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Who Will Emerge as New GOP Leader? John LeBoutillier The GOP cattle show and straw vote Saturday in the Peabody Hotel in Memphis is the first primary in the 2008 race. Let's examine many aspects of the next two and a half years: GOP Needs New Leadership GW Bush's collapse in all polls has accelerated the thirst for new leadership thus the overly intense focus on a totally meaningless straw ballot on Saturday night. The Republican Party is in turmoil now because of the ports fiasco, Iraq and Bush's negative ratings (a whopping 60 percent disapproval rating in the latest AP-Ipsos poll plus a staggering 70 percent who think the country is headed in the wrong direction'). The party is casting about for anything and anyone to lead it back to a position of proud leadership.
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John McCain The favorite of the so-called Mainstream Media (MSM) is their darling, John McCain. That is his constituency. Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Don Imus ... they all fawn over McCain, ask him softball questions and act like love-struck teenage girls preening for the star quarterback's attention. There is only one problem: McCain has horrible political instincts. Think back to 2000, when he deliberately insulted the religious right and trashed those who believe in tax cuts. How smart was that when you're trying to win the GOP nomination?
Now he is running again. But he is fighting the last war: This time he is sucking up to Bush just when Bush is self-destructing. How smart is that? Now is the time for McCain to be McCain not to try to be Bush. The result? He is nobody. His performance in Memphis was pathetic. In a transparent attempt to win over Bushies and the Bush fund-raising machine, McCain opted out of the straw ballot and asked his supporters to write in GW Bush's name instead. This was done because McCain knew he couldn't win the straw ballot and a loss would hurt his front-runner status. Recall that in the 2000 GOP primaries McCain lost among GOP voters; he won only in states where independents and Democrats were eligible to vote. So, instead, he pulls this stunt. He also endorsed the ports deal yet another sign of his political tone-deafness. And he wants to send even more troops to Iraq even though 77 percent of the American people believe it is now a lost cause rapidly descending into a civil war. As has been written here before, John McCain is a horrid man: arrogant, sarcastic, cocky and condescending. To know him is to detest him. He hides that side of himself when sucking up to the MSM. But those who know him will tell you: He is just the worst! Senator Bill Frist Senator Frist's victory' was a bit of a sham: It is in his home state, and he apparently bussed in loads of eager college students to vote for him. But he is a weak Senate leader and an even weaker candidate. A very poor speaker with no ideas, principles or knowledge of political history. He is going nowhere. Governor Mitt Romney Governor Mitt Romney came in a surprise second although it isn't a surprise to those who have seen how hard he has worked at this over the past two years. He is dead serious about winning and cannot be underestimated. He is attractive, focused, smart and hard-working. An unanswered question is: Will his Mormon religion have any effect on his candidacy? Will the Christian Right accept a Mormon? Senator George Allen The other big disappointment on Saturday was the weak fourth-place finish for Senator George Allen, everyone's second-favorite candidate and the conservative many hope will defeat McCain. Allen is affable, attractive and genuinely conservative. So why the poor showing? Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani chose not to participate, citing business commitments. Although he does very well in useless name-ID polls, it is hard to believe a pro-choice, pro-gay-rights, pro-gun-control, thrice-married social liberal can win the GOP nomination. But his continuing strength in the polls might mean that no one has yet captured the imagination of the Republican Party. The Fight of a Lifetime And make no mistake about it: This is a party desperate for a new leader in the Reagan mold who can bring the USA back together and make us respected worldwide once again. Conclusion: 2008 is rapidly approaching. So, too, is the Hillary Machine and all the MSM love for her and her social radicalism: gay-marriage, pro-abortion and anti-death-penalty crusading. Hillary is a social revolutionary hiding in a sham marriage. The whole Clinton co-presidency is designed to get her into the Oval Office to bring about their 1960s dream of a social revolution in this country. The GOP had better be ready, because it will be the fight of a lifetime.
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