The Democrat Party has chosen an “Emmanuel Goldstein” electoral strategy for 2014: Focus all of their hate and vitriol on two Americans who use their fortune to promote freedom and opportunity, and hope to stir up enough hate to turn out the base; even if they have to lie about it .
In making the Koch Brothers their central issue, Democrats are conceding they have nothing else to run on. Their much touted strategy of making the 2014 election about “income inequality” has fallen flat. Obamacare is an albatross despite their best efforts to spin it. Climate Change and Gun Control are losers for the Democrats. The Republicans, to the dismay of conservatives, have neutralized the “obstructionist” and Amnesty issues by playing ball with the Democrats. There’s still the old reliable “War on Women,” which still works on bitter spinster feminists, but they were going to vote Democrat anyway.
They have to run on hate. They’ve got nothing else, and hate has gotten them this far.
By the way, Michelle Malkin sees a strategy in the recent run of Democrats being charged and indicted for corruption, she thinks Obama’s hyper-politicized Department of Justice will wait until October, and then indict a bunch of Republicans (the Ted Stevens gambit) to stain the party in advance of the election. The DOJ will then point to the earlier indictments of Democrats and claim it absolves them of partisan motives. Also, going after a handful of Democrat little fish is itself intended as a prophylactic against charges that the Department has been politicized.
Now is the time for Republicans to amass all the Democrats who SHOULD have been indicted by the fed and were not, so if the DOJ tries that, they can release their own list of people who SHOULD have been indicted and were not to make it clear that this is an October Surprise.
I don’t think it will work for Democrats, honestly.
Too bad the election can’t be held tomorrow. Republicans have a habit of f’ing things up right before the election. Of course the MSM will kick in and begin to build up how great a leader Obama has been between now and November. But will the voters buy it this time? I still think that Republicans will take the Senate and increase the number of House seats.
With 41% of the useful idiots still giving him support (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/27/Obama-s-Disapproval-Hits-New-High-As-His-Handling-Of-Ukraine-Hits-Low), give them 5 points for polling place corruption and another 5 points for media bias and front running, democrats get their magic 51%. Taking the Senate is a tall order – doable – but difficult.
These animals will not give up. Scorched earth is their middle name.
And, I am afraid that there are not many Republicans that have a pair as brassy as Sarah has, so come the morning after I hope you are correct Charles.
Not quite time to break out the popcorn, but this midterm could be very good, especially if the models MSNBC’s erstwhile beloved golden pollsters have been cooking up lately turn out to be correct.