Posted on 09/06/2010 4:33:30 PM PDT by dr_who
President Barack Obama's political adviser, David Plouffe, on Sunday called Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin the leaders of the Republican Party and also a "problem" for the GOP in this fall's elections and beyond.
Plouffe emphasized the "intolerance" and "extremism" of the tea party and of the right wing of the Republican Party as both a short-term and a long-term electoral problem for the moderate GOP, citing their attacks even on conservative senators such as Tom Coburn of Oklahoma as an example of how narrowly they have tailored their messaging and base.
"Right now and this is a problem for them I do think Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, they are the leaders of the party," Plouffe said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "There is an intolerance in that party and an extremism that I think is where the real energy is, and so I think you'll see in '11 and '12 with that presidential primary; those are going to be the people who come out to vote."
Tea-party-backed candidates from Sharron Angle in Nevada to Rand Paul in Kentucky and, most recently, Joe Miller in Alaska have enjoyed high levels of success in primary battles, but Plouffe and the Democrats are banking on the hope that these candidates will alienate independents and more moderate Republicans.
With Limbaugh, Beck and Palin emerging as the leaders of the GOP, and edging out more mainstream Republicans, Plouffe said Democrats could make gains in specific races across the country.
"That's going to be a problem" for them, Plouffe said.
It’s a problem we love having.
This plouffe fellow is yet another anti-American, self-loather that surrounds nobama. Just why anyone would not ridicule ANYTHING he says is beyond me. To top it off he is a weird looking specimen. I bet he loves that new diversion: “in the dark dating”.
Straight out of “Rules for Radicals”. These guys are SO predictable it;s barely amusing any longer. It’s actuall becoming boring.
another way to put it would be, “the GOP is a problem for the GOP”... until the old guard gets turned out, i.e., McLaim, they will continue to have problems.
another way to put it would be, “the GOP is a problem for the GOP”... until the old guard gets turned out, i.e., McLaim, they will continue to have problems.
Only in his wildest dreams, because saying it's so don't make it so, even if the leftest media beats this on their loudest drums on an hourly basis, which I doubt they'll do, because they know they'd be wasting their time.
Why are the Democrats so, and I mean, so concerned about the status and fate of the Republican Party? Why do they friggin’ care?
He really hates Rush.....
He's killing them w/ humor (sterling insight) & the facts....
the (Ruling Class) Elitists really hate to be laughed at &/ ridiculed.
Rejection of libtard social justice is not "intolerance", and "extremism", and racism. It is true justice, non violation of natural rights in thought and action, and rational rejection of postmodernism.
Hey, dumas it’s the American people you have to worry about, not some radio personalities. WAKE UP!
They came right out of the shoot attacking Limbaugh; calling him the head of the GOP, back when Obama had just taken over in 2009.
It didn’t work then, it won’t work now, and it won’t work in 2012.
Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton. (Ben Franklin?)
Don’t know if its a guy/girl/transexual, but it is a JournOlista.
In fact, most of Politico were. Where they go now to plot and scheme we don’t know, but sound money says they’re still hard at it.
I am certain the Plouffe is concerned for the welfare of the GOP/s?
What GOP is he talking about? Girlish, Obama-worshipping Poofters?
You say that as if it will matter....
We’ll see.
Yeah, he sort of looks like Charlie’s brother Alan on “Two and 1/2 men”. That’s it, a nasty Alan girlie man.
If I am not mistaken Jon Cryer is a Republican.
I am a chick who felt that Ducky was done wrong in Pretty in Pink.
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