Rachel Maddow Asks: Who, Now, Is The Republican Party's Leader?

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On her show Friday, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow asked who, exactly, is responsible for the Republican party's Senate losses this past week. As it turns out, there is, indeed, a specific person whose job it is to ensure Republicans win Senate seats, and that person is Sen. John Cornyn, who was punished for these losses by receiving a promotion and moving up as the party's 'number 2' Republican in the Senate, right behind Mitch McConnell.

This as the party prepares to undertake a sweeping internal review to determine 'what went wrong' in this election. Which, Maddow added, is a step forward from the current talking points surrounding what happened this week, with some in the GOP placing the blame on Hurricane Sandy or Democratic voter suppression or, as Fox News' Charles Krauthammer wrote in a Washington Post op-ed piece, Republican's issues with delicacy ' not policy, but delicacy ' when it comes to discusses issues of likely importance to women.

The struggle continues, said Maddow, to find a 'leader' of the Republican party, particularly since former president George W. Bush did not leave an heir apparent, so to speak. It wouldn't be Cheney, it wasn't McCain, it certainly wasn't Palin, and it isn't Boehner. It had been Romney, but no longer. However, Maddow continued, it is worth taking a look at the people within the party whom Romney chose to embrace during his time as the party's state leader ' people who included Sununu and Trump.

So who is next?

Watch, courtesy of MSNBC:

• The leader of the GOP hasn't changed since the 90's.

  Rush Limburger cheese

• Who is the 'leader' of the Democratic Party after 2016? You may want to be more worried about that. We all may want to be more worried about that.

• Oh and what a ridiculous ugly inside and out woman.

• I'm honestly surprised at how much of the left wing press has been focused on concern trolling for the GOP. I think they are not that excited about Barack part II

• Gee, I wonder why republicans lost the women vote? I am so curious.

• No, it's because a worthy opponent makes you up your game. As it is it seems that the Democrats have just completed competing against mental institution escapee who's been off his meds for weeks.

• Ummmm how is it under your rock? That's been pretty much decided.

• How about the Turtle from Kentucky? He is the face of the Republican Party.

• He's a bit past his expiration date. They'll have to go for the stuffed animatronic version.

• The Liberals have yet to understand exactly what they have done = TKO of the GOP

  The Conservatives of every calling have yet to figure out WHAT HIT THEM .

  There was more than one wide damaging storm that went through America '.
  I watched FOX NEWS</b? react to the weather in under 24 hrs , like nothing I have seen from them in their 15 years of MAIN STAIN MEDIA.

• If the next Republican Candidate is not Chris Christie, they can wave goodbye to the presidency for another 4 years.

• Their bubble burst like the Hindenburg.

• The Looney Left need an enemy to continue spewing the hate in their hearts on.
  They eat and breath hate.
  People who hate themselves need other people to hate.

• Looks like Cristie is taking out more bridges than Sandy. He really hasn't left himself with much of an escape route.

• I'm still waiting to hear what Reince Priebus has to say about the election' unless he's in some undisclosed bunker with Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the Republican failures.

• There are plenty of Democratic politicians for the future. I'd be more worried about the GOP, since they seem to only be looking for the approval of Noted Troll Grover Norquist and The Koch Brothers these days.

• Got a problem with Teh Gays? Gotta be something, since Rachel is beautiful outside and brilliant and generous of spirit inside.

• I don't know, I think their back in the bubble already. As soon as the Patreaus story broke, Fox went back to screaming 'Bengazi-Gate' at top volume.

• That's not just bubbles, that's foaming at the mouth!

• John Cornyn's promotion shows us that the party that lost just decided to go into hibernation and wake up and come up from their hole when it's safe. When leadership is this brain dead, the whole body follows. May be the Republican party needs another kidney. May be the next generation of Young Republicans just needs to kick these old men in the behind, and kick them out of the way.

• They lost the vote because they tried to force christian value's on women through legislation.

• Who is it then?

• just the mean ugly gays.

• The point is''the electorate know who they WANT, Clinton but obviously there will be a primary and she might not even run and it is what it is but who does the right have going forward? George P Bush? Marco Rubio? Perhaps but not in 2016.

• Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are the leaders of the GOP.

• Okay so apparently I did not miss anything 'under my rock'. You don't know. The fact is there is nobody. Biden is too old and looney. Clinton is too old and damaged. Barack Obama is not about to allow a new star to emerge. For the party of supposed youth you guys sure have nothing but a bunch of old skeletons. Pelosi? Reid?

  Why don't you realize the only angry old white people are liberals. Either stuck in 1980 or 2000, but stuck in time.

• You should educate yourself more.
  Nice new name there Tina.
  Elizabeth Warren is a good bet.
  Look beyond names that have been smeared on Fox.

• Elizabeth Warren heap big phony. Oh wait, but you like'm that.

• Wow he says jeebus, he's so cool.

• The bubble is strong with this one.

• Who, now, more closely resembles Dolph Lundgren? Maddow or De Generes?

• HAHAHA

  Thats funny cause it sound like a charicature of Indians and it helped Scott Brown win,

  HAHAHAHAHA

• Barack Obama is not about to allow a new star to emerge.

  I'll bet you $10,000 he helps the next star become President.

• No it's making fun of fakes like Elizabeth Warren. She won because she was elected in a state that would have elected Teddy Kennedy drunk, wet and with the body still in the car. Brown winning in the first place was just a fluke. Any democrat (the crookeder the better) would eventually win the seat.

• Hey look,an asshole.

  *drink*

• We currently have a leader, and there is no need for us to rush on four years down the road.

  The party of regression on the other hand is rudderless. Better find someone to steer, and quick before you guys keep hitting those rocks, and end up completely tearing the boat apart.

• Yes anonymous Mediaite Hate Troll, I'll take that bet. Right. Well, he better start helping if he's gonna help or at least give us a hint. Right now it does not look like Barack Obama cares about anything or anybody but Barack Obama. He is the most special person in the world after all.

  Honest question for you (I know I know it's hard for you but try dear) would you support Obama if he pushed aside the constitution and ran for a third term?

• I wonder why the wingnuts think we need to rush? So they can start trying to tear that person apart four years early? Ummm not so much

  I figure that the field will emerge after the 2014 mid term election.

• That's a stupid hypothetical. Just sayin'

• Ahhhh yes. Tinaintampa. Now it's clear.

• Your awfully concerned about our back yard.

  Maybe you should start cleaning the dog sh!t out of your own?

• Are you 12? I'm starting to worry that there are a bunch of kids on this site?

• I'm assuming that was someone who you probably got blocked and you think I am her now? I am not Tinaintampa. Sorry to disappoint you hate troll.

• Just keep that attitude going. It's exactly what will keep you idiots riding shotgun for the next 20 years'if there is still a Republican party around in 20 years.

• Not at all. Rachel Maddow is saying there is no Republican leader and I'm simply asking where is the Democratic leader after Obama mercifully goes away to make his billions off you poor suckers. It's a valid question. There seem to be no new stars, nothing but old bones.

• Nah, she was an idiot about like you. Spewing stupid nonsense. After the election she just suddenly disappeared.

  You wont be here long either, or at least the sock your using wont be.

• Reince Preibus

  duh!!!

• True. For ding the right thing.

• Okay, shouldn't the person at least exist or hold public office? It's doubtful that there will ever be another 2 years in the Senate wonder like BO. Again, Rachel Maddow is saying there is no Republican leadership and all I'm saying is that with the exception of Barack Obama, there really is no Democratic leadership either. Talk about all your eggs in one basket.

  Oh yes and I'm secretly someone named Tina from Tampa. Sheesh.

• Yeah! Lundgren is prettier than either of them.

• Why does it matter? We have four years and a leader for four years.

  You have no current leader, and none on the horizon. That's the question. And you can't answer it because your party doesn't even have a platform and philosophy cohesive enough for the minions to rally around. In other words, before you can identify a leader ' you have to figure out what you actually stand for. 'Anyone but Obama' doesn't work anymore. You have nothing else that your people can agree on, now.

  Congratulations for standing for absolutely nothing!