By far the biggest news story of today was former Pennsylvania Governor and almost McCain Vice Presidential nominee Tom Ridge continuing the feud within the republican party by calling Rush Limbaugh "shrill" in an appearance on CNN's State of the Union with John King.
This comes after a feud between Collin Powell and Rush Limbaugh/Dick Cheney. There are many different views on this feud out there, and it is being written about all over the blogs. Here are some of the things that the blogs are saying:
The Huffington Post's Sam Stein said that the feud is getting much worse now and that both sides here think that the other can ruin the Republican party's future. He said that Ridge is now clearly on Collin Powell's side of the feud. The Daily Kos' Plutonium Page said that Dick Cheney is the prince of darkness and that is great that smart Republicans like Ridge are going against him. Political Animal's Steve Benen felt that Ridge was part of the "smart Republicans" and that Ridge and Powell are moving the Republican party forward, while Limbaugh and Cheney are moving it back. Over at FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver said that no one will speak for the Republican party with this feud going on and that they currently don't have a "leader."
Finally, on CNN's own Political Ticker, two different bloggers offered opinions. Alex Mooney said that the Republicans should be fighting with the democrats, but this infighting is increasing nonetheless. Steve Brusk talked about how Collin Powell says he is still a Republican and that the party needs to move forward and not be divided and figure out what they truly stand for.
This is an issue that will certainly not go away and will be interesting to follow as it continues on.
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