It is a shame, but the Republican Party seems to have caught a case of “Joe Biden Syndrome”. By that, I mean that the leader of the national GOP, Michael Steele, has as of late said some things that seem to have rubbed the GOP hierarchy the wrong way.

For example, Steele had allegedly to a certain degree criticized the war in Afghanistan, saying that Afghanistan is “a war of Obama’s choosing.” He also said:

“This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in.”

Naturally, Steele has denied saying these salvos. All the same, there are those within the GOP ranks that are suggesting that Steele step down as the GOP chairman.

One influential voice in all of this is William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard. According to Kristol:

 ”At a time when Gen. Petraeus has just taken over command, when Republicans in Congress are pushing for a clean war funding resolution, when Republicans around the country are doing their best to rally their fellow citizens behind the mission, your comment is more than an embarrassment,”

“It’s an affront, both to the honor of the Republican party and to the commitment of the soldiers fighting to accomplish the mission they’ve been asked to take on by our elected leaders.”

The letter written by Kristol can be read by clicking here.

Interestingly enough, there is a replacement that the higherups at GOP headquarters seem to like right now: Sarah Palin.

Notice I said “seem” to like. See, here’s the thing. I do not profess to have insider knowledge as to the happenings at Republican headquarters. But I cannot remember any time such as this where the GOP chairman has been in so much hot water for various reasons.

Which is troubling because in these trying times, the Republican Party – a party I am a proud member of – seems to have not being able to capitalize on the screwups that the Democrats seem to perform on a nearly regular basis.

And yet, the GOP seems to have this inner turmoil which is making it difficult for them to get their message out to the masses effectively. So does that mean that the GOP should replace Steele at this critical time?

Before I dig inot that further, let’s examine the option of replacing Steele with Palin.

Palin obviously is the darling of the GOP. She is usually on message and is in tune with the party in terms of what they stand for. But at the same time, she has herself a full plate, with her commitment to Fox News, probably some book deals and God knows what else she may be involved in.

Would she be willing to give all of those thngs up to become the head of the Republican Party? Something within me tells me no. But at the same time, she may be of the mindset that she can right the ship that is the GOP. So in essence, it’s a tough call to make.

But first things first. What to do with Steele? All I know is this: He needs to quit spouting off his mouth on things that are better left being said by those who are experts – or at least very knowledgeable – in the area they talk about. I am not convinced that Steele is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict, unless someone can convince me otherwise.

Unless I am mistaken here, isn’t the job of the party chairman to keep things on course within the GOP? While I have no problem with Steele as party chairman, I am rather disappointed that he is getting all “loose-cannon”, especially when there are mid-term elections in November.

So I guess that my piece of advice to Mr. Steele is to do what the higherups at GOP headquarters hired you to do and keep your inflammatory comments to yourself. Otherwise, the GOP will be within their right to summarily dismiss you.

In other words, do the right thing. It is only fair and it’s not asking too much, now is it?

I don’t know how many of you watched the Obama snorefest speech Tuesday night. I did, and I am here to tell you: he definitely did not let a crisis go to waste.

All he did last night was act tough by threatening BP and used that crisis to prop up his cap-and-trade program that he has yet to get off the ground. His address did nothing to inspire us nor did it have any teeth.

And guess what? I am not te only one who thought that Obama’s TV appearance wasn’t that special.

Sarah Palin showed up on the O’Reilly Factor, and she echoed what the vast majority of us thought about Obama’s appearance on the airwaves:

And by the way, the fact isn’t lost on me when I say that Palin has a lot more experience dealing with oil companies than Obama. But that would be stating the obvious.

It only gets better, folks. Even BSNBC MSNBC was hard-pressed to stick up for their Messiah. That should tell you that if Obama cannot impress the right OR left, than the POTUS has some major problems to deal with. Leadership? What leadership? The address last nght just proves that Obama is no more competent than Jimmy Carter.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is pushing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to ignore federal rules and build berms to protect his state’s coastline.

