The ringmaster and the big tent
Trying to collect my thoughts after the recent big tent discussion, particularly the latest scolding from Ed Kilgore, I ended up here:
The way I see this playing out:
1) Senator Clinton wins the Democratic nomination
2) Senator Clinton wins the Presidential election by a very tight margin. She gets the votes, but not the enthusiasm or support, of the liberal base of the Democratic Party
3) President-elect Clinton purges Howard Dean and Democratic National Committee, installing a chairman and staff controlled by Rahm Emmanuel
4) President Clinton appoints Joe Lieberman to a Cabinet post, possibly Homeland Security. Her Administration in general is heavily staffed with conservative DLC/Third Way-ers
5) When the Radical Right begins their long-planned counterassault in mid-2009 (primarily over Iraq but also health care, Social Security, and Supreme Court nominations) President Clinton gets no support whatsoever from the netroots or liberal base and has no way to counter the traditional media's Republican perspective
6) President Clinton is utterly astonished by this outcome
7) White horse Republican takes the White House in 2012
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Sounds about right.
The Clinton/Lieberman Democrats remind me far too much of the Communists in the Spanish Civil War, more interested in purging their fellow comrades than in actually fighting the enemy.
September 8, 2007 10:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
Does this mean that Hillary won't get your vote, Valdron? (:^}
September 8, 2007 4:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
No American politician will get my vote for the forseeable future, Tankard.
But that won't stop me from voting loud, long and often.
September 9, 2007 9:23 AM | Reply | Permalink