The GOP versus the Smiling Hawaiian

With President Obama's approval ratings clocking 63,64,and 65% respectively, the American people for the first time in five years say the country is headed in the right direction. Now to counter this, the new faces of the Republican party, the most visible personalities to appear on the media, are Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich. Dick Armey made surprise appearances during the tea parties but maybe his comments that the defense budget would have to be dramatically reduced for the country to balance the budget may have disqualified him for further media appearances. An outlier, who has gotten media attention, is Ron Paul, who has weighed in on secession--he favors it--and investigating the Bush Administration.