Who speaks for the GOP?
Where is the Big Picture? Why is it not possible for John Boehner or anyone else in this party to articulate for the dumbstruck public watching these dreadful cliff negotiations what the Republican Party stands for? Who speaks for the GOP?
No end of people keep saying of the Republicans that “they” should do this or “they” should do that. Who’s “they”? It is no one. With the Republicans, there’s no “they” there.
Barack Obama is controlling the cliff narrative now because the GOP has no one whose job is counter-narrative. Mr. Obama this week was recycling campaign speeches about the middle class at the Daimler Detroit diesel plant while the GOP has been a Babel of Beltway voices. Don’t any of these senators go to church on Sunday morning, rather than running around television punching the “entitlement crisis” card? …
One issue sits at the center of all this: the Size of Government. Yes, the arcane detail is unavoidable. But what mere voters want to know is whether this means the government or the private sector is going to lead and shape the U.S. economy for a generation. Is “preserving the safety net” now the single most important existential reality in the life of every U.S. citizen, as in Europe, or is the core American idea still about something more exciting than that?
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I don’t know, but it sure as hell isn’t John “Bonehead” Boehner…
SWalker on December 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Sure wasn’t Romney either. And it should have been. Thanks for screwing us Rombo.
besser tot als rot on December 13, 2012 at 9:27 PM
Every time someone sticks a head up…it’s whack-a-mole by the Prog legacy media…who’s next?
d1carter on December 13, 2012 at 9:34 PM
It ain’t just the progressive media. It also includes supposed conservative outlets as well. Anyone who actually argues from a conservative stance is shot down in all quarters.
astonerii on December 13, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Exactly.
Three better questions would be.
1. Who are the GOP?
B.Who do they speak for?
And third: Who are they loyal to?
I have to say as a voter and someone who gave a lot of money this cycle I am not too f-in impressed with the GOP.
Put it this way.
We can lose for free in 2014 instead of spending a billion dollars.
Why should I ever send any more money…?
NeoKong on December 13, 2012 at 9:45 PM
Wow , I dared to say ” I’ll speak up ” to close
family ……..
My ears are still ringing .
Very dissapointed .
Sad day .
Lucano on December 13, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Rush, Beck and Hannity.
Pablo Honey on December 13, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Mark Levin; Bill Whittle, Steve Green, and Scott Ott at PJTV; There are a bunch of people who can state the conservative point of view clearly; they’re just not politicians (except for Scott Ott).
RoadRunner on December 13, 2012 at 9:56 PM
The GOP is nearly dead. Time for a new party or full on LiB.
WeekendAtBernankes on December 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM
David Brooks?
davidk on December 13, 2012 at 10:00 PM
There is no one on the right that is like Reagan or Thatcher who can swat down the left and reach people.
Punchenko on December 13, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Yep.
Cindy Munford on December 13, 2012 at 10:14 PM
I want to speak for conservatives .
Where are they ?
Lucano on December 13, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Where are who? Nobody there but them chickens.
FloatingRock on December 13, 2012 at 10:50 PM
I’ll speak for the GOP!
Bok bok bok bok bok bok bok, cocadoodle doo!!!!
FloatingRock on December 13, 2012 at 10:52 PM
I don’t really give a damn about the GOP, but there’s nobody in D.C. who speaks for conservatives, and now Jim DeMint is gone, too.
Because conservatives are looked upon with just as much contempt by the GOP establishment as they are by the Marxist left.
Right Mover on December 13, 2012 at 11:14 PM
I’ll speak for the GOP!
Bok bok bok bok bok bok bok, cocadoodle doo!!!!
FloatingRock on December 13, 2012 at 10:52 PM
No Sir ,
I said I’d speak for conservatives .
Lucano on December 13, 2012 at 11:25 PM
Jim DeMint is not gone .
IMO , he could be more effective
at Heritage .
In addition , the man has character .
Lucano on December 13, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Arnie, the ‘Terminator’?
tommy71 on December 14, 2012 at 2:43 AM