You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
-- Senator Patrick Leahy, May 1990
Herein lies the difference between the two parties. One party says fit in, the other says do your own thing, ie Stand Out. Which is why, I think, it is much more difficult for the Democratic Party to find electable candidates. Too wide a range of opinions. Not saying all Republicans think totally alike, but there is a narrower range of ideas in the pool. Wider range of ideas naturally leads to a wider range of disagreements. Face it, the party has people in the conservative mold, like Chet Edwards, to people like the Kennedy's. Whereas, the Reps have the huge range of Bush/Cheney to, uh, McCain, who is starting to "fit in" and play with others a whole lot more these days.
What would an electable Democrat look like? I mean, the big problem is that the two middles aren't too far apart, so a moderate from one party matches a moderate from the other. We just keep putting extremists against extremists. Not a good thing.
Here in town, we have had the WORST political runoff campaign ever. Talk about picking the worse of two evils. Who do you pick? The allegedly corrupt "lion" incumbent, who is accused of sexual harassment, abandoning his family, and having temper issues? Or the other guy, who quotes Bible verses about humility and integrity, yet owes the IRS over eighty thousand dollars. Ooops. The think that kills me is that this is the runoff. These are the two men with the most votes. Can't the multitude of Republicans in this town do any better, especially since there are no Dems to run against the winner in the fall??
I didn't vote at all in the primaries. Got a petition to sign. Kinky for Governor, why the hell not?
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