Are These The Leaders Of The GOP?

My God. What is happening to the Republican Party?

I'm sorry. But when Joe The Plumber..... Well, Steven Reynolds explains:

The bigger point is that the Republican conservative caucus is going to listen to a speech about the economy, and ostensibly listen to the speech, by a failed unlicensed plumber who cheated on his taxes. Evidently they couldn't find an economist, or maybe the last economist they quoted refuted them?

But wait, there's more! Lest we forget, there's the bomb shell ex-beauty queen from Alaska that get's talked up by Newt:

"If Sarah Palin seeks out a group of sophisticated policy advisers and spends time developing a series of fairly sophisticated positions," Gingrich said during his 33rd visit to the Christian Science Monitor breakfast series, "she is very formidable."

Newt, you old hound dog! You eying wife number..... Well, I've lost count of the number of wives you've had.

Now, of course, let me save the best for last, the newest Chairman of the RNC, Michael Steele:

"Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job."

I guess that means Mr. Steele is not getting paid for his Chairmanship.

So, this is the current face of the Republican party; Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, and Michael Steele. Congratulations GOP, you've just insured your place in the wilderness for a very long time, if you've truly embraced what these people signify as the heart and soul of your party.