Democrats Devour Themselves

There is a sinister force stalking the land, conspiring against Democrats. That sinister force turns out to be Democrats. It appears that Bill Clinton tried to persuade Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek to drop out of the Florida Senate race. It also appears that he did not. When asked about it, Republican turned independent Charlie Crist says he can't remember. Apparently, when Clinton didn't ask Meek to drop out he in fact persuaded Meek to drop out, but Meek later decided not to drop out although, mind you, there was never any deal that he drop out.

Now that we have that straight, what the heck is going on here? In two recent polls Republican Marco Rubio is twenty points ahead of Charlie Crist, who is somewhere between seven and fourteen points ahead of Meeks. However, in only one poll is Rubio's support more than that of Crist and Meeks combined. If President Clinton could have persuaded Meeks to official drop out and throw his support to Crist, which he apparently did and didn't do, and if Crist then gained all of Meek's support without losing any of his own, then Crist might have had a chance to win the Senate seat he so dearly covets. Senator Crist would then have caucused with the Democrats. Point Obama.

It might not have worked out that way. A race reduced to Rubio v. Crist would have forced voters to make up their minds about Crist, and they might not be so forgetful as Crist apparently is. Nonetheless, that looks like the only viable strategy that the Democrats have for winning that Senate seat. They desperately want to win it, not only for one more vote in the upper house, but to stop Marco Rubio. Rubio is smart, articulate, and Cuban. He has a made for TV face and hairdo. This is what Democratic strategists have nightmares about.

If Bill Clinton did in fact persuade or try to persuade Meeks to drop out of the race, it wouldn't have been illegal or immoral, nor would it have contributed to global warming. It would have been embarrassing all the same. Trying to torpedo an African American Democrat, and by all accounts a very capable candidate, in favor of a very White, formerly Republican independent wouldn't inspire confidence in the party. If the only way the Democrats can win that Senate seat is by running someone who isn't a Democrat…

Can't anyone keep a secret these days? This is the second such pseudo scandal to trouble the Democrats this year. They did and did not try to persuade Joe Sestak to drop out of the Senate Democratic nomination race in Pennsylvania. There is nothing improper about this but it would be better to handle it behind closed doors. Apparently rooms don't have doors anymore. In that case, isn't it better to just be honest? The Democrats keep embarrassing themselves, but that might be because they have no better options.

If folks at the top of the Democratic food chain are reduced to eating their young, the young are biting back. Dozens of House Democrats are running against their own party leadership. The Democrats have a chance to hold onto the Senate seat in West Virginia, but only because Governor Manchin is running as a pro-life, pro-gun, anti-Obama candidate. Manchin actually shot a sign with "cap and trade" on it with a rifle in a campaign commercial. He favors repeal of ObamaCare. With Democrats like this, what does one need a Tea Party for?

There is someone out to get the Democrats. It's the Democrats. This is what their party achieved over the last two years.

Comments

[Stan Gibilisco]

In my opinion, the far left has had a serious destructive effect on the Democratic party. I can say plenty in favor of some of their positions, and plenty (more) against them; one can debate endlessly as to the benefits vs. the drawbacks of universal health care, for example. However, the American people, in the main, don't want to live in a society governed by the far left. Few of us want socialism. Most of us abhor socialism. It's that simple.

[unicorn4711]

Rubio is a force. Democrats know he has the sort of personality and conviction that could sway Latino voters away from Democrats for decades.

[KB]

Maybe, Stan. A lot of this is cyclical but this is surely an unusual cycle. It's the economy and and the deficits that are weighing the Democrats down most. The health care bill is especially damaging because of that context.

[William]

KB,

Some of it IS cyclical, but I think we are seeing a fundamental shift. The "malaise" of the Carter years helped turn the nation to a conservative shift with Ronald Reagan, but even he was unable to fundamentally move the country away from a more expansive and more powerful Federal government.

As we've reached a point where Europe realizes it "can't afford to be Europe anymore" and a global economy based on bubbles is about to "pop", we've reached the point that politicians can no longer "kick the can down the road" but are being forced to recognize that truly "government is not the answer, government is the problem".

I'm yet to be convinced that we have the political will to downsize the Federal government to the extent necessary, but we've reached the point where we either make the hard choices necessary or necessity will make the choices for us.

[KB]

William: I think we are in agreement, sort of. Perhaps we are about to witness a fundamental shift, as you put it. There is no good reason to think this will mean a period of Republican dominance. If the Republicans can't move toward a reasonable solution to the "European problem", then they won't be able to capitalize on this year's success. If they do, then they will likely be punished for it, as no good deed goes unpunished.

[Chris]

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