Friday, August 20, 2004
Gergen's Curious Leadership Selection System
David Gergen, speaking on Hardball, just referred to Ann Coulter as a "Republican leader."Is the standard now that every right-of-center pundit is a Republican leader and every left-of-center pundit a Democrat leader?
I assume Gergen -- apparently a registered Republican but a "Democrat leader" by this standard -- thinks so.
It used to be that one had to be elected to public and/or party office to be a party leader. Very quaint -- the party members actually had a say in who their leaders were.
Under Gergen's system, the media picks the leaders -- whomever is a guest on a talking head show is annointed.
Posted by Amy Ridenour at 12:02 AM
