Posted on 09/18/2009 7:47:43 AM PDT by pissant
After a month without Lines -- on Friday or any other day -- Fixistas need their, um, Fix.
And, of course, we aim to please. So this week we are doing two Lines -- one today looking at the ten most influential Republican leaders in the party and then one tomorrow ranking the ten Senate races most likely to switch parties in 2010.
Republicans have seen something of a reversal of fortune since we last penned a Line looking at their relatively meager list of leaders.
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10. John Cornyn
9. Sarah Palin
8. Mitch Daniels
7. Mike Huckabee
6. John Boehner/Mitch Mcconell
5. Michael Steele
4. Newt
3. Haley Barbour
2. Tim Pawlenty
1. Mitt Romney
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
It’s a Washington Post list, calm down.
Strike about 2/3rds of that list.
We don’t need no steenkin leaders *spat*
Its a Post hit list.
Can we eventually add our crazy little Indian in Louisiana, Bobby?
Actually,this means nothing. The TOP #1 CONSERVATIVE influence is ....Sarah.THAT means much,much more.
Romney!!!!! Oh brother.
Of course, they are the same paper who told us that Rudy McRomney were the only viable candidates last time. And the idiot GOP primary voters believed them
I’ll keep #3 and #9. The rest, I’m not so sure about. It could be worse. I don’t see John McCain or Rudy on the list.
I listen to Sarah and Haley from that list, maybe Newt. and I like Cornyn at times.
That’s about it.
If you object to some of the names on this hardly objective WaPo list, see the videos below.
Please DO NOT misunderstand my reasons for producing these two videos. If folks want to gather together to let “them” know that “we,” like Howard Beal in “Network” are “…mad as hell and not going to take it any more…,” it’s STILL – for the time being anyway – a relatively free country so we can do that.
All I’m saying here is that, especially in tough economic times, there are more EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE ways to expend our FINITE RESOURCES.
It’s not as much fun as sweating on the Mall but there IS a better – and less costly — way to scare hell out of “them” — and you won’t even have to leave home.
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, PART 1: (UNDER 8 MINUTES)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk1bGBY3BcE
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, PART 2: (UNDER 8 MINUTES)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ylFTOObbF0
Question marks by 5,6,7......they run hot and cold, imho. Cornyn (my Senator) has disappointed my a couple of times but I guess he’s OK. Why is Sarah in 9th place?.....she has more nads than all of the others put together.....:)
This would be like the university of Michigan putting together a list of the top Ohio State players.
This is how we got McCain. Liberals in the MSM tell us that our only hope is someone like Romney. Some Republicans believe it, and in addition, our open primaries allow a lot of Democrats to pick a loser for us and voila! Democrat Lite!
IF this is a true list of the most influential persons in the party (and please note I consider it a Big If), then the republicans continue to have a near complete dearth of REAL leaders.
Odd. If Romney or Pawlenty were the most influential Republicans, why aren’t they attacked 24/7 by the media?
A ridiculous list from the WaCompost.
Yeah, right....trying to make the list so they can DRIVE the players THEY want! We’re on to ya!
Not to mention the fact that she can raise more money in one speaking appearance than the other nine on the list combined.
Can we eventually add our crazy little Indian in Louisiana, Bobby?
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Thank you. I was just thinking the same thing!
Hey!! Why isn’t Rudy Giuliani on their list? < /sarc>
The MSM and the national GOP is trying so hard to direct us. They still don’t get it.
Don't get me wrong. I would love to have him there.
I just laugh at the picture.
I don’t see any way that Mitt Romney is the most influential person in the Republican party. He might be the most well-known, but I don’t really see him impacting ANYTHING that is happening right now.
What issue has he driven? What minds has he changed? Where has his hand shaped the debate?
I think this is because on the biggest issue right now, Health Care, he is on the wrong side, or at least not on the right side.
I don’t think Palin is the most influential, but she clearly has had a lot more input into the debate, and has had a lot more impact. She is making statements that are changing how the democrats act, and they are responding to her, meaning she is a force in the party.
Conservatism is resurgent, not Republicans. Republicans are just there to hitch themselves to the leaderless masses who are tired of the same old Bravo Sierra.
LOL
The biggest missing name I’d put on the list is Eric Cantor.
The other name that is missing is Fred Thompson. Maybe because he making news, but he is out there, he sends out messages every few days, and those messages are strong and clear ones, that I think are making an impact.
Who knows, maybe he is even influencing Sarah Palin — they are certainly on the same page.
Well, at least they didn’t add Rudy911 to the list.
Who is Mitch Daniels?
With a few exceptions, that list would be more accurate if it were inverted.
That's exactly why the Dems are pushing him!
Mike Pence and Jim DeMint
OK, I thought about it, but I haven’t really seen Jindal saying anything recently, or driving the debate. Maybe he is, but he doesn’t seem that influential at the moment.
This is the reason that we must get new people to run as independents. Every incumbant needs to be removed. We must clean house, (and Senate too!). All of these have sold us out, either directly, or by being too passive against the democrats.
We need regular people in the legislature, who truly represent US. Some of us must run, locally and nationally. We cannot take our government back from professional politicians unless we are willing to participate, by putting ourselves and our “fortunes” on the line like our forefathers did.
SARAH PALIN SHOULD BE #1 ON THAT LIST!!!!!!
UGH! I am sick and tired of the RINOs and liberals trying to paint Sarah as insignificant.
Well, I’ve got news for them: SARAH ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE!!!!!!!! SHE WILL NOT BACK DOWN AND NEITHER WILL WE!!!!!!
SARAH PALIN WILL BE THE PARTY’S NOMINEE IN 2012; WE DON’T CARE HOW MUCH THE RINOS SQUIRM, WHINE AND SCREAM!!!!!!!
PURGE THE PARTY OF THE RINOS AND HERD THEM OUT!!!!!! THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A CONSERVATIVE PARTY!!!!!!!
SARAH SCARES THE DAYLIGHTS OUT THE RINOS AND LIBS; THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED HER IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!!
SARAH CAN RAISE MORE MONEY AND DRAW LARGER CROWDS THAN ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THAT LIST COMBINED!!!!!!! IT IS ASTONISHING THAT THEY TRY TO REDUCE HER TO INSIGNIFICANCE!
WE WANT SARAH!
WE WANT SARAH!
WE WANT SARAH!!!
SARAH PALIN / MICHELE BACHMANN, 2012!!!!!!
When Coburn makes the list, call me. Until then, lose my numbers-— phone and credit card.
Hunter/DeMint. No chick ticket
Romney, most influential? Among Democrats, perhaps.
Just keep that in mind.
Neat graphic.
Goes from decent to gag me. Their top 5 pretty much sucks, with the exception of Pawlenty. I am not quite ready to throw him into the complete suckage category. But he needs to decide where his base lies.
I think you got to look at Canter and I think ihis name is Steve King from Iowa, they seem to have the right ideas
The most influential Republican?
Once again, the MSM tries to pick the guy they think will lose to Obama in a walk.
Remember, conservatives, when thinking about Teh Mittens, it's best to remember this warning.....
Best,
Chris
Michelle Bachmann & Sarah Palin & Jim DeMint are the most influential CONSERVATIVE Republicans today. Most of the list is RINO or semi-RINO, being pushed once again by Washington DC beltway so-called experts. Whatever these experts suggest or recommend.....do the exact opposite and we will win back our country and defeat 0bozo’s socialist-fascist-commie band of thugs, including the usurper pig himself, 0bozo.
Strike about 2/3rds of that list AND THEN RE-RANK.
I see that the post is trying to pick GOP leaders again, with predictable results.
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