GOP Leadership Worried About Damage To Party's Reputation From Base

Memo to GOP leadership: Don't waste time worrying whether Rep. Bachmann has damaged your party as that ship has sailed and your party is damaged. In her defense, she is not the only reason your brand is tarnished. Time and space don't permit listing all the reasons for your current state. The top 10 are as follows:

1. Rush Limbaugh and the Rush wannabes on talk radio.

2. Birthers, deathers, teabaggers, czarers, et al.

3. No real ideas

4. This summer's town hall shenanigans

5. Lack of a coherent message.

6. Mrs Palin.

7. Your obstructionist stance.

8. Your refusal to denounce the radical fringe within your own party.

9. Rep. Bachmann

10. Rep. Wilson
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