WSJ Wonders Whether "the Center" of the Democratic Party Will Hold

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Monday July 31, 2006 · 7:53 AM PDT

2006/07/31 · 07:53

http://www.opinionjournal.com/...

John Fund spills the usual amount of bile in today's WSJ editorial, questioning the will of the "hard-left wing of the Democratic party," and noting that "Mr. Lieberman's campaign is showing signs of renewed vigor." Heh.

Far more entertaining than that, though, is his conclusion: that "if next week, political commentators wake up and find... [that] Mr. Lieberman has overcome the vitriolic onslaught of the liberal bloggers, they will have to acknowledge, that reports of the death of the moderate wing of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated."

The vitriolic onslaught of the liberal bloggers...hmmmm. As a resident and registered voter in Connecticut, I had to pen the following reply (and I post it here, only because I'm reasonably sure the WSJ won't let a rebuttal see the light of day)... Read More

DeWine Surges in Ohio after Hackett's Departure

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Saturday February 18, 2006 · 10:07 AM PST

2006/02/18 · 10:07

Rasmussen reports that Mike DeWine's numbers look a lot better in Ohio this morning following Paul Hackett's untimely withdrawal from the race:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/...

Can Sherrod Brown close the gap? Sure. It's February. But if even half the backroom machinations that resulted in Hackett's withdrawal that are being reported are true, I think the Democrats have really shot themselves in the foot. The "Fighting Dems" meme has legs, and could even be the magic bullet against the "Democrats Soft on Defense" idiocy that the GOP trots out like clockwork every election season. But at the very least, we have to stop Swift Boating our own.

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