Michael Barone said something this morning that I thought was the best summary of the Democrat National Committee’s position this election cycle. I’ll paraphrase.
The DNC leadership is going to be in the unenviable position of having to reject either the first black president in our history or the first woman president in our history.
In either case, there is going to be a lot of emotional backlash associated with this - people just being what they are.
As an extension of that thought, I am curious to see if the rejection of one or the other comes out of a decision relating to the “do over” situation in Michigan and Florida. If the DNC leaves Florida and Michigan alone, not only does Dean have to deal with disenfranchisement allegations, but likely be blamed for rejecting one of the candidates by not doing the vote over. If the DNC does Michigan and Florida over there will be blame for rejecting one or the other candidate, combined with the horrible mismanagement debacle that the do-over will cause by setting a precedent for future election cycles.
To my partisan mind, this shows the core of leftist weakness. The DNC is nothing more than a club, with state and local chapters. These guys can’t even manage and build consensus in their own club, yet they think they can manage the nation’s business. The back-biting between Dean and some of his subordinates and now this fur ball just underscores that.