According to The Hill, Palin tweeted Monday evening:

“Gov.Jindal:to avoid ravished coast, build the berms.Ask forgiveness later;Feds are slow to act,local leadership&action can do more for coast.”

The federal government has yet to sign off on Jindal’s plan, which has angered the governor. Many Republicans have complained about the Obama administration’s response to the oil spill.

Jindal said Sunday that the Army Corps of Engineers had approved a limited amount of reconstruction of sandy barrier islands that Louisiana had first built during Hurricane Katrina. But Jindal complained that not enough construction had been approved or quickly enough, and that BP should be made to pay for the construction.

With American Jews concerned about President Barack Obama’s stance on Israel, a new Jewish group has been formed to express support for Sarah Palin, an outspoken backer of Israeli policy.

While Obama has protested Israel’s construction in annexed East Jerusalem, Palin has said she opposes a freeze on settlement growth.

“I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand,” the former Alaska governor told Barbara Walters.

Now Benyamin Korn, a former editor of the Jewish Exponent, has founded Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin, “and his efforts are part of some recent Jewish support that has been trickling in the direction of the hockey mom from Wasilla,” the Jewish publication Forward observed.

Korn has also launched a website, JewsforSarah.com. According to the site, “Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin is an independent group of academic, religious, and political leaders, dedicated to promoting consideration of Sarah Palin’s political positions in the wider Jewish community.”

The site went live in mid-April, shortly after Obama suggested the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian dispute was endangering American troops in the Middle East.

Jewish support for Palin is gaining traction. Shortly before the 2008 election, Republican vice presidential candidate Palin garnered an approval rating of just 37 percent among Jewish voters in one poll. But Forward observes: “Even though American Jews have repeatedly disapproved of her in large numbers in poll after poll, giving her abysmally low approval ratings, her recent high-profile jabs at the president have earned her support from some of the most prominent Jewish conservatives today.”

One of those conservatives, Norman Podhoretz — former editor of Commentary — went so far as to say in a March Op-Ed piece for The Wall Street Journal that he would “rather have Sarah Palin sitting in the Oval Office than Barack Obama.”

Korn faces a tough challenge in gathering support for Palin among American Jews, considering that she has referred to the United States as a “Christian nation” and questioned the separation of church and state.

But Forward notes that “with an increasing number of American Jews anxious about what they see as the undue pressure that Obama is applying to Israel, Korn thinks that more of them will come to see Palin’s value.”

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed the Obama administration’s Middle-East policy via her Facebook page Wednesday, saying a failure to confront Iran now would result in a ‘Second Holocaust’ against Israel once the Islamic Republic has nuclear weapons.

“Many, many Americans and our allies know that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, the consequences will be catastrophic for our interests in the Middle East, and we want our government to do everything in its power to prevent Iran from acquiring nukes,” she writes.

“Israel would face the gravest threat since its creation. Iran’s leaders have repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel and with nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them, the mullahs would be in a position to launch a Second Holocaust.”

“Peace Not Possible if Iran Escapes Real Sanctions” reads the post in which Palin accuses President Obama of dropping the pursuit of “crippling” sanctions against Iran and treating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu like an “unwelcome guest” during a recent visit to Washington.

“[J]ust as the Obama administration inexplicably gives up on imposing crippling sanctions on Iran, it’s taken an uncompromising hard line against one country in the Middle East: Israel,” Palin writes. “On his recent visit to Washington, the Israeli Prime Minister was treated like an unwelcome guest, as shown by White House actions such as refusing to be photographed with Israel’s Prime Minister.”

Palin also argues that the Obama administration’s actions have failed to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, and that more than one year into Obama’s presidency, his administration has made “no progress” on sanctions.

“The Obama administration has their priorities exactly backwards; we should be working with our friend and democratic ally to stop Iran’s nuclear program, not throwing in the towel on sanctions while treating Israel like an enemy.”

Say what you will about Sarah Palin, but she got her revenge, of sorts, on an episode of Conan O’Brien’s recently cancelled late night show. BTW Conan – I hear Fox may have an opening for ya.

Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. Sorry libtards, you can’t have her.