An article was circulating today where Republican Congressman Darrell Issa pointed out that it was the grassroots, rather than the ‘leaders’ of the GOP driving the Party right now. Kudos to him for observing this. Some parts worth reading “The twin successes (ACORN and Jones) highlight the biggest differences between today’s GOP and that of a few years ago when former President George W. Bush was giving marching orders. There is no longer one voice speaking for the whole party.” A quote from Issa himself “It tells you how broad and diffuse the leadership of the Republican Party is.”
Truth is, from my view, the GOP of President George W. Bush and his henchmen was too centralized. It needed some fresh air… some other opinions. Looks like we are getting some of that now. The local GOP could stand to open up a bit too. I’m not saying that some of the more crazy dissent that I get from time to time over the email is worth a second look, but from time to time fresh blood is a good idea.