I don't honestly think this means very much - it is still a long time until the next election - but it does amuse me. The 5 horsemen of the pockylips - Rush, Dick, Newt, McCain, and Dubya. Long may they wave. barfo
They've got "Cranky Old White Guy" pretty well sewn up. The "You young punks stay offa my lawn" party.
Without question there is a void of leadership in the republican party right now. To be sure there are more leaders than that liberal poll suggests, but nonetheless the point is well made. My guess is that people like Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Mitch McConnell...
Seems like there's another rock star out there: http://www.examiner.com/x-2547-Watc...alin-greeted-by-20000-enthusiastic-supporters Palin greeted by 20,000 enthusiastic supporters No matter where she goes, Gov. Sarah Palin continues to draw large crowds to her public appearances. Recently she was able to use her popularity for an event publicizing the needs of those with autism and other developmental disabilities in the New York area. When she appeared in Auburn, New York, more than 20,000 people turned out to see her when she helped celebrate Founders Day and raised money for a museum honoring William Seward, secretary of state when Alaska was acquired for the United State Palin continues to speak out against the growing government solutions to the U.S.'s economic, energy and national security problems. At the speech in New York, she said Alaskans get tired of hearing that Washington bureaucrats know what’s best for us so we push and we fight and we challenge decision made inside the beltway when they’re not in our country’s best interest. And we know decisions being made lately are not in our country’s best interest.” Before she spoke, the crowd attending chanted "Run, Sarah Run" and applauded and cheered when she talked about her recent refusal to accept federal stimulus funds because she determined there were too many strings attached. She made a point of her resistance to universal energy building codes emphasizing that the veto of the money was not political but, 'made common sense.' There is still no doubt about it, Gov. Palin is still a popular political figure and will continue to be so whether the Republicans like it or not.
Apparently no one thinks Sarah Palin speaks for the party. Democratic version is unsurprising, most people think Obama speaks for the Democrats. Here are the full results. barfo
It was an open-ended survey....options weren't given, respondents had to name the person they felt spoke for the party. Palin wasn't named enough to gain the 1% needed to be listed individually. She's probably part of the "Other."
To be fair, in 2005 I bet a similar question asked about the Dems would have produced a similiar result (and I'm sure Barack Obama wouldn't have even made the chart). In American politics, it's just structurally difficult for an opposition party that doesn't control the White House or either house of Congress to establish one clear leader. My strong suspicion: We don't yet know who the next Republican president is. Which isn't to say that he/she doesn't yet exist, just that he/she hasn't yet risen to any position of national prominence. 2016 is still a long ways away, anyway...
