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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
I would hope for someone like Obama, but no way is he the face of the Democrats. Unfortunately I think the face for the Democrats is Hilliary (a face only a DUMB mother could love). For the GOP I still think Delay is the guy that is face the public associates with the party. They could hope for Santorum to pick up the torch, but I'm not sure he's got the "values" the party is looking to appeal to, if you know what I mean. I think he's too liberal for the base that Bush has appealed to. He's too much like Todd-Whitman (the ex-New Jersey governor) and is more of a centerist IMO.
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I think you're off on Delay, but its not a big deal. Your close is interesting, I really like Christine Todd-Whitman.
I like Denny Hastert a fair bit too. Our local Congressman, Todd Tiahrt, had a 16 year old son who committed suicide out in D.C. last summer. Hastert flew into Wichita for the funeral. I thought that said something about him as a leader and a person.
You may be right about Santorum. I'd like to see the GOP move left a bit and I'd like to see the leadership of the dems move right. There are plenty of centrist democrats out there, but most of the leadership is extremely liberal. Things might be good again when both parties move toward the middle.
I'll add here...
One guy I had high hopes for a few years back was J.C. Watts. I would have loved to see him continue his service in Congress and become the face of the party. Might not have been what he wanted though.