Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the most influential player in the Republican Party, according to a new Harris Poll out Thursday.
Sixty-four percent of the 2,276 adults surveyed nationwide said McCain is influential in steering the direction of the Republican Party, a 14-percentage-point edge over his closest rivals: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and radio host Rush Limbaugh, both of whom were rated as influential by 50 percent all of those polled.
We have no idea who Harris talked to but it certainly was not a cross section of the Conservative population. This could not be more deceiving. Understand that Politico is a liberal publication, and as such, is not above saying whatever "needs" to be said to push the liberal agenda - never forget the Liberal process includes "the ends justify the means."
The GOP will not be lead by Mr. McCain. He and his ilk have "been in charge" for the past ten years and are responsible for the decline and fall of that Party. Estimates are that between 4 and 6 million conservative Republicans did not vote in the past election because of McCain. If he is the defacto leader of the GOP, the 2012 election will be won by Mr. Obama. Neither myself nor millions of other conservatives have any intentions of associating with a political party bent on liberal compromise. If the good old boys down at the local GOP conference hall think differently, let them try to win the next election without 20 million voters. "We" are the power in the GOP, not the likes of John McCain or Newt Gingrich.
The Politico article is nothing more than a transparent attempt at shaping the nature and tone of the opposition. It worked in the '08 electon; McCain was the friend of the Marxist Media until after the GOP primary.
The real news is that Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Dick Army, Rick Perry, Tim Pawlenty, Bob McDonnell and others are the new voice of the party.
Recently, it has come out that Palin has turned down a speaking engagement with CPAC for the second year in a row. She believes that the Conservative Political Action Committee acted improperly and used thug tactics in a legislative battle that involved FedEx and UPS. Palin views CPAC as more interested in "the pocketbook than policy" and "special interests over core beliefs." It is this level of commitment that makes Sarah Palin so attractive to the Conservative base. So she says "no" to the prestigeous CPAC and "yes" to the first annual National Tea Party Convention.
That she is the new face of the GOP has little to do with which candidate will be chosen at the GOP Natonal Conference, except that this candidate WILL BE profoundly conservative along the lines of Ronald Reagan; no more compromises. We are done with that. And Governor Palin will have much to do with that selection.
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