<David Knowles>
A new poll by Gallup and the USA Today finds that 52% of those asked to provide the name of "the main person who speaks for Republicans today," were at a loss to provide an answer. Further distressing for a party badly in need of attracting moderate voters, the names of 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, and Democrats, with 67% of the vote, resoundingly responded that Barack Obama was their leader.
In a another sign of continued trouble for the GOP, however, 33% of Republicans say that they have an unfavorable view of their own party ...
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/10/gallup-52-say-gop-is-leaderless/