So, who's leading the GOP these days?
Good question, which Gallup posed in their latest poll. The answer? For 47 percent of Republicans, they didn't know.That was closely followed by a two-way tie for third between Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh.
Basically, this only reinforces the identity crisis the party as a whole has nationally. But don't tell that to the right wing of the party, who probably revel in purging their ranks of, as Mike Huckabee calls it, the "mushy middle."
I'll buy that. Of course, with more and more Americans identifying themselves as independent, it appears the "mushy middle" is growing. However, it looks like that moderate Republicans, unwilling the go along with the hard-right agenda and will be damned if they'll switch to Dem (Arlen Specter being the exception), are finding themselves without a political home.
Generally, this is where a third party would come in, much like Ross Perot and the Reform Party of the 90s. But doesn't it seem like all of these third parties start from the top down? It seems kind of silly. If the only candidate will be supported by a third party is President and nothing else, it's doomed to failure.
But really, can bands of moderates come together and create a new option? History says no. So, moderates will do what they have always done...
Settle.
Good question, which Gallup posed in their latest poll. The answer? For 47 percent of Republicans, they didn't know.That was closely followed by a two-way tie for third between Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh.
Basically, this only reinforces the identity crisis the party as a whole has nationally. But don't tell that to the right wing of the party, who probably revel in purging their ranks of, as Mike Huckabee calls it, the "mushy middle."
I'll buy that. Of course, with more and more Americans identifying themselves as independent, it appears the "mushy middle" is growing. However, it looks like that moderate Republicans, unwilling the go along with the hard-right agenda and will be damned if they'll switch to Dem (Arlen Specter being the exception), are finding themselves without a political home.
Generally, this is where a third party would come in, much like Ross Perot and the Reform Party of the 90s. But doesn't it seem like all of these third parties start from the top down? It seems kind of silly. If the only candidate will be supported by a third party is President and nothing else, it's doomed to failure.
But really, can bands of moderates come together and create a new option? History says no. So, moderates will do what they have always done...
Settle.
