I can agree that any choice today, May 28, 2009, is premature. But you haven't offered any alternatives. Who would you suggest be on the short list of actual human beings to take the leadership role?
There are no alternatives at this point.
None... (that I know of) At least as far as the National party and federal offices go... And that is a good thing, as Ill explain.
There are many folks at the state level who share our “angry malcontent right wing extremist” views. Honestly, that is where the focus should be. We are not going to beat the federal government back into the limited size and scope that was intended for it from with the federal government. We are going to do it with the organizational units that originally created the fedgov... the States.
Do I really think it matters that cheney, steel, limbaugh or any other person heads the national GOP or holds some federal position? nope... they are ineffectual anyway. The real danger is in the shift of momentum and focus of the folks on our side away from what can make significant change back to the same old worn out path.
We need to concentrate 100% of our efforts on getting control of as many states as possible with folks who are willing to set those states against the usurpations of the fedgov. Anything else is just a distraction from the main front of this war.