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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"GOP Operative: 'No Natural Leader' In The Republican Party"
GOP Operative: 'No Natural Leader' In The Republican Partyby 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. "Theres 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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"GOP Operative: 'No Natural Leader' In The Republican Party" (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2014
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applegrove
(118,677 posts)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
(5,105 posts)6. My vote goes to Grumpy Cat
with Plucky Toaster as VP.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,629 posts)2. I hope their "perfect candidate" never appears!
applegrove
(118,677 posts)3. Anyone with truly great leadership qualities isn't a Repuke at this point. They are the party of
psychopaths and sycophants.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,629 posts)4. Quite right! n/t
rurallib
(62,423 posts)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
(50,254 posts)7. Do they even have an UNNATURAL leader? n/t.