"GOP Operative: 'No Natural Leader' In The Republican Party"

[applegrove]

GOP Operative: 'No Natural Leader' In The Republican Party

by Chris Gentilviso at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05/tom-rath-republican-party_n_4733305.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Less than two months into 2014, one veteran GOP operative is already expressing concern that the party is strugglging to find leading 2016 candidates.

In a Wednesday interview with U.S. News & World Report, Republican strategist Tom Rath that the party is lacking a "perfect candidate," and is instead riddled with people "with questions to ask."

“The party is still in a place of self-examination," Rath added. "There’s no natural leader.”

HuffPost Pollster's compilation of 39 publicly available polls on the 2016 National GOP Primary shows an erratic picture among a crowded field of hypothetical candidates. As of Tuesday, Mike Huckabee was at the top of the pack, with 16 percent.




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[applegrove]

1. I like this quote too:

"Yes, in the Magic Kingdom of Hypothetica, Mike Huckabee, on the strength of comments that embarrassed Reince Priebus, is narrowly beating Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Luke Skywalker, Grumpy Cat, and a plucky little toaster that can talk and grant wishes, but would trade all of his powers for the chance to find true love."

[xfundy]

6. My vote goes to Grumpy Cat

with Plucky Toaster as VP.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I hope their "perfect candidate" never appears!

[applegrove]

3. Anyone with truly great leadership qualities isn't a Repuke at this point. They are the party of

psychopaths and sycophants.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Quite right! n/t

[rurallib]

5. they do have leaders - Fox, Limbaugh, Charles and David

I don't think they are too proud of them

ETA - somebodies(see above) are telling those other folks what they can say and do.

[Ken Burch]

7. Do they even have an UNNATURAL leader? n/t.