Recently the Republicans scored a major coup in Massachusetts with the "victory" of Republican Scott Brown over Democrat Martha Coakley (which was definitely a case of a candidate losing an election as she had a 30-point lead in the polls with only a couple of months until the election). The Democrats had their super-majority and lost it, and now there is growing sentiment in some groups that the Democrats are on their heels and the Republicans will have a greater toe-hold leading into this November's mid-term elections.
It still begs the question though: who is actually leading the Republican Party? There doesn't seem to be any real consensus among at least the general American public and at times Republicans themselves that they have a guy they rally around to get their message heard. Maybe it's too soon for this conversation (as the Presidential election is still two years away), but I'm curious to see who people think the main figurehead for the GOP is.
Here's a list of some of the more popular names, and some that you might hear more about in the coming months and years:
It still begs the question though: who is actually leading the Republican Party? There doesn't seem to be any real consensus among at least the general American public and at times Republicans themselves that they have a guy they rally around to get their message heard. Maybe it's too soon for this conversation (as the Presidential election is still two years away), but I'm curious to see who people think the main figurehead for the GOP is.
Here's a list of some of the more popular names, and some that you might hear more about in the coming months and years:
- John McCain, former Presidential candidate and current Senator (AZ)
- Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk-radio political commentator
- Glenn Beck, conservative political commentator
- Sarah Palin, former Vice-Presidential candidate and governor (AK) and current FOX News political commentator
- Michael Steele, former Lt. Governor (MD) and current Republican National Committee chairman
- Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader (KY)
- John Boehner, House Minority Leader (OH)
- Richard (Dick) Lugar, most Senior Republican Sentor (IN)
- Mitt Romney, former Governor (MA) and Presidential candidate
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House (GA)
- Scott Brown, current Senator (MA)
- Mike Huckabee, former Governor (AR) and current FOX News political commentator
- Tim Pawlenty, current Governor