Matt Gunterman July 7th, 2008

Remember that we noted last week that plenty of dumb-ass Kentuckians of the GOP stripe have been at the center of power as the national Republican party implodes: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), J. Scott Jennings (who was Karl Rove’s personal assistant), and RNC head Mike Duncan.

And, we’ve also noted here many times that Mitch isn’t a great leader for the GOP, he’s a great problem for the party. He is the man who’s created the money-grubbing, influence-mongering, and hyper-partisan atmosphere that’s paralyzed the nation’s government at the very moment it needs solutions from it.

Well, while people in the Washington bubble might still hold the delusion that McConnell is actually some sort of talent, Republicans across the nation are taking notice that McConnell thinks that all these problems the nation faces will simply go away if he ignores them. McConnell actually believes that, if you just let the corporations rape Americans, some happy medium will come around in the end. Unfortunately for McConnell, the only people who are happy with the way things are going are the people who profit from theft and war. Those are McConnell’s kind of people. He likes theft and war.

From Robert Novak in today’s Washington Post:

Ultimatum to the GOP

When House Republican leaders left Washington for the Fourth of July break, they felt good about having outwitted the Democratic majority. The feeling was not shared 3,000 miles away, where conservative California Republican activists were drafting an ultimatum. The Lincoln Club of Orange County is telling the GOP leaders of both the House and Senate that it is too late to repent. They must go — or else lose big money.

The message: “Come Nov. 5, should the current GOP leadership in either house survive to lead in a new Congress, the Lincoln Club of Orange County will review the financial backing of all congressional Republicans, and we urge others to do likewise. A GOP caucus that would re-elect such leaders is not one we would likely continue to support. Because, simply put, we refuse to support a permanent minority.”

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The statement asserts that these leaders “have no idea what we say when we get together” and are “still oblivious to the source of our discontent.” Now, if these contributors have their way, it is too late for the leaders, at least in the House. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who began his campaign for re-election in Kentucky by bragging about his earmarks for the state, probably has more to worry about from his Democratic election foe than insurgent Republican senators. But House Minority Leader John Boehner, who sponsors no earmarks himself but has not backed reform, faces an all-too-serious challenge.

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