Rush Limbaugh may want President Obama to fail on some fronts, but other high-profile GOPers are saying that idea is, well, ridiculous.

Former House Republican Leader Newt Gingrich said on NBC’s "Meet The Press" that "you’ve got to want the president to succeed."

"You’re irrational if you don’t want the president to succeed because if he doesn’t succeed, the country doesn’t succeed," said Gingrich. "I don’t think anyone should want the president of the United States to fail. I want some of his policies to be stopped, but I don’t want the president of the United States to fail. I want him to learn new policies."

Gringrich also blasted Obama not opposing tons of earmarks, too much partisanship too soon, and Obama aides [i.e. Rahm Emanuel] feeding the Limbaugh fire.

Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, also distanced himself from Limbaugh this week. In an interview with Politico, McCain said of Obama: "I don’t want him to fail in his mission of restoring our economy."

McCain has been working with the president on a number of issues such as defense and wasteful spending. Vice President Joe Biden even called him asking how to crack down on lawmakers’ pork project. "These are terrible, perilous times, so I will seek ways to work with the president of the United States," the former White House hopeful told Politico.

But on the issue of earmarks — which McCain has been on a personal crusade against for much of his Senate career — he’s still a thorn in the White House’s side. On Monday, McCain bashed Obama on the Senate floor, saying he’s "angry," and calling on the president to veto a $410 billion spending bill because it’s filled with so many earmarks. McCain has twice failed in trying to attach an amendment to the spending bill that would get rid of $7 billion in pet projects for lawmakers, which he calls "wasteful."

Even Peter Orszag, President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget director, said the bill is "uglier than we would like." But it’s still expected to be passed Tuesday and sent to the president for his signature.

"We both campaigned on change. That was the president’s promise," McCain told Politico. "Now they’re saying this is last year’s business."

Obama shouldn’t expect McCain to give up his earmark and pork fight anytime soon. McCain may not want Obama to fail, but that doesn’t mean he has to agree with him on everything.

Watch McCain blasting Obama on earmarks below:

Watch Gringrich’s interview on "Meet the Press" below: