Who's Running The Show?

Last week the DNC turned to a tried and true method of "attacking" the GOP. They attacked Rush Limbaugh.




However, as this LA Times article points out, this could turn around and bite the DNC in the rear - HARD...

In 1994, Rush Limbaugh was a field marshal in the Republican revolution, rallying troops fervid in their passion, armed with a change agenda and determined to shake Washington upside down.

Fifteen years later, Republicans are politically hobbled and Democrats are fervid in their passion, armed with a change agenda and determined, along with their new president, to shake Washington upside down.

And again there is Limbaugh, master of the talk radio universe, unchanged and unbowed. If anything, his prominence and political import have increased.

Obama is "obviously more frightened of me than he is Mitch McConnell. He's more frightened of me, than he is of, say, John Boehner, which doesn't say much about our party," Limbaugh said on the air, referring to the GOP leaders in the Senate and House, respectively.

Mr. Limbaugh (who does not speak "for" me, but I know many who he does speak "for") does seem to have a point. Every time the President suffers a set back, he does not "attack" the people who voted against him, he goes after media representatives who have the audacity to dare to disagree with the policies the President...such as David Brooks and Rick Santelli.

The LA Times points out the big thing that the DNC "conveniently" forgot.....

While the GOP's star has fallen, Limbaugh's has soared. As party leaders struggle to find their voice, Limbaugh's baritone booms loud and clear three hours a day, five days a week on 600 radio stations across America. If a $400-million contract and the title of most influential talk radio personality -- as voted by industry pros -- aren't sufficient proof, consider President Obama's decision to pick a fight with him three days into his presidency.

Here's the deal...as Jennifer Rubin (from Pajamas Media) pointed out on Rick Moran's Blog Talk Radio Tuesday night - Rush Limbaugh is one voice OF MANY within the Republican Party. Those voices include Libertarians (like Rick and Ron Paul), fiscal conservatives (Mitt Romney and Jack Kemp), social conservatives (like Laura Ingraham and Michael Medved). Then there are those who are a little bit of "all of the above" like me. Those of us "all of the above" types tend to listen to as many voices as possible so that we can have as many facts before us before we make a decision. We many not agree with all of these voices all of the time, but they help inform us of the issues of the day. Rush Limbaugh is one of those voices!

As far as who is running the show - right now we have no single leader. That is because we are the party that is out of power. Our highest elected leaders are RNC Chair Michael Steele, Senate Minority Leader McConnell and House Minority Leader Boehner. It is up to them to hone a coherent message - one that will resonate with the voters in 2010 and 2012 They are our "leaders" now. However, if they are wise they will take the council of ALL of the voices that make up the big tent of the GOP. They do that and they can launch a come back...

The ball is in their court now......