5 male Catholics on Supreme Court but yet in all that time, not one single attempt to overturn Roe vs Wade. Why not?
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How’s that Gay Marriage legislation and/or Supreme Court case going?
Actually, “Mr_Kia” –
The marriage-equality issue is trucking along with victories in legislatures, court houses, and Mittens Romney worried all his Mormon contributors will shoot another wad on opposing a re-vote on Prop. 8 in California.
None of the twice-born are getting any traction in Iowa. The Iowegians are a pretty practical sort and they can always tsk-tsk the “old maid school-teachers who live up the block” whether they’re married or not.
Interesting, though, how you’d try to resurrect that particular issue.
It reeks of desperation.
You completely miss the point….but I can’t expect much from a “Monkey” I suppose.
State vs. Federal issue?
Would you be OK with States taking back their individual rights to decide on the issue of abortion?
Why are you OK with YOUR Federally elected officials turning their back on the Civil Rights issue of Same-sex marriage?
Mr_Kia
Posted June 12, 2009 at 11:40 am | Permalink
How’s that Gay Marriage legislation and/or Supreme Court case going?
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Looks like that battle is going to be fought out at the state level which is probably where it should be.
I can see a point, though, when a sufficient number of states approve same-sex marriage or civil unions that there will be pressure to rescind DOMA.
Mr_Kia
Posted June 12, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Permalink
Would you be OK with States taking back their individual rights to decide on the issue of abortion?
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No need for that as Roe v. Wade is established law and could only be overturned by an activist Court.
Considering that 6 of the 8 current Justices are Republican appointees and that Republican presidents go to great lengths to never appoint activist Judges to the high Court, I think Roe v. Wade is safe for the foreseeable future. (at least until the Court is packed with activist Judges by Democratic presidents)
Roe (Norma McCorvey) changed her mind…
Imagine that…
Good Lord, even Chris Mathews had the intellectual honesty to admit the Dems were in even worse shape with such political giants as Gephardt as their highest rated “leader” and 61% of Dems not being able to name a “leader” in like 2002. It was on Hardball last night.
No need for that as Roe v. Wade is established law and could only be overturned by an activist Court.
That’s a misusing of the term “activist.” The term is generally misused; the “activist” court was the one which imposed abortion on demand by judicial fiat. If you can read Roe and find a coherant constitutional basis or philosophy for imposing same, let me know.
GMC70,
My post was made tongue in cheek.
While you’re here what do you think of Holder directing the DEA to cease the enforcement of federal law where it contradicts state law regarding legal medical marijuana dispensaries in California?
Good thing, bad thing, or something in between?
It is not true that the Republics don’t have leaders.
They have leaders–George W., Cheney, Limbaugh, Mitch McConnell–but nobody’s paying much attention to them because they’re proving to be batscht crazy.
And what happened to WorstPresidentEver?
Did he fall off the edge of his flat earth or what?
It’s entirely true that the Dems have had ineffectual leaders in the past.
Milquetoast Daschle was among the very worst. DNC Chair and CONservative-leaning Terry McCaullif was very bad. Harry Reid truly sucks. Fortunately, he probably won’t be re-elected and we can get someone who has a pair.
Pelosi has the right instincts but when she refused to investigate Bush for war crimes, she pretty much said to the world, “I’m a wimp.”
“CapnAmerica” poses –
“…what happened to WorstPresidentEver?
Did he fall off the edge of his flat earth or what?”
Dumbya finally has a job for which he’s competent, picking up Barney poop.
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Monkeyhawk
Posted June 12, 2009 at 4:41 pm | Permalink
“CapnAmerica” poses –
“…what happened to WorstPresidentEver?
Did he fall off the edge of his flat earth or what?”
Dumbya finally has a job for which he’s competent, picking up Barney poop.
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“Barney poop”???????
There’s one example of “feminine tendencies”.
While you’re here what do you think of Holder directing the DEA to cease the enforcement of federal law where it contradicts state law regarding legal medical marijuana dispensaries in California?
Got no problem with it. It’s not uncommon that where state law and federal law overlap and federal law is more severe for the feds to not prosecute federal law in jurisdictions where the act would not be illegal under state law. A LEO or prosecutor always has discretion in the enforcement of law; that discretion is a good thing, properly exercised.
They told me why I was fired.
They said I was “…making CONs looked bad.”
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I call BS. After reading your commentary here, if it was anything similar, it’s not hard to see why.
Obama’s issues crumbling
By Dick Morris
“According to a Rasmussen poll, more voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats to handle the economy, by a margin of 45-39. Scott Rasmussen notes that “this is the first time in over two years of polling that the GOP has held the advantage on this issue.” Last month, he had the Democrats holding a one-point lead, but they lost it in June’s polling.
And the Democratic leads over Republicans on their core issues are also dropping. Particularly interesting is the Democratic decline over healthcare, from an 18-point lead in May to only 10 points now.
A Gallup poll also confirms that the president’s personal ratings are high, but the underlying data less so. While 67 percent of voters give Obama personal favorable ratings and 61 percent approve of his job performance (Rasmussen has his job approval lower, at 55 percent), they give him much lower ratings on specific issues.
Gallup shows Obama getting only 55 percent approval on his handling of the economy (down from 59 percent in February) and finds that only 45 percent approve of his handling of federal spending while 46 percent approve of his treatment of the budget deficit.
As it becomes clearer that the deficit caused by spending has landed us in a new economic crisis, entirely of Obama’s own making, his popularity and job performance are likely to drop as well.
The old recession — that the public says was caused by Bush — shows signs of winding down. But the new recession and/or inflation — triggered by Obama’s massive deficits — is just now coming upon us.
If Obama refuses to cut back on his spending/stimulus plans (despite convincing evidence that Americans are not spending the money), he has three options:
a) He can raise taxes, which will trigger a deeper recession;
b) He can print money, which will trigger huge inflation;
c) He can pay more interest to borrow money, which will send the economy diving down again.
The blame for these outcomes will fall squarely on Obama’s deficit and spending policies. The fact that Americans are aware of these issues, and already disapprove of Obama’s performance on them, indicates that they will be increasingly receptive to blaming him for the “new” recession.”
This ought to be fun to watch…of course it was predicted by many all along.
GMC70,
Thanks for responding. I saw it as step in the right direction in returning some decision making capability back to the states.
donndublin
Posted June 12, 2009 at 5:01 pm | Permalink
“Barney poop”???????
There’s one example of “feminine tendencies”.
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Is saying ‘Barney poop’ more or less feminine than wearing mascara?
Daniel,
Donny boy is our resident midlife crisis who has regressed so far that he has a MySpace page, chews bubblegum and plays pirates. Won’t be long before he’s wearing diapers and trying to crawl back in his mommie’s womb. Never mistake anything he says as mature or rational.