January 25, 2008

Tearing The Party Apart

Yeah, I know the pull quote on Drudge from Peggy Noonan's latest is "Bush destroyed the Republican Party" (it's what's guaranteed to get the most clicks). But the main thrust of the piece is the internal rendering of the Democrats by the Clintons:

[T]he Clintons are tearing the party apart. It will not be the same after this. It will not be the same after its most famous leader, and probable ultimate victor, treated a proud and accomplished black man who is a U.S. senator as if he were nothing, a mere impediment to their plans. And to do it in a way that signals, to his supporters, How dare you have the temerity, the ingratitude, after all we've done for you?

Watch for the GOP to attempt swoop in after the November elections and make profit of the wreckage.

Had You-Know-Who run away with Iowa and NH, the predicition of "inevitable" would have come true and the party would now be coalescing around her candidacy. But Democrats are getting a reminder of the kind of ugliness that this political machine is capable of. And I predict their reconsideration of her viability in the general election will come just a bit too late in this process.

Posted by Gary at January 25, 2008 09:09 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Accomplished?

What has Barack accomplished -- first term Senator, a couple of years in Chicago politics. Pretty thin resume to be president.

Posted by: rbj at January 25, 2008 10:31 AM

Perhaps "rending" the party would be a another possible choice.

One "rends" or tears a garment into pieces. One "renders" or melts down whale blubber into oil. Either way. :)

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