Gallup: 52% Say GOP is Leaderless

A new poll by Gallup and USA Today finds that 52% of those asked to name "the main person who speaks for Republicans today" drew a blank. Further distressing for a party badly in need of attracting moderate voters, the names that did register some support are as follows:

Rush Limbaugh 13%
Dick Cheney 10%
John McCain 6%

Mitt Romney came in at 1%; Sarah Palin did not make the list. Of course, this question is much easier to answer if your party happens to hold the White House: 67 percent of Democrats resoundingly responded that Barack Obama was their leader.

In another sign of continued trouble for the GOP, 33% of Republicans say they have an unfavorable view of their party.

When one considers Republican respondents only, Newt Gingrich rises to a statistical tie with Limbaugh as the head of the party (10% of the vote). Gingrich has been posturing himself for a run in 2012, as he did on Monday when he delivered the keynote address at a D.C. party fundraiser. So, for now, he's looking like something of a front-runner.


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