[SmokingJoe]

“We have no issue, no message, and no spokesman.”

We have plenty of issues and plenty of messages.
That is not the problem. The Republican base has been telling the leadership what we want for years, but Bush, McCain, Mel Martinez, and the rest of the amnesty loving clowns in Washington stubbornly wouldn't listen, even after contributions to the RNC continued to fall sharply.
As long as we elect a strong new RNC leadserhip that will strongly push conseravtive policies and conservative candidates, the Republican Party will be fine. With a Marxist in the White house, conservatism can only flourish(action and reaction are equal and opposite)..unless we are stupid enough to elect wishy washy RINO's to lead the RNC again, like the idiots that Bush put in charge of the RNC. Bottom line, Gov Plain energizes the base like no one else, and she is going to continue to help win plenty of seats for us come 2010, and have a very good chance of removing the Marxist usurper from the White house come 2012.

[nathanbedford]

by the way, I endorse everything you said about the Republican national committee and have said much the same many times myself.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Yesterday there was a post by another Freeper who alleges that the RNC only helps those of the religious right and he was serious.

The RNC has nothing to do with who runs for offices. We need to stop blaming them. If you're not happy, it's because the right candidates chose not to run or the right candidates didn't have enough support from the base. That is where the trouble lies, not at the top.

Agreed, I believe we've had weak leadership but that is because they can affect the perception of the Republican party.

BYW, I saw Mark Sanford on TV this week and he was very impressive with his knowledge of economic issues.

The MSM does not give Republicans enough good exposure.