# Why SPECIFICALLY do Republicans hate Obama? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 9, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181 "2010-09-09T14:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 117
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181/117 "2010-09-10T21:53:03Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > > [@foolsguinea](#): > > > > Oh, I see you acknowledged this. Should read a few posts down before responding. That said, who are the GOP leadership now? The budget-balancers or the tax-cutters? > > Neither, I’d say. As much as people like to complain that the “Democrats appear leaderless”, I don’t see any leaders in the Republican Party, either in the Congress or outside of it. Palin is a vacuum inside a vacuum, and Gingrich hasn’t realized it’s not 1994. Romney is a somewhat shady character to some (I know more than a few Republicans who will stay at home rather than vote for a Mormon), Huckabee is “look at me, I’m Mr. Religion!” and little else, and the list goes on. Dear God, is it going to be Jeb Bush after all? A veritable dynasty of mediocrity? If Huckabee emerged as the GOP’s leader, that would signify an important change in the party’s direction, because he’s not just Mr. Religion, he’s also a Huey Long economic populist who might ally with the Dems on many economic issues – a combination that taps a whole new base, as there are lot of Americans who think the same way, and they’re highly unsatisfied with the GOP as it is, dominated by business interests. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-specifically-do-republicans-hate-obama/553181)._